Phase Space (The Manifold Trilogy)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Phase Space (The Manifold Trilogy)
By (Author) Stephen Baxter
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
19th October 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic
Science fiction: space exploration
Science fiction: aliens / UFOs
Speculative fiction
Science fiction: near future
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
300g
Description
2025. Tied in to Baxters masterful Manifold trilogy, these thematically linked stories are drawn from the vast graph of possibilities across which the lives of hero Reid Malenfant have been scattered.
Reid Malenfant is the commander of a NASA earth-orbiting science platform. The platform is intended to probe the planets of the nearest star system by bouncing laser pulses off them. But no echoes are returned and Reid's reality begins to crumble around him. Huddling with his family, awaiting the end or an unknown new beginning Reid tells stories of other possibilities, other realities.
The linked stories encompass the myriad possibilities that might govern our relationship with the universe: are we truly alone, or will we eventually meet other lifeforms The final possibility that the Universe as we know it is in fact an elaborate illusion designed to protect us from the fearful reality is brilliantly explored in the tour de force novella that ends the volume.
Reviews
The most important living science-fiction writer in the country
THE TIMES
The best SF writer in Britain
SFX
Praise for The Manifold Trilogy:
Pacy, visionary, extravagantly imagined, TIME places Baxter firmly in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov
THE TIMES
Highly intelligent, with original ideas in almost every sentence
THE GUARDIAN
Baxter is taking basic SF ideas and rebuilding them based on current science, technology and politics [He] apparently has the ambition and the energy to reinvigorate hard SF all by himself
LOCUS
Its time for Baxter to take his place alongside Asimov and Heinlein
EDGE
Author Bio
Stephen Baxter applied to become an astronaut in 1991. He didnt make it, but achieved the next best thing by becoming a science fiction writer, and his novels and short stories have been published and have won awards around the world. His science background is in maths and engineering. He is married and lives in Northumberland.
