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Troika [Hardcover]

Alastair Reynolds (Author)

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  • Hardcover: 114 pages
  • Publisher: Subterranean Press (June 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1596063769
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596063761
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 299 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #513,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying short novel July 18 2011
By Learner - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
A new Alastair Reynolds book is a must-read for me, so I was happy to see this come out and I read it immediately.

I have to admit that the first part of this book didn't grab me too much. But the story continually builds and ends with a strong, satisfying conclusion.

If you are a hard sci fi fan, then I recommend this book to you. Alastair Reynolds is one of the best contemporary sci fi writers.

This is a very short novel - I haven't done a word count estimate but surely this is a novella rather than a novel.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Story, Interesting Concepts Aug 10 2011
By Gletkin - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I read this story in Strahan's "Godlike Machines" anthology before this release.

Reynolds posits the return of Stalinism to modern Russia, and the rebirth of a soviet space program with astonishing and counter-revolutionary results. A returning cosmonaut is interned in a mental hospital and makes a strange sort of escape.

The really big spaceborne artifact (the Godlike Machine) is the McGuffin that drives the plot. Well worth the read (especially at a working man's price in the anthology).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Just What I Was Looking For Sep 17 2011
By Doctor Moss - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was exactly what I was looking for -- an engrossing science fiction story with enough smarts in it to make you think a little bit. It's a diversion with a kick to it.

The story is told in two interwoven narratives, one of a mission to a mysterious and very large object, the "Matryoshka", that appears in Earth's solar system without warning and without communication. That story is told as a recollection by the main character, Dimitri Ivanov, who also tells his own story, in present tense, now that he has returned to Earth from that mission.

As in other of his writings, the author, Alastair Reynolds, brings a darker, pessimistic feel to the story. The Matryoshka isn't just an unannounced visitor -- it has a message for us, and that message is unsettling to the powers that be. I'm not giving away anything here -- that much is apparent from the beginning. But Reynolds has some surprises in the plot twists that make the story more than just another dystopian science fiction story.

All in all, I was swept along. This is a short book -- in fact, it is labeled a "novella", although published on its own and at the cost of a "novel". I have no complaints. If the story is good, that's what I paid for. And that's what I got.

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