Chasm City
#1048 of 2,654 all-time
Chasm City
Alastair Reynolds
7 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2011–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
The universe is fiercely imaginative and colorful, the dialog is snappy, the characters are flawed and interesting, the science is just hard enough to be vaguely plausible, but on the whole there's enough silliness for the book to not take itself completely seriously.
I highly recommend it over his other Revelation Space books--it's truly a brilliant, self-contained space opera in every sense of the word.
Chasm City is my favorite book, but not by far... The first book (Revelation Space) set a very nice backdrop for the character development and story in the 2nd book (Chasm City).
It was the first book of his I read and I haven't since read something so brightly imaginative.
Where it comes up
- The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit) 2011 · 4 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books? 2023 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2018? 2018 · 1 recommendation