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2020. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, Reid Malenfant ventures to the far edge of the solar system, where he discovers a strange artifact left behind by an alien civilization: A gateway that functions as a kind of quantum transporter, allowing virtually instantaneous travel over the vast distances of interstellar space.

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Venus has exploded.

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The highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wells's The Time Machine, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke.

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In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and his universally acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent, fantastic ideas, unprecedented cosmic insights as well as page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to produce the most awesome novel of the future since 3001.

Fresh from his latest collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the Long Earth sequence Stephen Baxter now returns to the mysteries and challanges first hinted at in his acclaimed novel PROXIMA.In PROXIMA we discovered ancient alien artifacts on the planet of Per Ardua - hatches that allowed us to step across light years of space as if we were stepping into another room. The universe opened up to us. Now in ULTIMA the consequences of this new free...

Aufbruch zum Jupiter Bei einem schrecklichen Unfall verlor Commander Howard Falcon einst beinahe sein Leben, nur die hochentwickelte Technologie seiner Zeit konnte ihn damals retten. Nun macht er sich - halb Mensch, halb Maschine - auf eine atemberaubende Reise in die Zukunft, eine Reise durch Raum und Zeit. Es ist der Beginn eines Abenteuers, das die Geschichte des Menschen im Universum neu schreiben wird. Mit Die Medusa-Chroniken haben die b...

Return to the eon-spanning and universe-crossing conflict between humanity and the unknowable alien Xeelee in this selection of uncollected and unpublished stories, newly edited and placed in chronological reading order.From tales charting the earliest days of man's adventure to the stars to stories of Old Earth, four billion years in the future, the range and startling imagination of Baxter is always on display. As humanity rises and falls, e...

An awe-inspiring Planetary Romance from the author of FLOOD and the epic Xeelee sequence.

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A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Nebula Award-winning novella "A Meeting with Medusa, " this novel continues the thrilling adventure of astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity's first explorer of Jupiter from two modern science fiction masters.Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter—and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. But he is no...

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.

One of the great SF writers returns with a collection of stories including a brand new novella! From the co author (with Terry Pratchett) of the LONG EARTH series.

It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs. The Army is prepared.So when the signs of launches on Mars are seen, there seems little reason to worry. Unless you listen to one man, ...

One of the world's bestselling science fiction authors returns to the series which made his name. The Xeelee are back for the last time...

It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs. The Army is prepared.So when the signs of launches on Mars are seen, there seems little reason to worry. Unless you listen to one man, ...

Acknowledged heir to Arthur C. Clarke's literary legacy Stephen Baxter returns with this story of the remaining members of the Xeelee race travelling through time to attempt to reorder history in the Xeelee's favour, starting with an attempt on the life of the human inventor of wormhole technology Michael Poole.