The Disappearance of The Andromeda Galaxy | House of Suns

[@impostervt]

One of my favorite sci-fi books. Chases across the galaxy that take 50,000 years or more because FTL isn't a thing? Hell yes.

[@victorpedrosoceolin3919]

They still have close to light speed travel

[@superpieman5773]

​@Victor Pedroso Ceolin he said FTL not at light speed

[@CChissel]

Reminds me of Banner of the Stars, an anime but with really cool space travel limitations, like it taking hundreds of hours to do something or go to some place nearby, obviously not as long, but still cool and adds a bit of complexity to battle and travel which seems mostly instantaneous in other media. And also how humans aren’t adapted for space travel, but the other race “Aph” are and way more comfortable and better at doing it.

[@dimble3]

That sounds seriously cool. Definitely check this series out after I finish the expanse

[@Admiral-General_Aladeen]

Is this a hard sci fi Story because the dyson swarm was the original dyson sphere because it was actually phyically possible

[@Griffolion0]

Fun fact about the Bootes Void: If our galaxy was one of the few within that void, it would have taken us until the 1960s to develop telescopes powerful enough to detect the presence of other galaxies. That's how empty it is.

[@Quietstrife]

Meh. There's truly no way of actually proving that.

[@SRBallard]

@@Quietstrife ... I think you didn't understand what was said.

[@garlicbreadstick404]

​@@Quietstrife my man, thats the literally all of astronomy

[@Literallyjustmint]

@@Quietstrifethere literally is

[@stevenkunkle3857]

I don't think you understand how recently it was discovered that there is in fact more than one Galaxy. Our grandparents were taught there was only one.

[@mykal2803]

This is becoming a comfort channel, like everytime I see a video up I instantly click on it and get brought to what can only be described as in front of nice warm fire place with a great story teller. For however pessimistic the world makes me feel, stuff like this brings me back.

[@jumpkut]

Man you put it perfectly!

[@hannat6406]

Honestly, same. I also love to listen to it while working out to get an idea what book to download when I get home, hehe.

[@barryp9696]

Amen.

[@chimkinNuggz]

True

[@albusvoltavern4500]

You’ve gotten me back into sci fi. Several books in high school really left a bad taste in my mouth, but a lot of these books have rekindled my love for science fiction and fantasy.

[@bruhrrito8669]

Yeah this channel's awesome! Out of curiosity, which books left a bad taste in your mouth?

[@cyborglion4179]

What books were bad?

[@thehat4244]

Don't leave us hanging!

[@albusvoltavern4500]

@@bruhrrito8669 reading alot of edger rice Burroughs John Carter books left me burnt out, still love the first couple. Orison scot cards a memory of earth i thought was weird, though Enders game and bean are two of my favorites. A book that I forget the name to (it was all numbers 2219 or something like that) that had the most shallow environmentalist message I’ve ever read in my life. listening to one to many of the expanse books on audible made be dread the phrase “Chapter 22: Holden” in the narrators voice, though those weren’t bad. Also several smaller books that blend together because of bad pacing, cool gimmicks but little in universe continuity, and characters that infuriated me more then triss from divergence. In general to much stuff I didn’t enjoy too close together turned me off of it for several years.

[@TheBlueWizardOfWestVirginia]

Agreed

[@lizard8312]

I’ve never quite panicked at a spoiler warning before, like I did just now… it’s still paused. Ima actually, really, come back to this after I get the book. Thank you for all your hard work!!

[@mikicerise6250]

Okay, so what happened was [REDACTED].

[@davidmicheaels343]

it's not that serious,you can know the spoiler and still enjoy the book,at least i can.

[@Quietstrife]

​@@davidmicheaels343keyword "I". Not we. Not everyone. I personally agree with you but I'm not everyone.

[@BrennanWest]

Man I love this book so much. The themes it discusss in regards to deep time was so engaging. The vastness of time and how the Lines burrow through it and how each of them are known for specialities and assist local civilizations when called upon. Love this book.

[@Niven110]

Alistair Reynolds is one of my favorites authors so thanks for covering more of his works

[@nineonine9082]

My only complaint, is that there are not more books, because I want to know more about what happened to certain characters. I recall one like dying or something, but the next book he was kinda there and seemed like normal, which was weird, but i musta missed something.

[@t_xxic8814]

I love Reynold's Revelation Space series, but I also enjoyed his stand-alone novels a lot like the House of Suns. Thanks for bringing them into light. I would love to see you review Iain M. Banks works more often. He is probably my favourite sci-fi writer of them all.

[@ecbrown6151]

Ditto, half way into Redemption

[@vonhendrik]

Yeah there was one story of his that stuck with me, I can't remember the name, but it's about creatures that live in the crust of neutron star. Absolutely mindbending. Sticks with me all the time. Reynolds is hands down my favorite sci-fi author with how huge and massive his ideas are.

[@kaspersaldell]

Banks suuuuuucks

[@ryang.5094]

House of suns is epic and wild!

[@meszian]

​@@vonhendrikisn't that Stephen baxter? The Xeelee trilogy

[@alexeypopov314]

Oh, the House of Suns! Definitely the best book written by Reynolds and one of the most beautiful stories in SF! Thank you!

[@AltiniaHoldingsInc]

I’m so excited you’re covering Reynolds’s work! The Belle Epoch is one of my favorite sci fi settings.

[@mmmahh9056]

Thanks for the video Quinn! I love learning new scifi/fantasy to read on the go!

[@idiodidact]

Excited for this one, one of my favorite books since reading. Alastair Reynolds' books are honestly immaculate

[@jimwallace6262]

You are a sci-fi legend, love the way you break these books down. You’ve given me a great new reading list thank you Quinn

[@Methus3lah]

The idea of a universe without faster than light travel is a lot more interesting to me than a universe with it. The scale of these vast distances makes it abundantly clear that to travel any great distance in space, one must also travel a great distance in time. What would motivate a person to travel such vast distances? What would it be like to wait for them at home? Going 85% of lightspeed, it’d take 5 years (from the perspective of earth) to reach Proxima Centauri. Say you want to spend a year there, then come back. That’s 11 years from earth’s perspective, and 7 years from yours. It evokes the idea of the long journeys of old, along the Silk Road or across the seas. True voyages of wonder and terror may take place between the stars, in that great void. Of course, some stories want spaceships without all that to deal with, which is fine. But I do like the idea of no fast travel being allowed

[@chiaeagle6720]

Always good to see Alastair Reynolds getting some attention. Another one of his to review might be Pushing Ice. There are alot of deep time themes and a particularly interesting Megastructure at might be of interest

[@aenea22980]

I LOVE this book, it's so wonderful! Glad to see you covering it. It's really subtle in a lot of different ways, with the cutscenes back to the dawn of the human expansion.

[@vonhendrik]

YESSSS! I litterally literally screamed when I saw when you're going over an Alistair Reynolds book and one of my favorite of his as well.

[@Yesica1993]

Thank you for the spoiler warning. This sounds so good! And, YES, a standalone! Everything seems to a be in series format these days. My life situation is such that I cannot right now dedicate the time, brain space, and/or money to series. This sounds perfect. Will check it out.

[@jaybain4337]

I read this at the same time I was discovering your KZbin channel... two years ago? And recommended this exact book for your review and coverage! Thanks so much for sharing out -- I especially love the concept of deep time living.

[@seankelly3540]

Paused the video at the spoiler warning. Seven minutes got me hooked. Catch me back here in a few weeks after I read it

[@MR3DDev]

This is what I love about Alastair Reynolds, he gets away from some usual sci fi tropes.

[@ShiverMeTimbers70]

This book is awesome. The light speed thrill ride towards the end is mind-blowing

[@Decentricity]

I started reading this book after just 3 minutes of you explaining about it and i just finished it after 3 days of reading. I felt like i just finished one of the FTL chases described in the book -- i am time dilated, just out of abeyance. Masterful. Alastair Reynolds is a master, and you have a fan. ❤

[@Sharkman1963]

One of the best sci-fi novels ever. Of course everything Reynolds writes is great.

[@firefield28]

Also one of my favourite books, one I truly can't get enough of. The scale of everything in this one book is just truly amazing, breath-taking.

[@phoenixrising9785]

You’re the best sci-fi book commentator bar none. Enjoy your insights and descriptions. Since I found your channel the subdued flame that I had for sci-fi was rekindle again. Thanks for the great work. PS. Great bookcases. You should do a library tour video. I’m sure us followers would love to see your collection.

[@zanitzeuken]

sometimes when something disappears in the dark, something has stepped in between you and what you're looking at.

[@allisonrogers1409]

I love Reynolds and I really appreciate the graphics and descriptions you provide!

[@Totalinternalreflection]

I just read House Of Suns recently, it was a brilliant book I highly recommend.

[@untitled795]

legendary pfp

[@tomasverner5354]

I hope you do the Poseidon's children trilogy by A Reynolds some day.

[@donsimmmo]

At this point I just read whatever Quinn makes videos on. Bloody legend, thank you sir

[@angryginger791]

Now I want to go re-read House of Suns, but my TBR list is so long I feel like I'll never get through it if I start re-reading things. The endless dilemma.

[@murasakinebula4772]

WOAH QUINN!!!! House of Suns is my fav book!! Thanks you for bringing light to it!

[@Trottelheimer]

A.R. is one of my all time favourites. I haven't read anything by him that has been less than riveting.

[@Anon-te6uq]

Do the Quantum Thief next. Its a great post-singular novel about wildly advanced warring factions. Jupiter got annihilated by a singularity weapon.

[@A_Few_Thoughts]

Quinn. Please cover the Xeelee books by stephen Baxter! Talk about super advanced engineering on a universe scale!

[@0321Dave]

This has to be one of the best stand alone sci fi novels I have ever read! Thank you for covering this one

[@ajiibshah3760]

I swear Quinns smile just warms me up everytime. I feel wholesome even though these videos gush out some horrifying concepts of extraterrestrial life 😂

[@BeccaRyy]

Thanks again to you and your channel for getting me back to reading voraciously like I did in high school. So many things to read, so little time!

[@awi11o]

XEELLEE SEQUENCE YAAAAAAAAS MY FAVORITE SCIFI EVERRRRRRR This book sounds fun as well , I'm just excited to see you even mention the Sequence

[@barrybend7189]

I would love a look into the Future History and Ring world books by Larry Niven. Not many people appreciate the books.

[@panasclepias2937]

YES! A mention of Stephen Baxter!!! A very under appreciated author whom I hope you will cover in a future video!!

[@MarkLambertMusic]

Reynolds is one of the greats in sci-fi, and it's awesome to see a channel with 714k subs (at the time of my viewing) hopefully bringing more readers to his work.

[@merryjayned7315]

Thank you so much for opening my eyes to sci-fi novels. I absolutely love your videos and they keep my bookshelves full of interesting new reads.

[@sciencefictionreads]

This blew me away when I first read it. One of the best modern day space operas.

[@UFBMusic]

Damn I was just thinking about this book yesterday.

[@paulfoote6198]

Got to the spoiler warning at 6:57 and started reading the book, thank you for highlighting so many wonderful stories 🧡

[@lpg12338]

Outstanding video, I will add this book to my list, thanks for sharing! 👍

[@DanKoerner]

The grand reveal at the end of the book is great, but I always found the depth of compassion and selflessness of Hesperus, himself a Machine Person, to be the most moving thing about this novel.

[@DanteMac26]

House of Suns is one of my go to recommendations for first time Reynolds readers. Pushing Ice and Terminal World were the others until the Revenger series came out.

[@davidkelley5382]

Quinn, you have me hooked. I read 3 body problem on your recommendation. 🖖🏼👍🏽✌🏽

[@zackcorrell5746]

Alistair is one of my favorite authors. His works are hard scifi and usually amazing.

[@jag519]

This review made me read House of Suns and I came back now to watch the vid again after reading it! Great vid and great suggestion!

[@cidie1]

You've introduced a bunch of books to me only today and they all sounded very interesting, thanks!

[@iExploder]

Oh man, I was wondering when you'd get to Alastair Reynolds! House of Suns is one of my favourites of his works, but the Revenger series has been another favourite as well.

[@loxodoncyclotis1823]

This isn't the first video about Reynolds on this channel though, there was also one about Revelation Space

[@petereldergill2942]

I'm just starting the third book of Three Body Problem. When I'm done I'm planning on watching all the videos that you've made about them. I'm reading them because I see them on your channel and I thought it would be neat to read Chinese sci Fi to see what it's like. Thanks!

[@closeriusfildius9634]

Gotta say, every vid of yours has amazing music mate

[@tomd9323]

Great book, nice to see you cover the Absence, I thought it was an interesting concept. Reynolds' standalone books are great, I hope you cover Century Rain at some point.

[@ml4173]

Thanks for another good sci-fi book idea. Im reading the Three Body Problem now from your earlier video and loving it. Just ordered this book too.

[@straygeologist]

Would love to see you dive more into Reynolds work, both Revelation Space and others (Pushing Ice!)

[@apollovoid2259]

Quinn Smart, Quinn make me want read space book. Good recommendations Quinn Gives. Favorite Sci-Fi book man. Thank you Quinn. ❤

[@yourname50]

Man, this book had some wild ideas but it definitely felt like it fizzled out in the third act, looking forward to the sequel though.

[@gunnymaru2900]

It was perfect from beginning to end. Name a book besides Foundation that you would put at that level.

[@seanbroderick6358]

Thank you for coverage of this amazing novel. It’s sooo, sooo good.

[@florete2310]

"The Absence" of Quinn's head - only seeing a talking torso in this clip - was kind of unsettling... Anyway, the Reynolds book sounds like a pretty good read; this one's definitely on my list now.

[@Amalgamotion]

You did a great job getting me to snag this off of audible. I would've used your affiliate link if it wasn't mentioned after the spoiler warning. I stopped the video at that point so I could check the story out sans spoilers and now I wish I had known. I really enjoyed the book though and would love to see more come from this particular universe of Alastair Reynolds.

[@jessebarcus73]

This is one of the first times I've actually paused the video to grab a book from the library. Those few lines you spoke about the different branches of humanity pickled my cuke. Sorry for not finishing the vid Quinn!

[@ravenheartwraith]

read this a few years back, wasn't expecting a video! will listen... it was a confusing book for me so I'd like to see you break it down.

[@totalnewb123]

Quinn out here getting people into debt over these awesome books. Thank you sir. 👍🏿✊🏿🇯🇲🇺🇸💯

[@tarkajedi3331]

Brilliant more details please!!! Thanks

[@deusexaethera]

You mentioned The Xeelee Sequence! 😁 Have you done a series of videos on that yet?

[@uradgula5258]

Always a fan of bookshelf shots. Good insperation for further reading! And spotting what I already got on my own shelves, and so spotting good taste hehe ;)

[@basilhammer2965]

What an amazing book recommendation! Thank you!

[@corwinberry]

Straight up pausing on your bookshelf to find a good book is my go to lol. You have great taste in sci fi dude.

[@Mr.NopeNope]

Oh youve been bombarding us with videos, i love it! Keep up good work

[@hugoagudo4282]

House of subs and pushing ice are some of my favourite novels. Still have the hard copies

[@andreasbuehler1821]

It's a great book and almost entirely written around the absence of FTL. The shatterlings are effectively immortal due to time dilation, but it also means they can never come back to anywhere they've been. They travel to meet a civilization exchange greetings, technology, information, then move on across the galaxy. At some point, they will come back around again, and for them, years have passed, but that civilization is now 200'000 years in the past and nothing of them remains except some half-forgotten legends. They have 6 million years of galactic history in their databanks, thousands of stellar empires, rising and falling day to day.

[@CantankerousDave]

I’ve read his Revelation Space books, but didn’t know about this one. It took me while to realize that you need to pay attention to the years at the beginning of each chapter. Having STL interstellar travel be integral to the structure took some mental effort at first.

[@DanielGenis5000]

Bravo; I loved this one by Reynolds, and the galactic setting he tackled was astounding!

[@cbass191]

Just purchased the book from audible. Thank you Quinn.

[@willp2877]

Welp, this is exciting. Amazing novel. Great video!

[@pauloandre8078]

Hi Quinn hello from Brazil. I really like your channel and always refer to it to decide which books I'll read next.

[@siddbastard]

i'm reading his revelation space saga now. pretty cool, interresting characters.

[@seanparker74]

I love all the ideas that you share...

[@keither_1976]

Thanks for covering more Alastair Reynolds books.

[@tristunalekzander5608]

Just a minor pet peeve of mine, faster than light travel would not cause a paradox, you would not go back in time, your arrow of time would actually freeze and you would be instantly transported to the end of time, figuratively speaking. The common confusion that FTL would reverse time comes from us humans incorrectly representing time as a dimension in scientific graphs. Graphs are sometimes helpful, sometimes not, because time isn't a dimension, your arrow of time can become infinitely slower and infinitely closer to 0, but it cannot go below 0. A more intuitive way of representing it would be to invert it, where instead of getting closer and closer to 0, you just get a larger and larger number, which obviously would never go backwards.

[@trebleboost7]

My favorite book by Alistair Reynolds. Hands down.

[@Emdee5632]

I have read most of Alastair Reynold's novels and stories so far, House of Suns included but I don't remember reading about the Andromeda galaxy. I do remember lots of details from the Relevation Space series and other stand alone novels. Maybe I should read House of Suns again.

[@NocturnalDirtPeople]

Quinn, I love your content. It's so cool. I just don't have enough time to read all these great books. I just love sci-fi lore.

[@roberthoward5015]

Good work man.. keep it up!!

[@brianandrews6124]

I’m four minutes in on the video and I’m sold already. You read so much faster than I do. It’s annoying! Don’t stop doing what you’re doing Quinn. I look forward finishing one of the previous books you covered and then reading House of Suns and then finishing this video. Well done

[@bradws4eva]

Totally sold on the mystery. Pausing at the spoiler warning and buying the book. Thanks Quinn!

[@justinwalker4475]

just found this channel ...good stuff i'm following 🙂

[@kiljaeden7663]

One of my favourite books. Hoping for a sequel.

[@OrinThomas]

Belladonna Nights (set in the same universe) is wonderful.

[@22damian93]

This gave me an ideea. If we consider a different explanation to the Fermi Paradox. This might be one explanation, we cannot see it or interact with it because we are locked away from it, hidden from it. And perhaps they from us. Perhaps we are being sheltered, or we are already ensnared. Who knows, but an interesting twist either way.

[@kamau506]

Please do "Pushing Ice". It is such a great omage to Rendezvous with Rama.

[@tkgsingsct]

I really dig House of Suns, and the associated short stories. I've reread the book probably five times.

[@metazuul1103]

Definitely need to check this out! loved the review

[@DanielSolis]

Reynolds also uses the idea of "shattering" in his Blue Remembered Earth series. A woman is struggling to decide what to do with her life, facing three main options. So she decides to split herself into three people, with each of them choosing one of those three paths.

[@DanielGenis5000]

OMG- you know about the Xeelee! It's hard to find the older Baxter novels. They are great!