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Manifold: Space (Mass Market Paperback)

by Stephen Baxter (Author) "A passenger in the Hope-3 tug, Reid Malenfant descended toward the Moon ..." (more)
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Stephen Baxter follows up his Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee Manifold: Time with the second book in the Manifold series, Manifold: Space. In this novel, former shuttle pilot and astronaut Reid Malenfant meets his destiny once again in a tale that stretches the bounds of both space and time.

The year is 2020 and the Japanese have colonized the moon. The 60-year-old Malenfant is called there by a young scientist named Nemoto who has discovered something in the asteroid belt that can only mean humans are not alone in the universe. The aliens seem robotic in nature and appear to be building something in Earth's backyard. The Gaijin, as they are called by humans, don't respond to communication efforts so an unmanned ship is launched to investigate. In the meantime, Malenfant decides answers are only possible by mounting an expedition to Alpha Centauri, which may be where the Gaijin come from.

Baxter, who won the John W. Campbell Award and the Philip K. Dick Award for his novel The Time Ships, orchestrates a stunning array of scientific possibilities in Manifold: Space. Each chapter adds a new piece to his mosaic of humanity's future. The novel is admirable in its enormous scope, but it's hard to invest much emotion in the characters. Although they are well drawn, they vanish for long periods of time as Baxter leapfrogs through time and space. Manifold: Space, by its nature, lacks passion but excels in grand ideas. --Kathie Huddleston --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.



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Former NASA astronaut Reid Malenfant returns to lead the vanguard for humanity's future in space in this deeply thought-provoking sequel to Manifold: Time. In the year 2020, America's space program has disintegrated, and the Japanese have colonized the moon. A young Japanese lunar scientist invites Malenfant to the moon for a consultation over mysterious sources of infrared she's discovered in the asteroid belt. A couple of enterprising engineers send the first probe to the asteroids to find out just what's there, only to have their probe swallowed up by a huge, artificial ship. Years later Malenfant mounts his own expedition to the solar focus of Alpha Centauri, where he finds a teleport gateway leading to a race of self-duplicating robots that humans eventually call the Gaijin. Centuries pass before Malenfant begins to understand the realities that underlie the existence of all life in the universe. Philip K. Dick Award-winner Baxter packs his gigantic odyssey with innovative hypotheses, fascinating explanations of complex scientific phenomena and gorgeous descriptions of spaceships. That the novel covers far more territory, both in time and distance, than any one person could ever absorb is both a strength and a weakness; suspense is difficult to maintain over the course of centuries. While a large cast of characters helps generate this unwieldy scenario, only their scientific motivations are explored. Science itself is very clearly the star player on this stage. Nonetheless, this focus allows for an exceptionally intricate and original view of the future that both scientists and lay enthusiasts will enjoy. (Jan.)Forecast: Manifold: Time was nominated for the 2000 Arthur C. Clarke Award. This one could garner its own nominations--with a consequent boost in sales for both titles.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Amateurish, Jun 30 2004
Having read all of the hullabaloo on the back cover, I was suprised by the amateurish writing within. The main redeeming qualities of this book are in the scientific ideas it contains, which are pretty interesting. The story itself is poorly written.
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1.0 out of 5 stars awful, Nov 14 2003
By mikeysny "mfs1" (Cherry Hill, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
awful, awful, awful. One of the three unfinished books in my reading career, and I am actually proud of that fact.
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1.0 out of 5 stars truly bad, Sep 2 2003
By zolo (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews
I don't understand the glowing reviews of other readers. bad characterizations, stupid names, no discernable plot and depressing. oh, and once in a while a clever idea. after 200 pages I couldn't take it any more and threw it out. read Benford or Brin or Vinge if you want to see what *good* sci-fi written by a physicist is like.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Lost in space
Thank you, you other reviewers on this website. Without you, I would have understood far less of this book. Not being a sci-fi buff. Read more
Published on Mar 15 2003 by Kris

3.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking, but unfulfilling
My impression of Stephen Baxter is as an author who is fun to read for thinking of "big" ideas, and with very interesting science stuff, though his prose is sometimes a... Read more
Published on Dec 8 2002 by Kenneth Gosier

2.0 out of 5 stars What a stinker.
Only hard nerds need to pick this one up. As for it being "hard" science fiction, the only thing I found hard about it was trying to read it. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Original and scary sci-fi book
This is the first book I read of Baxter and it got me interested in all his other books. I am sci-fi and astronomy passionate and find some of these ideas very original. Read more
Published on Jul 8 2002 by Gian Luca Diana

5.0 out of 5 stars a bleak Gulliver's Travels for the 3rd millennium
Baxter's Space is the Gulliver's Travels of modern science fiction. I mean this not only in terms of narrative convention (hapless traveler is propelled from one tableaux to the... Read more
Published on May 22 2002 by Fudo Myo

4.0 out of 5 stars The mankind: A loop evolution?
I gave 4 stars to this book because the theme is very interesting; Baxter worked on an Earth threatened by an exponencial colonization wave coming from the deep space (directed by... Read more
Published on April 18 2002 by Hector Matute

2.0 out of 5 stars a depressing book about the dissolution and decay of mankind
Okay, so this book might have been about more than the dissolution and decay of mankind, but that?s mostly what it felt like. Read more
Published on Mar 25 2002 by P. Callaway

1.0 out of 5 stars Manifold Crock
This book was supposed to be the sequel to Manifold: Time. When I finished that book and learned of a sequel, I was elated, becasue it was a very cool story. Read more
Published on Mar 19 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Good God! This book is bad.
I've read a good 75% of the books that Stephen Baxter has read
and they're generally pretty good....I _LOVED_ Manifold: Time. Read more
Published on Mar 15 2002 by B. Day

5.0 out of 5 stars Great space opera
This has to be the most epic story out there, Stephen Baxter laces hisexcellent story with real science and tons of interesting and ralistic theories!
Published on Feb 28 2002 by Nick

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