The Medusa Chronicles

'A vivid and vital take on a pace age future that never actually happened. Clarke, you may find yourself thinking, would surely approve.' * SFX *
A joy to read, it's yet another feather in Baxter and Reynolds' well-adorned hats. * SCIFINOW *
With these two titans of the genre, jaw-dropping imagination and laser-sharp wordcraft are guaranteed. They have created a beautiful novel, wonderful to explore. * THE SUN *
brings the strengths of both writers - a thorough grasp of scientific principles and the ability to present them in well-paced, engaging narratives * The Guardian *
it certainly contains all that I love in the writing and imagination and vision of both Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds. Full justice has been done to Clarke and his original short story and I can only hope for more. My only greedy complaint is that I wish the book were longer. What there is, though, is wondrous and perfect. * For Winter's Nights *
Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds choose to focus instead on the characters to help pull the storyline forward and that was what I liked most about The Medusa Chronicles, it's a character driven sci-fi book, something I feel the genre needs more of. * The YA Bookshelf *
Baxter and Reynolds are the ideal writers to take this on. They capture a sense of the awe of the universe and the humility of the position of humanity within it, but they also clearly have a lot of fun with some very old SF genre conventions in the process. * Geek Life *
if you like a political story combined with the effects of human interplanetary space travel, this book is definitely for you. * Livingforbooks *
Humanist, meditative, this is old-fashioned science fiction as evidenced by its sense of wonder and a positive attitude to scientific progress but, alongside, manages to keep the thrills on overdrive and the cosmic and planetary problems ticking along. A good read. * Lovereading.co.uk *
If I'm honest, I wasn't expecting The Medusa Chronicles to be much more than a tip of the hat to Arthur C. Clarke, but Baxter and Reynolds go far farther by realising a resounding sweep of a story with rich seams of science and speculation, some unforgettable spectacle and not a few emotional moments. * TOR.COM *
One of the most compelling novels of either author's career, it combines moments of incredible action with an intricately-realised depiction of an expansive universe. * GEEK SYNDICATE *