<p> <em>Praise for Arthur C. Clarke:</em> </p> <p>‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’<br /><em>THE TIMES</em></p> <p>‘Arthur C. Clarke is the colossus of science fiction’<br /><em>NEW YORK TIMES</em></p> <p> <em>Praise for Stephen Baxter:</em> </p> <p>‘The most important living science-fiction writer in the country’<br /><em>THE TIMES</em></p> <p>‘The best SF writer in Britain’<br /><em>SFX</em></p>

In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and his universally acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent, fantastic ideas, unprecedented cosmic insights as well as page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to produce the most awesome novel of the future since 3001. ’Space is what keeps everything from being in the same place. Right?’ With these words Hiram Patterson, head of the giant media corporation OurWorld, launches the greatest communications revolution in history. With OurWorld’s development of wormhole technology, any point in space can be connected to any other, faster than the speed of light. Realtime television coverage is here: earthquakes and wars, murders and disasters can be watched, exactly as they occur, anywhere on the planet.Then WormCams are made to work across time as well as space. Humanity encounters itself in the light of other days. We witness the life of Jesus, go to the premiere of Hamlet, solve the enigmas that have baffled generations. Blood spilled centuries ago flows vividly once more – and no personal treachery or shame can be concealed. But when the world and everything in it becomes as transparent as glass and there are no more secrets, people find new ways to gain vengeance and commit crime, and Hiram Patterson finds new ways to keep his Machiavellian schemes secret.
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In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and his universally acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent, fantastic ideas, unprecedented cosmic insights as well as page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to produce the most awesome novel of the future since 3001.
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Praise for Arthur C. Clarke: ‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’THE TIMES ‘Arthur C. Clarke is the colossus of science fiction’NEW YORK TIMES Praise for Stephen Baxter: ‘The most important living science-fiction writer in the country’THE TIMES ‘The best SF writer in Britain’SFX
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• The two biggest names in British science fiction • A collaboration of extraordinary potential • Baxter is acclaimed as the best SF writer in Britain and heir to the legacy of Arthur C. Clarke • Baxter is leading the way to a new golden age of science fiction • There is a great deal of active movie interest in Baxter’s famous XEELEE sequence and his collaboration with Arthur C. Clark THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS Competition: Titan; Voyage; Origin (Manifold Book 3)
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780008134556
Publisert
2016-06-16
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperVoyager
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Biographical note

Stephen Baxter applied to become an astronaut in 1991. He didn’t 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.