Prefect

Bob, The Prefect is one of Alastair Reynolds 'better novels.

What SF/F Will You Consume Over the Holidays? 2008

Bad points: maybe too slick to be truly ironic, Ford Prefect is American (that's not an anti-American statement, but it doesn't quite sit right with the parochial nature of the opening Earth section), Zaphod's second head is mostly hidden, Marvin - depite my early thoughts - doesn't look right (from the 2 seconds you can see him in this) and the music ...

New Hitchhiker's Trailer (updated) Jonathan 2005

Bad points: maybe too slick to be truly ironic, Ford Prefect is American (that's not an anti-American statement, but it doesn't quite sit right with the parochial nature of the opening Earth section), Zaphod's second head is mostly hidden, Marvin - depite my early thoughts - doesn't look right (from the 2 seconds you can see him in this) and the music ...

Archive 2005-02-01 Jonathan 2005

To talk about Charley Dean's merits as Senior Prefect is to belabor the obvious.

November 2003 2003

I do however think that for those who have not read him the Prefect might be the place to start because with the police angle, it is just as much a detective story as good science fiction (and another of my favorites.).

REVIEW: House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds 2009

The Prefect is a novel set in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe.

Ground Control to Prefect Tom Sci-Fi Gene 2009

The Prefect is a novel set in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe.

Archive 2009-04-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

I think The Prefect will be the first book I check out, on the grounds that his last Revelation Space stand-alone novel was the masterful Chasm City.

Archive 2007-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2007

The Prefect is a stand-alone addition to this excellently-realised future history, taking place approximately a century before the events of Chasm City and Revelation Space itself.

Archive 2007-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2007

The Prefect is a somewhat more straightforward novel.

Archive 2007-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2007