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“Pure space opera… the beauty of the piece isn’t in the decidedly familiar plotlines
but in the way that the writer reworks them… Reynolds takes in all of these great

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ideas and plays with our assumptions, producing a surprising ending that is more
upbeat than most pieces of space opera, arguing that the fact that intelligent life
exists in a cold and hostile universe is a fantastic and beautiful thing that should be
celebrated rather than mourned… The combination of the nicely re-thought
familiar plot devices and Reynolds’ solid prose and beautifully crafted pacing make
reading this book not unlike enjoying a really well made version of your favorite
comfort food.”
—Revolution Science Fiction


“Reynolds… does not take the expected route… Pushing Ice is very well done
indeed… well worth a read.”
—Emerald City


“Where this transcends the average ho-hum space opera is the uber-text that
contemplates the incomprehensible immensity of the universe and the relative
insignificant presence—yet nevertheless unique fact—of human existence…
entertaining and… hopeful.”
—SF Site




CENTURY RAIN
“Reynolds possesses the true and awesome widescreen SF imagination… an
exciting, thought-provoking novel.”
—Locus


“Century Rain fuses time travel, hard SF, alternate history, interstellar adventure,
and noir romance to create a novel of blistering power and style.”
—SFRevu


“For Reynolds’s efforts, the reader is treated to concepts that engage on a galactic

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