Adaptations of the Revelation Space universe

This article offers an overview of all known adaptations, to date, of works set in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe (RSU).

Live-action films or TV series

To date, there have been no live-action film and TV adaptations of works set in the Revelation Space universe.

Animated films or TV series

To date, there have been no animated adaptations of works set in the Revelation Space universe.

However, in 2019, the animated television anthology Love, Death and Robots adapted two of A. Reynolds' short stories from the non-RSU anthology Zima Blue and Other Stories - the eponymous Zima Blue and Beyond the Aquila Rift.

Theatre

2017 marked the premiere of a live-action theatrical adaptation of the RSU novella Diamond Dogs. The novella was adapted into a play by The House Theatre in Chicago, with performances at the Chopin Theatre.

In addition to clever stage design to depict various environments, from Yellowstone locations to the Blood Spire on Golgotha, it also uses some special puppetry effects for the sequences involving the titular diamond dogs from later in the narrative.

Diamond Dogs cast

• John Henry Roberts - Richard Swift
• Christopher Haimsworth - Roland Childe
• Katherine Keberlein - Celestine
• Abu Ansari - captain Forqueray
• Joey Steakley - Dr. Trintignant
• Elana Elyce - Hirz

Diamond Dogs crew

• Steve Pickering - head adapter
• Lindsay Dorcus - puppeteer
• Nathan Allen - art direction
• Mary Robinette Kowal - puppet design

Poster for the Diamond Dogs theatrical adaptation

Alastair Reynolds meeting with the cast and crew of the theatrical adaptation

A scene from the theatrical adaptation, set inside the Blood Spire

The author jokingly testing the spacesuit costume made for the play

Diamond Dogs - A Live Sci-Fi World Premiere Adaptation in Chicago

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Diamond Dogs - Sci-Fi Onstage in a Chicago World Premiere

Video trailer 2

Diamond Dogs - A Ferocious Live Action Sci-Fi World Premiere in Chicago - Scene A

Video preview

Music

In 2013, the independent Canadian metal band Ultranaut recorded their short concept album Chasm City EP, based on the eponymous standalone novel. The album consists of four longer tracks and seems to be told from the viewpoint of H alias Tanner Mirabel, the protagonist of the novel.

Many of the locations and events in the novel and some of the other Revelation Space works are referenced througout the album, including Sky's Edge, Yellowstone, Hospice Idlewild, and even the Nostalgia for Infinity.

The first track is predominantly instrumental, and includes some narration, based on the arrival of H to Hospice Idlewild and subsequent orbit-to-surface commute to Chasm City. The troubled history of settling Sky's Edge is vaguely referenced in the opening lyrics of the second track. Latter parts of the same song and then Track 3 reference to the protagonist's current personal quest on Yellowstone, driven by his experiences on Sky's Edge. The fourth track references the events he takes part in years later, during the events of Redemption Ark and other novels in the Inhibitor trilogy.

The lyrics of each track are included in the individual videos' descriptions on the band's channel.

Part 1 Emerging From Reefersleep At Hospice Idlewild

Track 1: Emerging From Reefersleep At Hospice Idlewild

Part 2 The Revelation of The Melding Plague And Orbital Descent Into Chasm City

Track 2: The Revelation of The Melding Plague And Orbital Descent Into Chasm City

Part 3 Elegy - The Lament For Sky's Edge And The Vow of Retribution

Track 3: The Lament For Sky's Edge And The Vow of Retribution

Part 4 The Aftermath And The Transcendence of The Lighthugger "Nostalgia For Infinity"

Track 4: The Aftermath And The Transcendence of The Lighthugger Nostalgia For Infinity

Visual art

• Revelation Space series cover art - Official book cover art for published works set in the Revelation Space universe, by various authors.
• Fan art - Various artworks depicting the Revelation Space universe, by worldwide fans of the setting.

See also

• Alastair Reynolds - Article on the author of the Revelation Space series, including links to official websites and online interviews.