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The speaker is saying that a strong early liking for far-future science fiction naturally led to wanting to write it later. It presents the choice as something that followed from a long-standing personal interest. The quote also suggests confidence that this direction was almost inevitable for him.
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Originally said in English.
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About Alastair Reynolds
Welsh science fiction author
Alastair Preston Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author. He is known for hard science fiction and space opera, and his work is closely associated with those traditions. His fiction explores ideas grounded in science, then expands them into large-scale imagined futures and interstellar settings. He is especially identified with the technical rigour of hard science fiction and the broader sweep of space opera.
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Books by Alastair Reynolds
Revelation Space
2020
Pushing Ice
2009
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2009
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2002
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2006