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Gollancz science fiction author Alistair Reynolds has signed a ten year, ten book publishing deal worth £1m with his publisher.
Reynolds has worked with the Orion imprint since his debut, Revelation Space, was published in 2000. Before that, Reynolds was publishing short stories in science fiction magazines during the 16 years he spent in the Netherlands working at the European Space Agency as an astronomer.
Jo Fletcher, his editor at Gollancz, told the newspaper: "He is very good at complex plots and he's very good at making you feel the vastness out there. He's got the whole package. We don't sling that sort of money around lightly. Al's got big ideas for the future and we wanted to make that happen, but it's also a signal to the publishing industry that we're taking him seriously, and that they need to."