Elysium Fire

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Ten thousand city state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near perfect democratic human paradise But even utopia needs a police force For the citizens of the Glitter Band that organization is Panoply, and the prefects are its operatives.Prefect Tom Dreyfus has a new emergency on his hands Across the habitats and their hundred million citizens, people are dying suddenly and randomly, victims of a bizarre and unprecedented malfunction of their neural implants And these melters leave no clues behind as to the cause of their deathsAs panic rises in the populace, a charismatic figure is sowing insurrection, convincing a small but growing number of habitats to break away from the Glitter Band and form their own independent colonies. New Read eBook Elysium Fire Author Alastair Reynolds – kino-fada.fr This is my first read of an Alastair Reynold novel, and this is the second in the Prefect Tom Dreyfus series I adored the detailed and imaginative world building of The Glitter Band, with the Panoply running the policing element, the prefects, and overseen primarily by Lady Jane Aumonier It appears to be the perfect democracy, where decision making is achieved through everyone voting in polls via their neural implants However, there is trouble in paradise, with several parts of The Glitter This is my first read of an Alastair Reynold novel, and this is the second in the Prefect Tom Dreyfu...Alastair Reynolds returns to the Revelation Space universe with the strongest novel IMHO since The Prefect Of course, this is a direct follow up to The Prefect.Look, I know that s kinda a toss out statement, but it s still true I loved The Prefect because it went wild with tech and even wilder political imagination, glorifying the Glitter Band before it became the Rust Belt And of course, it was a really awesome mystery that went all out to become a nightmare destroying so much of the beaut Alastair Reynolds returns to the Revelation Space universe with the ...If it s beenthan a year since you ve read The Prefect 2007 , you might enjoy reading it again before starting this one It s not an absolute requirement, but it would make Elysium Fireenjoyable.I very much enjoyed this return to the Glitter Band, before the melding plague turns it into The Rust Belt Tom Dreyfus is much as he was before, a bitworn, a bitcareful Sparver and Ng and Aumonier and others reappear, and have grown as well.The plot starts out at a great pace, w If it s beenthan a year since you ve read The Prefect 2007 , you might enjoy reading it again before starting this one It s not an absolute requirement, but it would make Elysium Fireenjoyable.I very much enjoyed this return to the Glitter Band, before the melding plague turns it into The Rust Belt Tom Dreyfus is much as he was before, a bitworn, a bitcareful Sparver and Ng and Aumonier and others reappear, and have grown as well.The plot starts out at a great pace, with two interwoven story threads The current emergency, and a tale of two teens from 30 years or so before the current action Perhaps you might think you have solved the central mystery a... Elysium Fire is good Damned good.Reynolds at his best is so much fun that reading him feels like it should be a guilty pleasure, something to greedily gorge on in the shadowy recesses of one s home or from behind the camouflage of some worthy literary magazine on the train His work is no pulpy SF deep fried chocolate bar though, no Aliens Lasers and Boobs tub of home brand icecream in front of the TV Elysium Fire is the SF equivalent of a hearty three course meal with a dessert of home made ap Elysium Fire is good Damned good.Reynolds at his best is so much fun that reading him feels like it should be a guilty pleasure, something to greedily gorge on in the shadowy recesses of one s home or from behind the camouflage of some worthy literary magazine on the train His work is no p...Reynolds sequel to The Prefect now called Aurora Rising picks up not long after the events of that novel Panoply has taken a big hit to its reputation after the cataclysmic events of the Aurora emergency, and an emerging populist movement has led a few of the habitats of the Glitter Band to abandon their ties with the protective service, withthreatening to follow It s no surprise when Dreyfus investigation of a new and deadly threat leads him straight to the leader of the anti Panopl Reynolds sequel to The Prefect now called Aurora Rising picks up not long after the events of that novel Panoply has taken a big hit to its reputation after the cataclysmic events of the Aurora emergency, and an emerging populist movement has led a few of the habitats of the Glitter Band to abandon their ties with the protective service, withthreatening to follow It s no surprise when Dreyfus investigation of a new and deadly threat leads him straight to the leader of the anti Panoply movement, a man who knowsabout the inner workings of Panoply and of Dreyfus himself than any outsider rightly should Reynolds mash up of police procedural...Eagerly awaited this one, because I run out of Al Reynolds novels As I expected, it was a blast If you loved The Prefect or Aurora Rising, its new name , you ll love this one too.Although it can be read as a standalone, as it s a new twisted case involving Prefect Dreyfus his team, you ll miss some key details regarding the characters from previous part Therefore, my advice is to read them in order, for a full understanding of the big picture.The plot is masterfully woven, bits and pi Eagerly awaited this one, because I run out of Al Reynolds novels As I expected, it was a blast If you loved The Prefect or Aurora Rising, its new name , you ll love this one too.Although it can be read as a standalone, as it s a new twisted case involving Prefect Dreyfus his team, you ll miss some key details regarding the characters from previous part Therefore, my advice is to read them in order, for a full understanding of the big picture.The plot is masterfully woven, bits and pieces coming together in a perfect ending Not everything is black and white, some threads are being left unanswered AR unmistakable signature , feature which I love, because days after, those parts are s...Ten thousand orbiting artificial worlds comprise the Glitter Band with its one hundred million inhabitants They are democracies and their citizens are constantly voting and responding to polls via neural implants There is a very low crime rate so a small independent body of prefects was created to police the Glitter Band The prefec...Another cosy mystery with Dreyfus and co Cosy here is a relative term because heads are literary exploding or getting carried away in a suitcases Not as intense and full of mindblowing creatures technology weird habi...Ahh a return to this crazy world I enjoyed his previous novel on Prefect Dreyfus Reynolds has great imagination and world buidling, especially when it comes to tech I unfortunately didn t like this as much as the first What amazes me is the time difference between writing both novels During that time, Reynolds has become a muchassured writer, and his prose is better than ever His world buidling continues to impress in this, and his characters are pleasant but not loveable like the gr Ahh a return to this crazy world I enjoyed his previous novel on Prefect Dreyfus Reynolds has great imagination and world buidling, especially when it comes to tech I unfortunately didn t like this as much as the first What amazes me is the time difference between writing both novels During that time, Reynolds has become a muchassured writer, and his prose is better than ever His world buidling continues to impress in this, and his characters are pleasant but not loveable like the great writers of pure character driven novels I think my two issues with this novel involved plotting The first is the psychotic kids, I just didnt understand psyche of the adoption, it just confused me The biggest issue is the conclusion It was like a massiv...5 Stars Alastair Reynolds is my very favorite authors and Elysium Fire is the sequel to one of my all time favorite science fiction novels Well let me sum this one by saying I was surprised at just how much I loved this book It plays to all my favorite thingshigh tech, cool mystery, strong lead detective, hard science, great world building, gadgets, monsters, and gobbley goo like magic This book has it all.If you read the first book then this is a book that should not be missed If you hav 5 Stars Alastair Reynolds is my very favo...

Elysium Fire
  • English
  • 11 March 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 488 pages
  • Alastair Reynolds
  • Elysium Fire