Series
Poseidon's Children
Alastair Reynolds · 3 novels · 2012–2015
Alastair Reynolds' Poseidon's Children trilogy follows humanity — and its transhuman descendants — expanding into the galaxy over the course of centuries, beginning with Blue Remembered Earth (2012) and continuing through On the Steel Breeze and the concluding Poseidon's Wake (2015).
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Poseidon's Children at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2010s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author
reads like:science fictionspace colonizationother star systemsfar futuremysteriousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 33% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Poseidon's Wakedarkest · calmest
- On the Steel Breezebrightest · most intense