The Disappearance of The Andromeda Galaxy

The Disappearance of The Andromeda Galaxy | House of Suns

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In this video, we discuss "House of Suns" by Alastair Reynolds. This book has some of the coolest science fiction ideas that I've encountered. The work of Reynolds is absolutely riveting. In this video, we discuss the "Vigilance" an ancient race of "Humans" who seem to have knowledge about one of the greatest mysteries in their universe, the disappearance of the Andromeda galaxy.
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@impostervt Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

They still have close to light speed travel

@superpieman5773 Жыл бұрын

@Victor Pedroso Ceolin he said FTL not at light speed

@CChissel Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@Admiral-General_Aladeen Жыл бұрын

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

@Griffolion0 Жыл бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@user-uo2wr5ys2b Ай бұрын

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

@garlicbreadstick404 3 күн бұрын

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

@Literallyjustmint Күн бұрын

@@Quietstrifethere literally is

@mykal2803 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Man you put it perfectly!

@hannat6406 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Amen.

@chimkinNuggz Жыл бұрын

True

@albusvoltavern4500 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@cyborglion4179 Жыл бұрын

What books were bad?

@thehat4244 Жыл бұрын

Don't leave us hanging!

@albusvoltavern4500 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@ludwigvonfluffles2278 Жыл бұрын

It’s your videos that inspired me to go back into reading again! I was a voracious reader, especially sci fi as a teen well into my late 20s. However, real life issues and events made me give up on reading and focus more on the mundane. I tried reading but the spark was gone. Since stumbling onto your videos, there was something in me that rekindled that spark. That sense of awe, wonder, and the simple joys of immersing myself into fantastic worlds was kindled once more. 25 years later, I have reread an old favorite book that I’ve kept with me all these eons, “Brightness Reef” by David Brin. The magick was still there! I felt like a kid again exploring worlds with fresh eyes! All those experiences came flooding back as I savored the words and imagery of the book. Today, I’ll revisit an old haunting of mine, a used bookstore I’ve frequented so long ago. And many adventures will be had by this old salty reader. Thank you Quinn! I appreciate all the work you do! ❤️

@Sharkman1963 Жыл бұрын

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

@lizard8312 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Okay, so what happened was [REDACTED].

@davidmicheaels343 Жыл бұрын

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

@Quietstrife Ай бұрын

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

@AltiniaHoldingsInc Жыл бұрын

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

@BrennanWest Жыл бұрын

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.

@e.matthews Жыл бұрын

So far my favourite Reynolds work! Campion + Purslane + Hesperus were great characters, right from the start. I DNF'd Revelation Space unfortunately, he wasn't quite there with the characters yet. Can't wait for more!

@t_xxic8814 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Ditto, half way into Redemption

@vonhendrik Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Banks suuuuuucks

@ryang.5094 Жыл бұрын

House of suns is epic and wild!

@meszian Жыл бұрын

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

@raydeld Ай бұрын

I’m a huge nerd for humans becoming so scientific that they cross the lines of even being human! Thank you so much for showing me another great book sir.

@ollywright Жыл бұрын

Nice. I really loved the book too. It was my first of Alastair Reynolds that put me onto his other books (Revenger series currently, highly recommended too). The relativity paradox 'the absence' solves is accurate physics, one of the things Reynold's books do very well are realistic physics - he has a PhD in Astrophysics.

@epooders Жыл бұрын

Can you explain how the absence solves the relativity paradox? Genuinely curious.

@Emdee5632 Жыл бұрын

The Revenger series? BEWARE of the bone reading Ness sisters!

@meszian Жыл бұрын

@@epooders if anything which travels light speed or under is barred from traversing the galactic gap, the paradox created by the FTL travel would be averted due to any species trapped under the FTL barrier being completely unable to be present in, or see the other galaxy? That's just my layman's guess

@xenn4985 6 ай бұрын

Well no it doesnt solve the paradox, because there is no paradox. It just assumes a paradox and solves the problem it created

@Niven110 Жыл бұрын

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

@nineonine9082 Ай бұрын

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.

@alexeypopov314 Жыл бұрын

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

@eliglor9863 Жыл бұрын

Bro, killin it as always! Alistair Reynolds is one of my favorite writers. I would love to see a series from you on Revelation Space!

@MR3DDev Жыл бұрын

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

@RodrigoBarbosaBR Жыл бұрын

I haven't read House of Suns, but I'm a huge Alastair Reynolds fan, since I read "Beyond the Aquila Rift"

@Yesica1993 Жыл бұрын

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.

@_Dei_ 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. I've been reading Alistair's books for over 20 years now. When I tell people he's my favourite sci-fi author, they often reply Alistair who? I thoroughly enjoyed the recent Revenger series (he tends to release maybe only one book a year these days), but I was most happy when he returned to the Inhibitor series recently with Inhibitor Phase.

@DanielSolis Жыл бұрын

Dude, you're hitting my fave novels from when I first got into the "new space opera" genre.

@idiodidact Жыл бұрын

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

@vonhendrik Жыл бұрын

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.

@ShiverMeTimbers70 Жыл бұрын

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

@mmmahh9056 Жыл бұрын

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

@MidKnight_Dragon Жыл бұрын

I've been subbed to your channel for a year now and I really enjoy the videos you make. I love science fiction books but don't have time to read as much as I used to so I really enjoy your synopsis of different books. Keep up the great work

@aenea22980 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Totalinternalreflection Жыл бұрын

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

@untitled795 Жыл бұрын

legendary pfp

@jimwallace6262 Жыл бұрын

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

@jaybain4337 Жыл бұрын

I read this at the same time I was discovering your KZfaq 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.

@chiaeagle6720 Жыл бұрын

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

@aeronnelson8479 Жыл бұрын

Love to see you posting on a regular basis again! It's my favorite KZfaq content!

@donsimmmo Жыл бұрын

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

@couch115 Жыл бұрын

House of Suns is my all-time favorite sci-fi. Good explainer.

@evansmith6552 Жыл бұрын

As much as I love the Revelation Space setting, Reynolds stand-alone works tend to outshine his works in that continuity IMHO. House of Suns and Pushing Ice remain two of my favorite sci fi stories of all time.

@phoenixrising9785 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Erik-ri3gz 10 ай бұрын

Once again, I needed a new book for a long drive, I scrolled through Quinn’s videos, found the first option I hadn’t read yet, and loved it. Rinse and repeat. Thanks, Quinn.

@chs_ambs8356 Жыл бұрын

So many books i need to get through, so little free time! I'm definitely adding this one to my list, though!

@merryjayned7315 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Decentricity Жыл бұрын

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. ❤

@firefield28 9 ай бұрын

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.

@alphadraconis9898 Жыл бұрын

Reynolds has repeatedly said he has plans to return to this universe and along with Pushing Ice these rank amongst my favourite books.

@BeccaRyy Жыл бұрын

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!

@user-ct4xf3du5c Жыл бұрын

Quinn, your gift of narration adds an impeccable & ominous beauty to sci-fi. I love your content... looking forward to more 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

@Mr.NopeNope Жыл бұрын

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

@jag519 Жыл бұрын

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!

@Methus3lah Жыл бұрын

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

@cidie1 Жыл бұрын

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

@JIYOSHI831 Жыл бұрын

Just want to say you've got a great channel and I enjoy listening to you read . Glad I found ya

@jeffreyaldrich1865 Жыл бұрын

Love your dives into these books.

@murasakinebula4772 Жыл бұрын

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

@LockheedMonster Ай бұрын

Quinn is the definition of underrated 😢

@seankelly3540 Жыл бұрын

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

@ml4173 Жыл бұрын

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.

@lpg12338 Жыл бұрын

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

@jessebarcus73 Жыл бұрын

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!

@douglashobden Жыл бұрын

Great channel discussing one of the greatest sci fi authors. -chefs kiss-

@tomasverner5354 Жыл бұрын

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

@pauloandre8078 Жыл бұрын

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

@Joe-lb8qn Жыл бұрын

This is a great story and it was far better than i thought it would be. Bought it a year ago and saved it for a series of interminable long flights later, so had to wait nearlya year to read ! Worked out well loved it and will reread.

@metazuul1103 7 ай бұрын

Definitely need to check this out! loved the review

@siddbastard Жыл бұрын

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

@tarkajedi3331 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant more details please!!! Thanks

@zanitzeuken Жыл бұрын

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

@stuartj5408 Жыл бұрын

Another banger video, thanks for the book recs

@Trottelheimer Жыл бұрын

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

@angryginger791 Жыл бұрын

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.

@seanbroderick6358 Жыл бұрын

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

@seanparker74 Жыл бұрын

I love all the ideas that you share...

@roberthoward5015 Жыл бұрын

Good work man.. keep it up!!

@0321Dave Жыл бұрын

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

@jilocasin Жыл бұрын

I love Alastair Reynolds, and House of Suns is one my very favorites of his.

@basilhammer2965 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing book recommendation! Thank you!

@corwinberry5925 Жыл бұрын

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

@awi11o Жыл бұрын

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

@zackcorrell5746 Ай бұрын

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

@panasclepias2937 Жыл бұрын

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

@Eric-yo4qk Жыл бұрын

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

@NocturnalDirtPeople Жыл бұрын

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.

@petereldergill2942 Жыл бұрын

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!

@J_A_W_ Жыл бұрын

I love how you keep picking up all of my favorite scifi novels. :D

@uradgula5258 Жыл бұрын

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 ;)

@UFBMusic Жыл бұрын

Damn I was just thinking about this book yesterday.

@barrybend7189 Жыл бұрын

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

@Anon-te6uq Жыл бұрын

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

@ajiibshah3760 Жыл бұрын

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

@BookishChas Жыл бұрын

You sold me on this one. Thank you!

@davinhunt7558 9 ай бұрын

This one really captured me; outside of some plot holes, it was awesome to read

@nikolaybelorusov5522 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid !

@apollovoid2259 Жыл бұрын

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

@fubecafy Жыл бұрын

Wonderful way to start off my Friday :D

@DanielGenis5000 Жыл бұрын

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

@davidkelley5382 Жыл бұрын

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

@dieantler Жыл бұрын

I knight you as the Prophet of Sci fi.. Because you made us all fall in love with sci fi, fiction and reading. Thank you for your sharings.

@ravenheartwraith Жыл бұрын

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.

@justinwalker4475 8 ай бұрын

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

@Ghostintheeshell Жыл бұрын

Ever thought about doing this in podcast form? I love your videos and have found many series to look into.

@paulfoote6198 4 ай бұрын

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

@Edson_online Жыл бұрын

Been a while since I read this book. Loved it.

@charlesdrew3947 8 ай бұрын

One of my favourite sci-fi books. Epic scale really interesting ideas, love it.