Alastair Reynolds discusses the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency trilogy | Author Interview

With the January 2024 release of Machine Vendetta now concluding the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency trilogy, I chat with science fiction author Alastair Reynolds about the Prefect books and his writing career. 0:00 Intro 1:34 Background in science and science fiction 7:55 First published story 9:56 Interzone and the 1990s 11:37 Astronomy career 13:27 Revelation Space and Chasm City 20:00 Conception of The Prefect 23:51 Panoply, Demarchy and real-time democracy 31:27 Elysium Fire 37:20 Machine Vendetta publication delay 38:28 Aurora Rising name change 41:03 Machine Vendetta concept 44:34 Potential for more Prefect stories 45:30 Wrapping up the Prefect trilogy 48:01 Writing shorter, tighter novels 49:48 Revisiting Revelation Space 52:38 Current projects More SF author interviews:    • Author Interviews   #booktube #sciencefiction #scifi #authorinterview #alastairreynolds #machinevendetta #revelationspace