This book reads more like short story vignettes than a novel, but fans of stephen baxter and anyone who relishes a deep look at evolution and devolution will want to read this epic. I had put off reading this book for years because, while ive enjoyed many of stephen baxters novels, the idea of wading through 750 pages of the story of human evolution narrated by anthropomorphised primates really didnt appeal. Buy a cheap copy of evolution book by stephen baxter. This seems to be a fair comment on many of baxters books, and evolution is no exception. He was born on november, 1957 in liverpool, england and lives in northumberland. Evolution ebook published january 1st 2003 by del rey ebook, 672 pages authors. See all books authored by stephen baxter, including the long earth, and the long mars, and more on. The author attempts to explain basics of the theory of evolution and correct many of the misconceptions.
Stephen baxter at the sciencefictiontage nrw in dortmund, germany, march 1997 a second category in baxters work is based on readings in evolutionary biology and humananimal behaviour. His many books include the classic xeelee sequence, the times odyssey novels written with arthur c. Stephen baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from cambridge mathematics and southampton universities doctorate in aeroengineering research. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Exultant rivals asimov in its boundless vision for the future evolution of humanity. In an early science fiction novel, the world set free 1914, hg wells describes a promethean moment for. 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, isbn 9780451467720 buy the ultima ebook. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the uk, us, germany, and japan. Bulky assemblageits a stretch to call this a novelof animated dioramas endeavoring to illustrate the story of primate evolution. Evolution unites all the fields of biology under one theoretical umbrella. Evolution begins its story in the cretaceous period over 65 million years ago the age of the dinosaurs, and just before the kt extinction event where it is believed that an asteroid of 6 miles diameter or greater hit the earth causing a catastrophic event that led to the mass. Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of stephen baxter. Evolution is a novel of over 640 pages that was not an easy read, but superbly inspiring and thoughtprovoking. The apecreatures in the last and weakest part of his timespaceorigin trilogy had put me off.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Stephen baxter hardcover books for sale in stock ebay. An omnibus by stephen baxter, 9780575090415, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Evolution isbn 9780345457820 pdf epub stephen baxter. Complete xeelee sequence stephen baxter ebook online. 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. Stephen baxter books list of books by author stephen baxter. The token frame here concerns the journey of two friends, paleontologist joan useb and primatologist alyce sigurdardottir, to attend a conference in darwin, australia, in 2031. The time ships, baxters pastiche of hg wells the time machine was one of the more remarkable books ive encountered in several years. Evolution by stephen baxter overdrive rakuten overdrive. Clocking in at 584 pages, this novel takes us from the age of the dinosaurs to the earths far future through around twenty vignettes of life on. Evolution leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future.
The planets ecology and climate are threatened, the huge volcano on nearby rabaul. Now, with evolution, stephen baxter delivers what is sure to be one of the most talkedabout books of the yearand shows once again why he belongs among the select company of science fiction writers who matter. Evolution is a cautionary tale, warning of the dire consequences to contemporary humans if we persist in behavior that threatens the survival of our ecosystem. Evolution leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of. Read evolution roman by stephen baxter available from rakuten kobo.
I had put off reading this book for years because, while ive enjoyed many of stephen baxter s novels, the idea of wading through 750 pages of the story of human evolution narrated by anthropomorphised primates really didnt appeal. Evolution, while it is termed a novel, is not really a novel. Baxter is at his best when he describes prehistorical winners and losers and speculates on the. Evolution by stephen baxter books hachette australia. Elements of this appear in his future histories especially later works like the destinys children series and floodark, but here it is the focus. The book is nothing less than a novelization of human evolution, a megamichener treatment of 65 million years starring a host of smart, furry primates representing homo sapienss ancestry. Complete xeelee sequence stephen baxter ebook torrent free downloads, 82830.
Reading evolution was time extremely well spent, i learned immeasurably from it, and i am not yet done learning. Written with permission of wells estate, baxters sequel takes machine intelligence to an amazing, if not. From their beginnings foraging at the feet of the dinosaurs, through the apocalypse of an asteroid strike, through countless years of the day to day life and death dramas of survival of the fittest, to the rise and fall of mankind and the final destruction of earth by the expanding sun, the primates have survived. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The books and novels of science fiction author stephen baxter. Each stage of our ancestry is represented by a character of progressively. Stephen baxter is the preeminent sf writer of his generation. This book is a brief introduction to evolutionary biology. Stephen baxter is one of the uks most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multiaward winner.
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