false 63960 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 63960 6 62107 1999 Vacuum Diagrams total:181|5:59|4:72|3:40|2:8|1:2| 181 721 277 14 20295 3.71 5736 606 5413376 241848 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.96 174 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 1 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Aug 31 06:56:10 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 07:18:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 61747895 1594308 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:01:34 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:44:39 -0700 2009
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Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 06 06:17:16 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 06:18:58 -0800 2009 50207793 2153386 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 0 false Mon Mar 23 14:26:36 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 14:27:27 -0700 2009 44608728 68383 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 0 0 false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 23:35:31 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 23:36:16 -0800 2009 30388753 407325 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 4 0 false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 13:07:42 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 07:38:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9922790 396447 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 0 false Tue Dec 04 07:25:45 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 07:44:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 35306544 1608649 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 2 0 false Wed Feb 11 06:21:13 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 14 13:43:05 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 06:21:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 13787071 391222 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 0 false Sun Jan 27 22:06:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 22:09:07 -0800 2008 37259242 1698220 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 0 false Sun Nov 09 11:49:06 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 11:51:07 -0800 2008 36396851 1664269 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 4 0 false Tue Oct 28 11:20:23 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 11:20:56 -0700 2008 30879048 15473 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 0 0 false Fri Aug 22 03:30:52 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:30:52 -0700 2008 35169123 1614430 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 3 0 false Mon Oct 13 05:09:29 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 05:21:15 -0700 2008 3184336 196774 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 4 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 15:17:21 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:56:09 -0800 2009 81979821 3072378 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 3 0 false Thu Dec 24 19:12:43 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 19:12:43 -0800 2009 81928508 2242656 1118367 0006498124 9780006498124 0 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144624m/1118367.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144624s/1118367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118367.Vacuum_Diagrams 4.00 1 Vacuum Diagrams most after you've put it down. The prolific and acclaimed Stephen Baxter has always been praised for his imaginative and conscientious use of science, and Vacuum Diagrams is no exception. This collection of short stories will leave you ruminating for days over the sprawl of ideas, worlds, and life forms Baxter has woven together.

Filling in the gaps on Baxter's ambitious, almost audacious, 10-million-year timeline called the "Xeelee Sequence," Vacuum Diagrams is a collection of revised, previously published short stories that bridges together his popular novels set in this same "future history"--Raft, Timelike Infinity, Flux, and Ring. Baxter's universe is rotten with life, from strange tree-stump-like creatures with superfluid ice skeletons to dark matter "birds" to sentient beings composed of pure mathematics. And Baxter's reverence for life's beauty, for its voracious robustness, is hard to resist--especially when it comes to humanity and its tentative, eager rise. The cycling timeline follows humans as they come into their own as a star-faring race, from their first sporadic steps to their near dominance of the universe and beyond.

Vacuum Diagrams is a great introduction to Baxter for those unfamiliar with him and a good primer for the other "Xeelee Sequence" novels. If you already love Baxter or the other novels in the sequence, Vacuum Diagrams is certainly a safe bet. Besides, any book that sends you scurrying quizzically after your college physics text deserves a closer look. Check it out. --Paul Hughes

]]> 1999 0 0 false Thu Dec 24 02:41:50 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 02:41:50 -0800 2009 81856178 3069067 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 0 false Wed Dec 23 08:53:10 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 08:53:10 -0800 2009 81384422 2800803 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 0 0 false Fri Dec 18 06:53:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 06:53:00 -0800 2009 81182298 3048787 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 3 0 false Wed Dec 16 07:22:20 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 07:22:20 -0800 2009 81146352 3047644 63960 0061059048 9780061059049 14 <![CDATA[Vacuum Diagrams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194m/63960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170620194s/63960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63960.Vacuum_Diagrams 3.98 181 This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in luminous and vivid narratives spanning five million years, are the first Poole wormholes spanning the solar system; the conquest of Human planets by Squeem; GUTships that outrace light; the back-time invasion of the Qax; the mystery and legacy of the Xeelee, and their artifacts as large as small galxies; photino birds and Dark Matter; and the Ring, where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee contemplate the awesome end of Time.]]> 1999 5 0 false Tue Dec 15 19:11:57 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 19:16:43 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=63960