EVOLUTION

Baxter, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0575073411 / ISBN 13: 9780575073418

Published by Gollancz, London, 2002

About this Item

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Baxter. "Baxter's finest later singleton may be EVOLUTION (2002), a pure scientific romance traversal of the story of evolution on Earth, from the deep past and the passing of the dinosaurs through humanity's brief ascendancy down to a future of devolution not dissimilar to (but more closely argued than) that depicted by Wells in THE TIME MACHINE (1895); as in the scientific romance form at its most intense, dozens of exemplary characters are viewed with chastening objectivity, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water." - John Clute, SFE (online). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#177430).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EVOLUTION
• Publisher: Gollancz, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575073411
• ISBN 13: 9780575073418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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 the primate, to the rise and fall of mankind and the final destruction of earth by the expanding sun, the primates have survived. This is their story. EVOLUTION follows the ebb and flow of the fortunes of one group of creatures as they change and adapt to their world somewhere on the horn of Africa. It turns the story of Darwinian evolution into a constant drama, a daily life and death struggle, a heroic story of life's endurance. It is a story that transcends generations, species, mankind and, in the end, the Earth itself. In the tradition of Olaf Stapledon and HG Wells.

About the Author

Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. With Terry Pratchett he has co-authored the Long Earth novels. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany, and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland with his wife.

Visit Stephen Baxter's website at www.stephen-baxter.com.