Ultima

Ultima

by Stephen Baxter
Ultima

Ultima

by Stephen Baxter

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Overview

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 career-defining novel of big ideas....

On the planet of Per Ardua, alien artifacts were discovered—hatches that allowed humans to step across light-years of space as if they were stepping into another room. But this newfound freedom has consequences....

As humanity discovers the real nature of the universe, a terrifying truth comes to light. We all have countless pasts converging in this present—and our future is terrifyingly finite. There are minds in the universe that are billions of years old and now we are vulnerable to their plans for us....

It’s time to fight back and take control.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780698142961
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/04/2015
Series: A Proxima Novel
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 643,895
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Stephen Baxter, author of the space duology featuring Proxima and Ultima, is the national bestselling author of Ark and Flood. He is a winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the Locus Award. His novel Voyage won the Sidewise Award for the best alternate history novel of the year, and he won the Philip K. Dick Award twice, for The Time Ships and for Vacuum Diagrams. He was also a recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for The Time Ships.

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Praise for the Novels of Stephen Baxter

“The natural heir to the hard-sci-fi crown of Arthur C. Clarke.”—The Daily Telegraph (UK)

Flood
“Horrifyingly believable.”—The Washington Post

“Bold, compassionate, exhilarating, wrenching stuff.”—Niall Harrison, The Internet Review of Science Fiction

“The ever-readable Baxter has a page flipper in Flood....It will give everyone pause to think.”—SciFiDimensions

“Realistic, frightening...a bold saga reinforced with strong characterizations throughout...riveting.”—Midwest Book Review

Ark
“A grim but exciting tale of the ultimate in pioneering adventure.”—The Times (London)

“A page-turning disaster sequel that shows us a fascinating, terrifying, and ultimately hopeful view of humanity’s chances in the face of terrific adversity.”—SciFiNow

“Never has Baxter presented a more thrilling and moving glimpse of a possible future. Ark could well be his masterpiece.”—The Guardian (UK)

“[Baxter] writes brilliantly about what it might be like to experience space travel. This capacity for mixing awe-inspiring vistas with gnarly day-to-day details hasn’t diminished.”—SFX Magazine

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