Friday, December 19, 2025

Halcyon YearsHalcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Truly entertaining.

Yuri, the first cosmonaut, works as a 40's noir detective. Such a sweet premise. I'm reminded of other great SF that pulls similar conceits be it Hitler as a Noir detective or the inestimable Dark City premise, but who cares, right? It's FUN.

Especially when it takes off with generational starship stuff, bringing Yuri right back into space, continuing a wicked mystery plot, this novel takes us so many great places.

Truly entertaining. :)

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