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Vacuum Diagrams

by Stephen Baxter

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

"And everywhere the Humans went, they found life ..."This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind — all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax: the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galaxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.

Stephen Baxter is the most acclaimed and accomplished of a brilliant new generation of authors who are expanding the vision of science fiction and taking itto a new golden age.

Review:

"Mind-stretching science fiction at its boldest." (-- Orlando Sentinel)

Review:

"Enormously impressive." (-- Locus)

Review:

"An epic of struggle and success." (-- Don D'Ammassa, Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Review:

"One of the best in science fiction." (-- Science Fiction Chronicle)

Synopsis:

The winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award tells the story of humankind--all the way to the end of the Universe. In vivid narratives spanning five million years are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; and the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee.

About the Author

A two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick Award and recipient of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award,Stephen Baxter has also been a Hugo nominee as well as the winner of numerous other literary prizes for his novels and short fiction. A trained engineer who took a first-class honors degree in mathematics at Cambridge University, he also has a doctorate in aeroengineering research from Southhampton University. He is the author of eleven science fiction novels and four novels for young adults. Mr. Baxter lives in Prestwood, England.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780061059049
Author:
Baxter, Stephen
Publisher:
Eos
Author:
by Stephen Baxter
Location:
New York
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Science / General
Publication Date:
April 2001
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
6.88x4.38x1.13 in. .54 lbs.

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