A series of short stories in the Revelation Space universe, my recommendation is that you only read it after having read all the others in the series. The stories start back at the very beginning of humankind first reaching out beyond the solar system, and continues all the way out to the end. Though the stories stand alone, some are intertwined with each other, and all are interwoven into the whole Revelation Space universe. Another top-notch book in the series.
Publisher’s Summary
Centuries from now, the basic right to expand human intelligence beyond its natural limits has become a war-worthy cause for the Demarchists and Conjoiners. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down.The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space…because who’s to say that humanity won’t be next?
Set in the Revelation Space universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called “one of SF’s best and most ambitious novelists”. The eight stories included in Galactic North are “Great Wall of Mars”, “Glacial”, “A Spy in Europa”, “Weather”, “Dilation Sleep”, “Grafenwalder’s Bestiary”, “Nightingale”, and “Galactic North”.