Terminal World
- 590
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Terminal World” is a standalone Alastair Reynolds novel that trades his usual space opera for a steampunk-tinged journey across a far-future world. Its hero is Quillon, a pathologist driven into exile. Some readers praise the world-building, especially a planet split into zones where technology works differently, while wishing the story spent more time in the higher-tech ones. Readers expecting space battles should know this is a different kind of Reynolds book.
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About the book
Terminal World is a 2010 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It is a standalone novel set in the distant future, which chronicles the journey of Quillon, a pathologist forced into exile. The Gollancz hardcover edition of the book was published in March 2010 in the United Kingdom. The Ace Books hardcover edition was published in June 2010 in the United States.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 75 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 34% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 75 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Terminal World?
It has 590 pages — longer than 77% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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