House of Suns - Book Club
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May's book is House of Suns, by Alistair Reynolds. Reynolds started his career as a research astronomer at the European Space Agency. His novels focus on hard science fiction and space operas. This is a standalone novel, though the novella Thousandth Night is set in the same universe. He did note that the novel does not have a strict continuity with the novella, so some things are different. He said in 2019 that he intended to return to this world and write a sequel, though as of now nothing has come of that statement.
Where to find the book (as of 12/5/2025):
(If there are other local sources I should add, let me know)
Hard Copies (paper and hardback):
Delaware County Libraries - 1 of 1 copies available
Free Library of Philadelphia - 0 of 0 copies available
Montgomery County Libraries - 0 of 1 copies available (0 holds)
eBooks:
DCL - 0 of 0 copies
FLP - 1 of 2 copies
MCL - 0 of 0 copies
Audiobooks:
DCL - 0 of 0 copies
FLP - 0 of 1 copies (1 hold)
MCL - 0 of 0 copies
Summary:
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. But now, someone is eliminating the Gentian line. Campion and Purslane—two shatterlings who have fallen in love and shared forbidden experiences—must determine exactly who, or what, their enemy is, before they are wiped out of existence.
Published April 17, 2008
512 pages, 18h 17m