Xeelee: An Omnibus
Raft, Timelike Infinity, Flux, Ring
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4.4 • 21 Ratings
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- £9.99
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
Stephen Baxter's epic sequence of Xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, Destiny's Children, published by Gollancz between 2003 and 2006. But the sequence of novels began with RAFT in 1991.
From there it built into perhaps the most ambitious fictitious universe ever created. Beginning with the rise and fall of sub-quantum civilisations in the first nano-seconds after the Big Bang and ending with the heat death of the universe billions of years from now the series charts the story of mankinds epic war against the ancient and unknowable alien race the Xeelee.
Along the way it examines questions of physics, the nature of reality, the evolution of mankind and its possible future. It looks not just at the morality of war but at the morality of survival and our place in the universe.
This is a landmark in SF.
Customer Reviews
Excellent
Excellent series with some hard sci-fi ideas based on real and not so real physics.
Stories are well paced and although characters can be a little 2 dimensional sometimes, the breadth of the plot and the over arcing concept of the mysterious xeelee make up for it.
I think this series is far better than the phase space trilogy with some overlapping concepts. Now I'm waiting for vacuum diagrams on iBooks.
Worth the money.