How would you survive on a planet that doesn't spin? An
awe-inspiring Planetary Romance from Terry Pratchett's co-author on
the Long Earth Books The very far future: The Galaxy is a drifting
wreck of black holes, neutron stars, chill white dwarfs. The age of
star formation is long past. Yet there is life here, feeding off
the energies of the stellar remnants, and there is mind, a
tremendous Galaxy-spanning intelligence each of whose thoughts
lasts a hundred thousand years. And this mind cradles memories of a
long-gone age when a more compact universe was full of light ...
The 27th century: Proxima Centauri, an undistinguished red dwarf
star, is the nearest star to our sun - and (in this fiction), the
nearest to host a world, Proxima IV, habitable by humans. But
Proxima IV is unlike Earth in many ways. Huddling close to the
warmth, orbiting in weeks, it keeps one face to its parent star at
all times. The 'substellar point', with the star forever overhead,
is a blasted desert, and the 'antistellar point' on the far side is
under an ice cap in perpetual darkness. How would it be to live on
such a world? Yuri Jones, with 1,000 others, is about to find out
... PROXIMA tells the amazing tale of how we colonise a harsh new
eden, and the secret we find there that will change our role in the
Universe for ever. Readers love Proxima: 'The plot was very
interesting and I really liked how the narrative alternated from
the past to the future to give a better understanding of the
setting . . . a thought provoking and compelling read' Goodreads
reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Some damn fine science fiction . . .
There's a strong blend of characters here, including human and AI'
Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I highly recommend it for
fans of hard sci-fi, time dilation, space exploration, colonisation
and first contact . . . Baxter has gone to a lot of bother to do
his scientific, ecological research to serve you an entire planet
on a platter' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Half hard
sci-fi about surviving on a new planet, half an almost-2001 sense
of mysterious alien force. It all comes together really well'
Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
General
| Imprint: |
Gollancz
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2014 |
| Firstpublished: |
2013 |
| Authors: |
Stephen Baxter
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
455 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-575-11685-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-575-11685-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780575116856 |
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