revelation space series by alastair reynolds

2351 – Dan Sylveste born in Chasm City, Yellowstone.2338 – Bernsdottir discovers first Shroud.2340 – Denizen uprising fall of the Europan cities.2217 – Conjoiner expedition to Diadem.2205 – 2250 period of great expansion numerous interstellar colonies established recontact with surviving settlements from Amerikano era.First relativistic starship constructed and launched from Mars orbit. 2205 – Galiana’s Conjoiners escape from Mars.2191 – 2205 Conjoiner quarantine period.2191 – ceasefire in Conjoiner-Coalition war brokered by Sandra Voi.Birth of Conjoiner faction and immediate onset of Coalition-Conjoiner war. 2190 – Experimenters on Mars initiate Transenlightenment.Demarchists distance themselves from the more radical factions. Unease at extreme neural experiments being conducted under Demarchist aegis leads to formation of the Earth-based Coalition for Neural Purity a military pact of conservative states opposed to further technological or social innovation. 2178 – Great Wall of Mars project begins.2161 – Sandra Voi leads first human expedition into Europa’s ocean.

2155 – first Demarchist settlements around Jupiter.Solar luminosity begins to drop, heralding a new ice age on Earth. Emergence of Demarchist states in 2141 signals new era of peace and prosperity. 2110 – 2140: period of turmoil solar system convulsed by more wars.Most such societies fail within two or three generations. 2090 – 2110: establishment of early colonies on a number of extrasolar planets via Von Neumann robots carrying fertilised human cells.At 1/8th of the speed of light, they will not arrive until the twenty-third century. Departure of flotilla of colony ships for 61 Cygni-A. Emergence of “chimeric” factions: heavily bio-engineered and cyborgized human splinter groups. 2081: increasingly violent police actions against rogue states lead to retaliatory actions onset of war.Political fragmentation and social unrest follows massive breakthroughs in bio-sciences. Smaller settlements dotted around whole system, out to fringes of Kuiper Belt. By 2069 twelve million people live off Earth mainly around Earth and the Moon. 2050 – 2080: period of great expansion into the solar system.Feel free to distribute but please do not amend in any way. That said, I do have a timeline that I hope is not hideously inaccurate or riddled with dire inconsistency. There is no Bible or extensive set of background notes - I basically just make it up as I go along and rely on my own shaky recollection not to tie myself in knots.

The Revelation Space universe currently encompasses five novels and a cluster of short stories, of which all but ' Monkey Suit' are collected in the books Galactic North and Diamond Dogs and Turquoise Days.

Revelation space series by alastair reynolds