6/28/2023 0 Comments Troika by Alastair ReynoldsSuspenseful, erudite, and gracefully written, it is a significant accomplishment in its own right and a welcome addition to a remarkable body of work. Troika is at once a wholly original account of First Contact and a meditation on time, history, and the essentially fluid nature of identity itself. What they discover-and what they endure in the process-forms the centerpiece of an enthralling, constantly surprising narrative. During its third “apparition” in a remote corner of the galaxy, a trio of Russian cosmonauts approach this enigma and attempt to penetrate its mysteries. It contains works previously published in other venues. Troika tells the story of men and women confronting an enigma known as the Matryoshka, a vast alien construct whose periodic appearances have generated terror, wonder, and endless debate. Troika is a compelling, perhaps even chilling novella set in the near future. Beyond the Aquila Rift is a 2016 collection of science fiction short stories and novellas by British author Alastair Reynolds, published by Gollancz, and edited by Jonathan Strahan and William Schafer. Reynolds brings that same deceptively effortless mastery to the shorter fictional forms, a fact that Troika, his elegant, compulsively readable new novella, amply demonstrates. In novels such as Chasm City and Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds established himself as an indisputable master of. In novels such as Chasm City and Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds established himself as an indisputable master of the far-flung intergalactic epic.
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