As of 2011 he has published over forty shorter works and nine novels. This ended in 1995 when his story "Byrd Land Six" was published, which he says marked the beginning of a more serious phase of writing. He then started spending much of his writing time on a first novel, which eventually turned into Revelation Space, while the few short stories he submitted from 1991–1995 were rejected. In 1991 Reynolds graduated and moved from Scotland to the Netherlands to work at ESA. Reynolds wrote his first four published science fiction short stories while still a graduate student, in 1989–1991 they appeared in 1990–1992, his first sale being to Interzone.
He returned to Wales in 2008 and lives near Cardiff. There, he worked for the European Space Research and Technology Centre (part of the European Space Agency) until 2004 when he left to pursue writing full-time. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk in the Netherlands where he met his wife Josette (who is from France). Afterwards, he earned a PhD in astrophysics from the University of St Andrews. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle University, where he studied physics and astronomy. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Former research astronomer with the European Space AgencyĪlastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author.
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