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Century Rain

By Alastair Reynolds
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Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds is a gripping blend of science fiction and noir mystery. Set in a dual timeline, it follows an investigation in 1950s Paris that unexpectedly intertwines with a distant future where Earth has become uninhabitable. The novel explores themes of parallel worlds and the consequences of technology on human existence.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy stories where the past collides with a future filled with intricate mysteries. Expect a gripping blend of noir detective themes and rich science fiction elements, all set in an alternate 1950s Paris. It's a unique journey through time and space, offering intriguing character development and a complex plot.

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Century Rain

Part SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir crime, CENTURY RAIN is as astonishing bestseller from Alastair Reynolds

Revelation Space has sold more than 50,000 copies in massmarket paperback Revelation Space and Chasm City were shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award; Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award Absolution Gap is shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award Immense critical acclaim: 'Reynolds's narrative is truly breathtaking in scope and intricate in detail, making him a mastersinger of the space opera' The Times 'One of Britains hottest young authors' SFRevu.com 'The span here is mind-boggling ... a breathtaking journey' Good Book Guide American sale for REVELATION SPACE and CHASM CITY highest ever for first British SF novels Redemption Ark made SF SITE's reader's poll of the top 10 books of 2002. 'Alastair Reynolds occupies the same frenzied imaginative space as Philip K. Dick or A.E. Van Vogt; that he occupies it as a working scientist is what makes it so exciting' M. John Harrison in the Guardian

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Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise is invaluable.

Using a backdoor into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely?

Century Rain is not just a time-travel story, nor a tale of alternate history. Part hard SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir romance, Century Rain is something altogether stranger.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780575082496

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 December 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 422g

Pages: 544

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Alastair Reynolds Fiction General Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction

About the Author

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. Since 1991 he has lived in the Netherlands, near Leiden, where he works part-time as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency.

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