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''Open and Shut'' is a brief short story in the ''[[:Category:A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency|A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency]]'' spinoff series.
 
''Open and Shut'' is a brief short story in the ''[[:Category:A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency|A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency]]'' spinoff series.
   
It is set between the novels ''[[Aurora Rising]]'' and ''[[Elysium Fire]]'' and acts as a bridge between their storylines. It can be read as a midquel between the two novels, or a prequel just before the events of ''Elysium Fire''. The short story features prefect [[Tom Dreyfus|Dreyfus]] as its main character.
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It is set between the novels ''[[Aurora Rising]]'' and ''[[Elysium Fire]]'' and acts as a bridge between their storylines. It can be read as a midquel between the two novels, or a prequel just before the events of ''Elysium Fire''. The short story features [[Prefect|prefect]] [[Tom Dreyfus|Dreyfus]] as its main character.
   
 
It was published on the Gollancz website in early 2018, prior to ''[[Elysium Fire]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> date of publication. <ref>''[https://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-prefect-dreyfus-story.html New Prefect Dreyfus story]'', Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon blog, 5 January 2018 </ref> <ref>''[https://www.gollancz.co.uk/2018/01/open-shut-short-story-alastair-reynolds/ Open and Shut]'', short story by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz.co.uk (dead link, please provide archived version)</ref>
 
It was published on the Gollancz website in early 2018, prior to ''[[Elysium Fire]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> date of publication. <ref>''[https://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-prefect-dreyfus-story.html New Prefect Dreyfus story]'', Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon blog, 5 January 2018 </ref> <ref>''[https://www.gollancz.co.uk/2018/01/open-shut-short-story-alastair-reynolds/ Open and Shut]'', short story by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz.co.uk (dead link, please provide archived version)</ref>

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Open and Shut is a brief short story in the A Prefect Dreyfus Emergency spinoff series.

It is set between the novels Aurora Rising and Elysium Fire and acts as a bridge between their storylines. It can be read as a midquel between the two novels, or a prequel just before the events of Elysium Fire. The short story features prefect Dreyfus as its main character.

It was published on the Gollancz website in early 2018, prior to Elysium Fire's date of publication. [1] [2]

Notes

  • The shortest short story in the Revelation Space series, to date.

References

  1. New Prefect Dreyfus story, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon blog, 5 January 2018
  2. Open and Shut, short story by Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz.co.uk (dead link, please provide archived version)