Phase Space (Paperback)

2025. Tied in to Baxter's 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.

General

Imprint:	Harper Voyager
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Manifold Trilogy
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Stephen Baxter
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-813450-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-00-813450-2
Barcode:	9780008134501

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Excellent read from Baxter

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 | Review by: Conrad M.

A collection of mind-blowing short stories, set in the Reid Malenfant universe of Manifold. Multiple storylines featuring the same characters in different timelines and alternative universes - a brilliant exploration by Baxter of the nature of our Universe and our place in it. The stories are thematically linked, and provides some thrilling, thought-provoking reading material.

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