The Medusa Chronicles

"The Medusa Chronicles is a good old-fashioned SF tale, strong on big ideas and filled with sensa-wunda and magical moments. There's even some genuine surprises. It's an ambitious if not audacious thing to try, and I'll happily admit that I am a tough critic of anything connected to one of my favourite authors, who inspired me to read science fiction. My main worry before reading was that it would have been a pastiche of one of my heroes, but instead I found a book produced with respect for one of the genre's most-loved classic authors. I therefore think it fitting if I say that I think that Sir Arthur would be pleased by this."-- "-- SFFWorld"
"A fitting tribute to the original."
-- ", Booklist"
"A surprisingly substantial extension of "A Meeting With Medusa" suggested by chance "by Alastair Reynolds in the course of a nostalgic email exchange" with Stephen Baxter, The Medusa Chronicles tells the story of those very centuries, and it is--if you'll pardon my hyperbole--frickin' terrific."---- Niall Alexander ", Tor.com"
Two of the most acclaimed contemporary hard SF writerssuccessfully team up in this ambitious epic space opera, spanning almost 800years, that expands the themes raised by Arthur C. Clarke's classic 1971novella, A Meeting withMedusa. Clarke's hero, Howard Falcon, suffered horrific injuries in anaccident in 2080, surviving only by cybernetic surgery; his new abilities ledhim to a successful search for extraterrestrial life and positioned him to bean "ambassador... between the creatures of carbon and the creatures of metal."That unsought status tests Falcon as, over the centuries, robots begin tobecome self-aware and seek autonomy. Humankind's expansion of its reach beyondEarth provides more opportunity for conflict, and the authors do a superior jobof predicting plausible political developments. The novel's reach does come atthe expense of some psychological depth, but fans of the authors' other workwon't be disappointed.--Publishers Weekly *STARRED REVIEW* "May 2, 2016"