
Raft
(The first book in the Xeelee series)(1991)
A novel by
Stephen Baxter
AwardsArthur C. Clarke Award (nominee)
| "A major new talent." Arthur C Clarke |
Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence. A spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space-time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere. Five hundred years later, their descendants still struggle for existence, divided into two main groups. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials. These can be traded for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, on which a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible. Rees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him stow away on a flying tree -- just one of the many strange local lifeforms -- carrying trade between the Belt and the Raft.
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Hardback Editions
September 2009 : Hardback
| Title: Raft Author(s): Stephen Baxter ISBN: 0-246-13726-6 / 978-0-246-13726-5 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / UK Fiction Hc Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1991 : Hardback
| Title: Raft Author(s): Stephen Baxter ISBN: 0-246-13706-1 / 978-0-246-13706-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Grafton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Raft Author(s): Stephen Baxter ISBN: 0-00-733023-5 / 978-0-00-733023-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Voyager Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1992 : Paperback
| Title: Raft Author(s): Stephen Baxter ISBN: 0-586-21091-1 / 978-0-586-21091-8 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1992 : Paperback
| Title: Raft Author(s): Stephen Baxter ISBN: 0-451-45130-9 / 978-0-451-45130-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Roc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1991 : Paperback
| Title: Raft Author(s): Baxter Stephen. Publisher: Grafton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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