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Vacuum Diagrams: Short Stories in the Xeelee Sequence
Stephen Baxter
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Description for Vacuum Diagrams: Short Stories in the Xeelee Sequence
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Baxter's future history, known as the Xeelee sequence, is an exemplar of the form: it comprises his first four novels, Raft, Timelike Infinity, Flux and Ring, and these marvellous linked stories. The stories are like pearls on the timeline of the sequence, which stretches from the formation of life in the quagma to the virtual extinction of baryonic life in this universe. Owners of the universe, the Xeelee, first contact photino birds at the beginning, then flee them at the end, having modified their own ... Read more
Baxter's future history, known as the Xeelee sequence, is an exemplar of the form: it comprises his first four novels, Raft, Timelike Infinity, Flux and Ring, and these marvellous linked stories. The stories are like pearls on the timeline of the sequence, which stretches from the formation of life in the quagma to the virtual extinction of baryonic life in this universe. Owners of the universe, the Xeelee, first contact photino birds at the beginning, then flee them at the end, having modified their own ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Voyager
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006498124
SKU
KSS0004910
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Stephen Baxter
Born in Liverpool in 1957, Stephen Baxter has a mathematics degree from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D from Southampton. Until recently he worked in information technology. He is married and lives in Buckinghamshire.
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