223 Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot.

In the 'Revelation Space' books, the spaceships are a bit old and rusty, and things go wrong, and they don't work quite how they're meant to. And people asked why I did it this way, and groping around for an explanation, I said that I grew up in Barry, this post-industrial sea town full of rusting infrastructure.

You can't underestimate the importance of cover art.

My mother was a part of a reading group, but they would never come near science fiction because they think it's not for them.

Ideas have a certain gestation period that can't be forced.

I'm a wishy-washy 'Guardian' reader, but the last thing I want to do is force a political agenda down people's throats. It's not central to my work, unlike, say, China Mieville, who's very politicised.

Daleks scared the hell out of me, to the point where I wouldn't go round to another boy's house because he had Dalek wallpaper in his bedroom.

I don't know why, but American sci-fi writers seem to focus on the near-future, which has given us Brits a clear run at the most fascinating.

I'm not actually that bothered about the 'science fiction-ness' of 'Doctor Who.'