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"Reynolds retains a highly readable style which allows him to dip into solid technology without losing the pace and he fleshes out a convincing background to his world."

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"A crisper style that recalls hard SF from the '60s and '70s. This nod to the past seems fresh and new."

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A matter of taste., 29 April 2008

By	David G. Sheehan "we of me." (Brighton) - See all my reviews

Just want to write a short review for those who have become fans of Reynold's sublime Space Operas----This is a new direction from most of his novels. Judging by the other reviews this change in tack (it's not realy THAT spectacular a change) is not to the taste of some-but very much to the tase of others. I add my voice to those who think "House of Suns" it is one of his best. The plotting is magnificently inventive (no change there!)Personally I found it almost impossible to put down and I like that in a book!The protagonists are fascinating and the writing at times surpasses that of his earlier work. If you want to read the cream of contemporary Sci-Fi--this is for you.

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Rynolds' remaking as a master, 27 April 2008

By	John Dallman (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews

This is Reynolds' eighth novel: five previous ones have been placed in the Revelation Space setting, along with two collections of shorter stories, while Century Rain and Pushing Ice have both been stand-alone. His themes and ideas are now reasonably visible: he does chases, pushing the speed of light and the limits of physics, and crimes so bizarre and horrible that they have no names. He knows this, and in House of Suns, he has re-examined and remade himself as a writer.

There are betrayals within betrayals, crimes dating back millennia, people remade into things that seem barely human, and relativistic chases half-way across the galaxy. Familiar tropes, but he has a new maturity and sureness as a writer; he seems to have looked into the heart of what makes him write and understood it anew. He has visibly learned from Iain Banks in some of these things, and he has passed beyond the Banks of today to the stature of the Banks of the nineties. If you need me to spell that out, he has moved from being a good and significant SF writer, to one of the very best in the world.

It is not clear what he will do next. He has, in many ways, made a coda to his past themes in House of Suns. In particular, the great chase of this book lays to rest the problem of the story of Run Seven. That's one of the background stories of Revelation Space, of which there is no satisfactory rendition; the title story of the collection Galactic North doesn't do justice to the sheer romance of the underlying idea. With a different kind of romance - his first real story of love - he has dealt with that unfinished business.

He has completed his journeyman work. Prepare for his maturity. There should be fireworks.

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house of suns, 16 April 2008

By	P. R. Kennea "paul kennea" (Nottingham) - See all my reviews

I guess a review generally emcompasses the synopsis of a book; a break down of characters and events, to show a window into the heart of it. However this i believe could never do this book justice for it is quite simply, sublime. Reynolds seems, if possible to have matured in a way that causes his already remarkable achievements within SF to pale by comparison (and that is no mean feat). It's a love story, a galactic super nova, a vision of the future rarely seen in SF today. I lift my glass to you Mr Reynolds.

Paul

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A fantastic revelation...
This novel is set in a different universe to many of the other novels by Alastair Reynolds making it a refreshing change & possibly preventing the 'Revelation Space' universe from... Read more

Published 3 days ago by D. S. McCormack

great book - more fantasy than hard science based speculative fiction
I for one welcome "house of suns". Reynolds has wisely decided to develop as an author and try new genre's with different structure. Read more

Published 9 days ago by Dr. Harpal Singh Uppal

More rip roaring invention from Reynolds
Campion and Purslane are clones who have been travelling the galaxy for millenia. En route to a periodic reunion of their clone family they learn of an ambush which has devastated... Read more

Published 12 days ago by P. G. Harris

Much of the same from Reynolds, a good addition to any library
I eagerly purchased this book from Amazon the week it was released, and was not able to put this book down until today, when it was complete. Read more

Published 17 days ago by F. E. Mckinney

Disappointed and discouraged.
It seems that Mr. Reynolds has been sliding further and further away from the strengths he exhibited in Revelation Space and Chasm City. Read more

Published 19 days ago by Daniel Nelson