Ultima (Proxima 2)
Stephen Baxter - Ultima (Proxima 2)
Art Nr.: 0575116897
ISBN 13: 9780575116894
B-Nr: INF3003013029
Release Year: 2015
Published by: Orion Publishing Group
Cover: Taschenbuch
Pages: 549
Weight: 399 g
Language: Englisch
Author: Stephen Baxter
Warengruppe: Taschenbücher/Belletristik/Science Fiction, Fantasy
Beschreibung:
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 freedom make themselves felt. And we discover that there are minds in the universe that are billions of years old and they have a plan for us. For some of us. But as we learn the true nature of the universe we also discover that we have countless pasts all meeting in this present and that our future is terrifyingly finite. It's time for us to fight to take back control. This is grand scale, big idea SF of the best possible sort. It is set to build on the massive success of PROXIMA and define Stephen Baxter's work going forward.
Autoreninformationen:
Stephen Baxter, geb. 1957 in Liverpool, studierte Mathematik und Astronomie, bevor er sich ganz dem Schreiben widmete. Er zählt zu den weltweit bedeutendsten Autoren wissenschaftlich orientierter Literatur. Etliche seiner Romane wurden preisgekrönt und zu internationalen Bestsellern. Baxter lebt und arbeitet im englischen Buckinghamshire.