Editing Chasm City (novel)

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| image  = Chasm_City.jpg
| date   = 2001
| isbn   = 978-0575-06877-3
| preceded_by = -''[[Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days]]'' <br> -''[[Revelation Space]]'' <br> (optional order)
| followed_by = -''[[Revelation Space]]'' <br> -''[[Redemption Ark]]'' <br> (optional order)
}}
'''''Chasm City''''' is a 2001 novel by author [[Alastair Reynolds]], set in the [[Revelation Space universe]] and standalone within the Revelation space series. It deals with themes of identity, memory, and immortality, and many of its scenes are concerned primarily with describing the unusual societal and physical structure of the titular city, a major nexus of Reynolds's universe. It won the 2002 British Science Fiction Association award.

==Synopsis==
''Chasm City'' is framed and largely written in the voice of [[Tanner Mirabel]], a security expert who has come to [[Chasm City]] to avenge the death of his former client's wife at the hands of a "postmortal" noble named [[Argent Reivich]].

Tanner arrives to find that [[Yellowstone]], the most advanced civilization in human history, has descended into squalor; an alien [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology nanotech] virus known as the [[Melding Plague]] has wreaked havoc throughout the system. [[Chasm City]], a dense forest of mile-high shapeshifting skyscrapers, has melted into a slum. The [[Glitter Band]], a sparkling diorama of ten thousand orbital habitats, has been reduced to a "[[Rust Belt]]" of a few hundred survivors, mostly primitive and pre-nanotech antiques.

In this chaos of plague and desolation, Tanner seeks his prey, only to discover that Reivich is more clever than he originally thought. In the midst of his hunt, he begins experiencing virus-induced flashbacks from the life of [[Sky Haussmann]], the founder of his home world [[Sky's Edge]], who is both revered and reviled for the crimes he committed for his people.

From the depths of the gas plume at the heart of Chasm City, to the aristocratic canopy spanning what remains of the skyscrapers, Mirabel begins to unravel the mystery of the Melding Plague.

== External links ==
*[https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/alastair-reynolds/chasm-city/9780575087699/ Official site of ''Chasm City''] at [https://www.gollancz.co.uk/ Gollancz.co.uk]
*[http://www.alastairreynolds.com/release/chasm-city/ Official article on ''Chasm City''] at [http://www.alastairreynolds.com/ Alastair Reynolds' website]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasm_City ''Chasm City''] article at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia]
* Extracts
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20061209074225/https://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/chasm.htm Extract from the novel] at [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/ InfinityPlus.co.uk]
* Reviews
**[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/chasmcity.htm Infinity Plus review] (by Nick Gevers) at [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/ InfinityPlus.co.uk]
**[http://www.sfbrp.com/archives/459 ''Chasm City'' audio review] at [http://www.sfbrp.com/ The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast]
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 From the depths of the gas plume at the heart of Chasm City, to the aristocratic canopy spanning what remains of the skyscrapers, Mirabel begins to unravel the mystery of the Melding Plague.
-==See also==
-{{Revelation Space series}}
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