Stephen baxter is one of the uks most acclaimed writers of science fiction and. It takes place over a period of four or so decades and details the aquification of earth by subterranian water that. Baxter issued a sequel to this work, entitled ark, in 2009. Includes sequels to flood and ark, and stories set in the universe of antiice. The wheel of ice try raft if you like stories of adventure on. Now, thousands of years have passed, and a wall that was built to hold back the sea must now hold back the advancing armie. I seem to have read a lot of apocalyptic literature recently.
The main reason for this is that ive never really come across a short story that was able to be coherent and fully realised, and i was often left feeling that they should have been turned into fulllength. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water. In 2025 the sea level continues to rise and patrick groundwater must use all his resources with other rich and farsighted people to give a future to his daughter holle. Ark by stephen baxter returns to the earth as seen in flood. Ultima isbn 9780451467720 pdf epub stephen baxter ebook. Maureen is intent on fixing up the yard at the new house shes just bought in oxford. I bought this because the sequel, ark, came to through book club and has been on the shelf for. Reviewers indicated that flood was an engaging novel despite these expected limitations and that at times, it even overcame them. Explore books by stephen baxter with our selection at. Stephen baxter who was a little drunk at the time shouts out waterworld. The years best science fiction twentythird annual collection. Baxter,stephen stephen baxter used books, rare books and new books. Grow your faith as you see the feasibility of noahs ark and gods selection of animal kinds that entered the ark. Stephen baxter timelike infinity harper collins, 1992, signed first edition.
Ark is a 2009 hard science fiction novel by english author stephen baxter. Last contact is a 2007 science fiction short story by stephen baxter. So its no wonder i picked up stephen baxters flood and started it as soon as i read the inside dustjacket flap four hostages. When told of this, a companion responds, well, you tried. Stephen baxters imaginative and bold daily mail, uk stone spring drew readers into an alternate prehistoric scenario. Baxter developes new and strange concepts that perfectly fit together when reading the books in the way i suggested above. Rob latham, american slipstream, in the cambridge companion to american. Many years after humanity first landed there, earth ii has a fairly large human population. The flood book series by stephen baxter includes books flood and ark. While the deluge in genesis that sees noah take refuge aboard his ark. Raft is the first book in the acclaimed xeelee sequence, stephen baxters history of the universe.
Order of stephen baxter books stephen baxter is a british author of hard science fiction and alternate history novels. Stephen baxter is one of the uks most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multiaward winner. Flood a novel of the flood book 1 kindle edition by baxter, stephen. Hes a chartered engineer and fellow of the british interplanetary society. Flood tells the story of mankinds final years on earth. Stephen baxters bestselling novels, flood and ark roc, 2009 and 2010 introduced a universe in which a handful of refugees in a primitive starship flee a. Human civilisation is almost destroyed by the rising inundation, which covers mount everest in 2052. Since 1987 he has published somewhere over forty books, mostly science fiction novels, and over a hundred short stories. Flood by stephen baxter signed first edition book see all titles by stephen baxter. This site is updated regularly with news and new material, so please look again. Here youll find information about my books, about me, and about upcoming projects. A spaceship from earth accidentally crossed throug.
The series continues in three pendant stories, which are described in the plot summary below. He was born on november, 1957 in liverpool, england and lives in northumberland. He holds degrees in mathematics, from cambridge university. His many books include the classic xeelee sequence, the times odyssey novels written with arthur c. Flood is a 2008 work of hard science fiction by english author stephen baxter. Last contact follows two women, maureen and caitlin, as they live through the last few months of earths existence.
Stephen baxter born in liverpool, england in 1957 is a british hard science fiction author. The stand by stephen king 1984 by george orwell the road by cormac mccarthy the. Baxter will continue this story in ark, due out in 2009. Ark is a sequelcompanion to flood that covers the united states last ditch. Baxter will continue this story in ark, due out in. The novel ark by stephen baxter has been published for the first time in 2009. Before he became an author he studied mathematics at cambridge university, obtained a doctorate in engineering at southampton university and an mba from henley management college.
Xaia is determined to explore the huge continent known as the navel and conquer those living on it. Flood by stephen baxterflood is a superb study of what it might be like to survive a flip in global climate, says keith brooke. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Ark deals with the journey of the starship ark one, and the continuing human struggle for survival on earth after the catastrophic events of flood. The xeelee sequence is a very conceptual focused work which means that mr. A readingorder using baxters timeline realy doesnt make that much sense, because temporal manipulation using dozens of various tools of time. Flood by stephen baxter, 9780451463289, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I first stumbled across stephen baxters work when i read his. After finishing the year of the flood by margaret atwood highly recommended, i continued on the same theme with stephen baxters scifi novels flood and ark being a big fan of arthur c. But when critics were left in awe, it was never from a characters actions but from the setting, a world gradually coming to understand that it is doomed to drown.
Stephen baxters bestselling novels, flood and ark roc, 2009 and 2010 introduced a universe in which a handful of refugees in a primitive starship flee a drowning earth. Baxter signed a contract for two new books, titled proxima and ultima, both of which are names of planets, and they were released in. The deeply scarybbc focus new novel from a national bestselling and critically acclaimed author. The stories of a small group of people caught up in the struggle to survive are woven into a tale of unimaginable global disaster. Stephen baxter ebooks epub and pdf format stephen baxter ebooks. The raft is built from the wreckage of the spaceship from earth that crossed into another universe, and its populated by the original crews descendants. I first stumbled across stephen baxters work when i read his manifold series, which told three parallel stories centered on resolving the fermi paradox. Stephen baxters highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning xeelee sequence finally enters the sf masterwork series. Clarke, i became acquainted with baxters writing though his collaboration with clarke in light of other days and the time odyssey trilogy. Stephen baxter books list of books by author stephen baxter. He writes the xeelee sequence, destinys children, nasa trilogy, manifold trilogy, mammoth trilogy, time odyssey with arthur c. Baxters riveting followup to bestseller flood tempers the hope of humanity coming together in the face of a crisis with an often brutal undercurrent of realism, resulting in a sequel that surpasses.
Despite a slow start and a strange sense of complete detachment, i ended up loving stephen baxters flood, the first book in this apocalyptic. Stephen baxter ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Hailed as one of the most inventive writers that science fiction has ever produced sf site, stephen baxter builds on the massive success of proxima with a careerdefining novel of big ideas on the planet of per ardua, alien artifacts were discoveredhatches that allowed humans to step across lightyears of space as if they were stepping into another room. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. And the hope offered for a unlucky few by a second great ark. Ark a novel of the flood more editions of ark a novel of the flood. Stephen baxter is a prolific british hard fiction author. Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in barcelona. Its a sequel but at the beginning events from both novels are running concurrently, just in different locations and following different people. Stephen baxter was born in liverpool, england, in 1957.
Decoding the story of the flood by irving finkel in epub, fb2, rtf download ebook. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. In the manifold stories, baxter exhibited his skill as a hard science fiction author by tackling the each scenario in a. In the duology we see the refugees reach colony worlds they call earth ii and. Clarke, times tapestry, long earth with terry pratchett and proxima series. See the complete flood series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Noahs arkflood more than just a story, it was a historical event as evidenced by features on the earths surface that science cannot explain with theories outside of the biblical account.
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