Beyond the Aquila Rift is a 2016 collection of science fiction short stories and novellas by British author Alastair Reynolds, published by Gollancz, and edited by Jonathan Strahan and William Schafer. It contains works previously published in other venues. The collection features several stories connected to Reynolds's previous stories and novels. "Great Wall of Mars", "Weather", Last Log of the Lachrymosa, and Diamond Dogs take place in the Revelation Space universe, Thousandth Night takes place in the same universe as House of Suns, and "The Water Thief" takes place in the Poseidon's Children universe.
Stories Title First appearance Date "Great Wall of Mars" Spectrum SF 1 2000 "Weather" Galactic North 2006 "Beyond the Aquila Rift" Constellations 2005 Minla's Flowers The New Space Opera 2006 "Zima Blue" Postscripts #4 2005 "Fury" Eclipse Two: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2008 "The Star Surgeon's Apprentice" The Starry Rift 2008 "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" Interzone #209 2007 Diamond Dogs Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days 2003 Thousandth Night One Million A.D. 2005 Troika Godlike Machines 2010 "Sleepover" The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF 2010 "Vainglory" Edge of Infinity 2008 "Trauma Pod" Armored 2012 The Last Log of the Lachrymosa Subterranean Online 2014 "The Water Thief" Arc 1.1 2008 "The Old Man and the Martian Sea" Life on Mars 2011 "In Babelsberg" Reach for Infinity 2014
Adaptations On 10 March 2019 Alastair Reynolds announced that his short story "Beyond the Aquila Rift" was adapted as part of Netflix's animated anthology Love, Death & Robots. This story, along with "Zima Blue", are the first of Reynolds's works to be adapted for TV or film.
See also Revelation Space universe
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