World Engines: Destroyer
A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey
$22.50
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2020
Summary
A hard-SF cli-fi saga set against the background of the birth of the solar system. Filled to the brim with big ideas and breathtaking worldbuilding
In the year 2570, a sleeper will wake …
In the mid-21st century, the Kernel, a strange object on a five-hundred-year-orbit, is detected coming from high above the plane of the solar system. Could it be an alien artefact? In the middle of climate-change crises, there is no mood for space-exploration stunts - but Reid Malenfant, elde…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473223196 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473223199 |
| Author: | Stephen Baxter |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
Hard SF science smarts… yet is great fun too.– SFX MAGAZINE
gripping science fiction utilising big concepts and backed by brilliant writing - Starburst Magazine
Grown up SF, a masterpiece from a star who shines as bright as any “mainstream” author - SunBaxter is the natural heir to the hard sci-fi crown of Arthur C. Clarke and he shares Clarke’s generous imagination and ability to extrapolate a plausible future technology from the cutting-edge theories of today. Imaginative appeal is what counts with Baxter and in that he delivers reliably - Daily TelegraphAbout The Author
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent science fiction writer of his generation. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland with his wife.
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