Galactic North
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About the book
"Centuries from now, humanity, as factional and fractious as ever, has spread throughout the solar system and beyond, to the worlds around the nearest stars. Technology means powerful new tools, but with those advances come lethal risks. The Demarchists and Conjoiners fight wars over the basic right to augment human intelligence beyond its natural limits. The nervous, paranoid Ultras crew the vast lighthugger starships that bind these squabbling colonies together. The hyperpigs try to keep their heads down. The rich get richer ... and everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilisations that the explorers keep finding out beyond the margins of settled space - because who's to say that humanity won't be next?" "Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds' first collection: eight novellas and short stories, three brand-new for this volume; eight glimpses into the dark and turbulent universe of Revelation Space."--BOOK JACKET.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 85 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 85 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“This is the first of his short stories that I have read. A revelation!”
“A lot of short story collections have stories that range from meh to really good, but this collection holds pretty much only really amazing stories. I put of reading this book because, as said, short story collections are often so much hit an miss. But…”
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