Inhibitor Phase

[Coragem]

Has anyone read INHIBITOR PHASE by Alastair Reynolds? If so, what do you reckon? While I still read quite a bit of SF, it's been a while since I've read Reynolds specifically, or his kind of chunky (or, er, bloated) SF in general. I really loved all the Revelation Space novels many years ago, and I liked others such as HOUSE OF SUNS, but I'm afraid I went off Reynolds after BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH.

I'm currently reading THE GONE WORLD by Tom Sweterlitch, which is a fairly sprawling, at times even slightly "messy" SF novel, albeit often pretty well written. It's put me in a mood for re-engaging with more of the sort of SF I used to read a fifteen or twenty years ago.

 

[Swank]

I read it, and while nice to have a return to RS, it was not quite as good. Just not as goofball Elysium Fire or Slow Bullets. His recent Permafrost is excellent.

 

[Rodders]

Hi Coragem, there is an existing thread, here. Is it possible for the moderatorbots to merge them?

I really enjoyed Inhibitor Phase and felt it was a return to form after the Inspector Dreyfuss novels, which i personally felt were a bit weak.

I enjoyed the ending, which i found to be relatively upbeat. Great cover, too.

 

[Coragem]

Thanks for the replies. I read your thoughts in the other threat, Rodders. So double thanks. I'll definitely give it a go. Generally speaking, I prefer Reynolds when he's darker, or more noir in tone. My favourite always used to be CHASM CITY, although it's twenty years since I read it. Not sure how I'd feel about it if I read it again now.

As noted, I really didn't get on with BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH. Back then Reynolds wasn't outlining his novels, and in BRE is showed: a decent start, but thereafter just a lot of chasing about but barely anything really happening.

 

[Rodders]

The only non-RS book i read was Century Rain, which i enjoyed, but it didn't hit the same as the Revelation Space books. I will go back and read more, i swear. I'm particularly interested in Terminal World and Pushing Ice.

 

[Coragem]

The only non-RS book i read was Century Rain, which i enjoyed, but it didn't hit the same as the Revelation Space books. I will go back and read more, i swear. I'm particularly interested in Terminal World and Pushing Ice.

Personal taste, but I really enjoyed HOUSE OF SUNS. The strongest non-RS novel IMO. For me CENTURY RAIN started very well, but lost it's way, became, well, silly. Again, for a long time Reynolds didn't outline his novels (I believe he's begun doing so in recent years) and sometimes it seemed to catch him out in the 2nd and 3rd acts.