Absolution Gap
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Absolution Gap
| Author | Alastair Reynolds |
|---|---|
| Published | 2003 |
| Pages | 672 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The third Inhibitor novel, built around a moon whose gas giant intermittently vanishes and the mobile cathedrals that crawl across its surface to keep it in view — Reynolds asking what institutions people would build around something they cannot explain. |
Absolution Gap
Where I heard about it
- a16z’s infrastructure team — on the a16z Infra Reading List, in the Sci-fi “also worth reading” section (B tier), as volume three of the Revelation Space entry.
About this edition
The list groups it with Revelation Space and Redemption Ark as the Inhibitor sequence. A fourth Inhibitor novel, Inhibitor Phase (2021), also appears on the list.
Connections
- a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from.
- Alastair Reynolds — the author.
- Revelation Space · Redemption Ark — the two volumes before it.
- Chasm City · The Prefect · Elysium Fire · Machine Vendetta — the rest of the universe as the list gives it.
- Science Fiction — the genre page.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.