Top 19 Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

About Alastair Reynolds

These are some quotes by British author Alastair Reynolds Author, who was born on March 13, 1966.

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

Alastair Reynolds

I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point.

I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point.

Alastair Reynolds

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.

Alastair Reynolds

I'm always a little bit cautious around invented terminology because so much science fiction is off-putting to the uninitiated. You open up the first page, and it's full of all these made-up words.

I'm always a little bit cautious around invented terminology because so much science fiction is off-putting to the uninitiated. You open up the first page, and it's full of all these made-up words.

Alastair Reynolds

I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.

I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.

Alastair Reynolds

I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.

I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.

Alastair Reynolds

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

Alastair Reynolds

I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series was on television, and there really was no going back for me at that point, and then I went on to study space science and then get my Ph.D., then go aboard and work in the European Space Agency.

Alastair Reynolds

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

Alastair Reynolds

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