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Thousandth Night / Minla's Flowers

This book was published with two covers — one for each work — with the rear cover showing Minla's Flowers, and the front that for Thousandth Night.

For many of us, the Ace Double Novels of the 50s and 60s have long been a source both of pleasure and nostalgia. This new double volume from Subterranean Press stands squarely in that distinguished tradition, offering a pair of colorful, fast-paced stories from the reigning master of the intergalactic space opera: Alastair Reynolds.

Thousandth Night, the genesis for the epic novel House of Suns, is quintessential Reynolds. A visionary account of intrigue, ambition, and technological marvels set within a beautifully realized far-future milieu, it combines world-class storytelling with a provocative meditation on the mystery, grandeur, and inconceivable immensity of the universe.

The masterful novella Minla s Flowers features Merlin, a familiar figure to Reynolds s readers. Diverted by technical difficulties to a planet known as Lecythus, Merlin finds himself forced to play a part in the moral and military dilemmas of a world on the verge of extinction.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 186
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781596062597
  • Genres
  • fiction, novella, collections, fantasy
  • Release date
  • 2009