Revenger
First edition
AuthorAlastair Reynolds
Cover artistwww.blacksheep.uk.com
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRevenger Trilogy
GenreSpace Opera
PublisherGollancz
Publication date
20 September 2016
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages411 (hardcover)
ISBN978-0-5750-9053-8
OCLC994810105
823.914 23
LC ClassPR6068.E95 R492 2016
Followed byShadow Captain 

Revenger is a 2016 science fiction novel by British author Alastair Reynolds. It is unconnected to any of Reynolds's previous works, and is the first book in the Revenger Trilogy. A sequel, entitled Shadow Captain was published on 10 January 2019,[1] and a third and final book in the trilogy, Bone Silence, was published in 2020.

Revenger won the 2017 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book,[2] and was a finalist for the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award.[3]

Reception

Revenger has been labelled by some reviews as a young adult novel,[4][5][6] although it has not been marketed as such by the publisher. Reynolds addresses this on his blog, saying he hopes the novel "is a straightforward SF novel that also happens to be accessible, and perhaps accessible to somewhat younger readers."[7]

Mark Yon of SFFWorld.com describes the novel as "an entertaining pirate romp ... with a touch of Firefly."[8] Publishers Weekly calls Revenger a "remarkably creative, resonant space opera."[9]

References

  1. ^ Reynolds, Alastair (12 July 2018). Alastair Reynolds - Shadow Captain. The Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 9780575090637. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 Locus Awards Winners". locusmag.com. Locus Online. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 Philip K. Dick Award finalists announced". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Review – Revenger by Alastair Reynolds". The Bookbeard's Blog. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. ^ Bone, Christian. "Revenger". Starburst. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ^ Bardinelli, John (1 March 2017). "Revenger Brings Pirates and Pillaging to Outer Space". barnesandnoble.com. Barnes and Noble. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Alastair (17 August 2016). "Revenger word cloud". approachingpavonis.blogspot.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ^ Yon, Mark (24 September 2016). "Revenger by Alastair Reynolds". sffworld.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Revenger". publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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