Stephen Baxter Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

The anthology features a curated collection of outstanding short stories from British and British-based science fiction authors, showcasing the best talent in the genre over the past eight years. Edited by Donna Scott, this award-winning series highlights the strength and diversity of contemporary British SF, offering readers a selection of exceptional narratives that reflect the creativity and innovation of its contributors.

The story follows Rab, whose life is irrevocably altered by his mother's drastic decision to prevent him from a grim fate in the mines of Mercury. Fearing for his future, she sacrifices his hand in a desperate attempt to save him from a life of toil and despair. This harrowing choice sets the stage for Rab's journey through a world shaped by sacrifice and survival, exploring themes of maternal love, resilience, and the harsh realities of life in a dystopian Solar System.

Exploring the profound implications of first contact, this book delves into how such an event—whether on Earth, in space, or on another planet—would reshape our understanding of technology, philosophy, and humanity itself. It examines the potential cognitive dissonance society might face upon discovering a new form of sentience on Earth, challenging existing beliefs and prompting a reevaluation of our place in the universe.

On the far outskirts of the solar system, one small ship is about to discover something amazing. And it wants to talk . . .

Könnte es eine Welt wie Pandora wirklich geben? James Camerons »AVATAR – Aufbruch nach Pandora« ist der weltweit erfolgreichste Film aller Zeiten. Der Planet Pandora, auf dem die geheimnisvollen Na’vi leben, ist alles andere als eine Fantasiewelt: Vieles von dem, was wir im Kino gesehen haben, hat Vorbilder in der Realität, von der interstellaren Raumfahrt über die Flora und Fauna des Planeten bis hin zu dem neuronalen Netzwerk, das den ganzen Planeten umspannt. Stephen Baxter, Science-Fiction-Autor und Wissenschaftler, zeigt uns in diesem so faszinierenden wie spannenden Buch, dass wir dem Aufbruch nach Pandora näher sind, als wir glauben.

The end of the world is inevitable. We do not accept it.

Über vierhundert Jahre in der Zukunft bricht Raumschiffpilot Reid Malenfant, frisch aus dem Kälteschlaf geholt, zum Marsmond Phobos auf, nachdem die Erde einen Notruf von seiner Frau Ema erhalten hat. Was Reid, Deidre und die restliche Besatzung des Raumschiffes Last Small Step dort vorgefunden haben, ist atemberaubend: ein abgestürztes russisches Raumschiff und eine englische Forschungscrew. Schnell wird klar, dass sie alle von Parallelwelten stammen, in denen die Dinge einen anderen Verlauf genommen haben. All diese Universen wurden von den Sterneningenieuren geformt. Doch zu welchem Zweck? Die Antwort, so scheint es, liegt auf einem der Monde des Saturns …

What would happen to the world if the sun went out? New epic sci-fi from Stephen Baxter, the award-winning author whose credits include co-authorship of the Long Earth series with Terry Pratchett. By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has managed to overcome a series of catastrophic events and maintain some sense of stability. Space exploration has begun again. Science has led the way. But then one day, the sun goes out. Solar panels are useless, and the world begins to freeze Earth begins to fall out of its orbit. The end is nigh. Someone has sent us a sign.

The combined crews of crashed spaceships from different realities must work together to save themselves, escape the planet and discover how the World Engineers have altered the Solar System, and why...

"In the year 2570, a sleeper will wake . . . In the mid-21st century, the Kernel, a strange object on a five-hundred-year-orbit, is detected coming from high above the plane of the solar system. Could it be an alien artefact? In the middle of climate-change crises, there is no mood for space-exploration stunts - but Reid Malenfant, elderly, once a shuttle pilot and frustrated would-be asteroid miner, decides to go take a look anyway. Nothing more is heard of him. But his ex-wife, Emma Stoney, sets up a trust fund to search for him the next time the Kernel returns . . . By 2570 Earth is transformed. A mere billion people are supported by advanced technology on a world that is almost indistinguishable from the natural, with recovered forests, oceans, ice caps. It is not an age for expansion; there are only small science bases beyond the Earth. But this is a world you would want to live in: a Star Trek without the stars. After 500 years the Kernel returns, and a descendant of Stoney, who Malenfant will call Emma II, mounts a mission to see what became of Malenfant. She finds him still alive, cryo-preserved . . . His culture-shock encounter with a conservative future is entertaining . . . But the Kernel itself turns out to be attached to a kind of wormhole, through which Malenfant and Emma II, exploring further, plummet back in time, across five billion years..."--Provided by publisher.

One of the world's bestselling science fiction authors returns to the series which made his name. The Xeelee are back for the last time...

Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole. Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive conflict, a million-year war between humanity and the enigmatic, powerful aliens known as the Xeelee. The Xeelee won, but at a huge cost. And, defeated in a greater war, the Xeelee eventually fled the universe. Most of them. A handful were left behind, equipped with time travel capabilities, their task to tidy up: to reorder history more to the Xeelee's liking. That million-year war with humankind was one blemish. It had to be erased. And in order to do that, a lone Xeelee was sent back in time to remove Michael Poole from history ...

A sequel to the H.G. Wells classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, brilliantly realized by award-winning SF author and Wells expert Stephen Baxter It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs. The Army is prepared. So when the signs of launches on Mars are seen, there seems little reason to worry. Unless you listen to one man, Walter Jenkins, the narrator of Wells' book. He is sure that the Martians have learned, adapted, understood their defeat. He is right. Thrust into the chaos of a new invasion, a journalist - sister-in-law to Walter Jenkins - must survive, escape and report on the war. The Massacre of Mankind has begun.

Seit Jahrtausenden führt die Menschheit einen aussichtslosen Kampf gegen die Xeelee. Doch die Geheimnisse der übermächtigen Herrscher des Alls konnten die Menschen nie ergründen. Erst im Jahr 5 Millionen in der Zukunft, im finalen Kampf um das Schicksal aller Lebewesen im Universum, offenbart sich eine furchtbare Wahrheit ... Stephen Baxter, einer der wichtigsten Science-Fiction-Autoren der Gegenwart, hat mit dieser Future History Maßstäbe gesetzt. Seine Vision vom Aufbruch der Menschen ins Weltall, dem ewigen Krieg gegen die uralte Rasse der geheimnisvollen Xeelee bis hin zum Ende des Universums fasziniert wie kaum ein anderes Werk. 

Aufbruch zum Jupiter Bei einem schrecklichen Unfall verlor Commander Howard Falcon einst beinahe sein Leben, nur die hochentwickelte Technologie seiner Zeit konnte ihn damals retten. Nun macht er sich – halb Mensch, halb Maschine – auf eine atemberaubende Reise in die Zukunft, eine Reise durch Raum und Zeit. Es ist der Beginn eines Abenteuers, das die Geschichte des Menschen im Universum neu schreiben wird. Mit Die Medusa-Chroniken haben die beiden Science-Fiction-Ikonen Stephen Baxter und Alastair Reynolds erstmals gemeinsam einen Roman geschrieben – ein Meisterwerk der modernen Science-Fiction.

Stories set in a variety of futures from the award-winning heir of Arthur C. Clarke: Traces gives a kaleidoscopic vision of the possibilities for humankind.

SCIENCE FICTION. Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's short story A Meeting with Medusa, this novel, with permission from the Clarke Estate, continues the story of Commander Howard Falcon over centuries of space-exploration, interaction with AI, first contact and beyond. All brought to life by two of our greatest SF authors, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident ...and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. Not as himself, but as an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable. The Medusa Chronicles charts his journey through time, the changing interaction between humanity and our universe, and combined moments of incredible action with unparalleled exploration of and expansion into space. A compelling read from the beginning, this is classic SF which has appeal for readers who like Gravity and The Martian.

2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in more abstract ways âe" by the trolls and by the Great Traversers. Its message is simple but ts implications are enormous: JOIN US. The super-smart Next realise that the Message contains instructions on how to develop an immense artificial intelligence but to build it they have to seek help from throughout the industrious worlds of mankind. Bit by bit, byte by byte, they assemble a computer the size of a continent âe" a device that will alter the Long Earthâe(tm)s place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message. Its impact will be felt by and resonate with all âe" mankind and other species, young and old, communities and individuals âe" who inhabit the Long Earthsâe¦

Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head, and poor planning skills—which unforunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her other (not quite so good and wise) godmother when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for far-distant Genua to ensure the servant girl doesn't marry the Prince. But the road to Genua is bumpy, and along the way the trio of witches encounters the occasional vampire, werewolf, and falling house (well this is a fairy tale, after all). The trouble really begins once these reluctant foster-godmothers arrive in Genua and must outwit their power-hungry counterpart who'll stop at nothing to achieve a proper "happy ending"—even if it means destroying a kingdom.

In the 1970s astronauts brought rock samples back from the Moon. Many remained locked away for decades including one unique piece of bedrock, the Moonseed. At last exposed to daylight, it proves to be deadly, though not to people. It kills the Earth.

Return to the eon-spanning and universe-crossing conflict between humanity and the unknowable alien Xeelee in this selection of uncollected and unpublished stories, newly edited and placed in chronological reading order. From tales charting the earliest days of man's adventure to the stars to stories of Old Earth, four billion years in the future, the range and startling imagination of Baxter is always on display. As humanity rises and falls, ebbs and flows, one thing is always needed - the ability to endure. Contains eleven short stories and novellas.

Fresh from his latest collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the Long Earth sequence Stephen Baxter now returns to the mysteries and challanges first hinted at in his acclaimed novel PROXIMA. In PROXIMA we discovered ancient alien artifacts on the planet of Per Ardua - hatches that allowed us to step across light years of space as if we were stepping into another room. The universe opened up to us. Now in ULTIMA the consequences of this new freedom make themselves felt. And we discover that there are minds in the universe that are billions of years old and they have a plan for us. For some of us. But as we learn the true nature of the universe we also discover that we have countless pasts all meeting in this present and that our future is terrifyingly finite. It's time for us to fight to take back control. This is grand scale, big idea SF of the best possible sort. It is set to build on the massive success of PROXIMA and define Stephen Baxter's work going forward.

Lobsang now understands the enormity of what's taking place beneath the surface of his earth - a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth. To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind, machine and the super-intelligent Next.

The very far future: the Galaxy is a drifting wreck of black holes, neutron stars, chill white dwarfs. The age of star formation is long past. Yet there is life here, feeding off the energies of the stellar remnants, and there is mind, a tremendous Galaxy-spanning intelligence each of whose thoughts lasts a hundred thousand years. And this mind cradles memories of a long-gone age when a more compact universe was full of light.

In 2040, following the Yellowstone eruption, society collapses as people flee to alternate Earths. Joshua Valiente confronts rising tensions with emerging super-bright post-humans, while Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman explores the far Long Earth. Meanwhile, Sally reconnects with her estranged father, who has his own secretive plans.

From Baxter, the award-winning author of "Ark," "Flood," and "Stone Spring" comes an amazing new adventure based on the iconic television show "Doctor Who."

Praised as “not only a gifted storyteller but also a master of speculative fiction" (Library Journal), bestselling author Stephen Baxter brings his epic Northland trilogy to a close as a once-thriving civilization faces winter without end.... Many generations ago, the Wall was built to hold back the sea. A simple dam, it grew into a vast linear city, home to scholars, builders, and merchants. But now days are growing shorter, temperatures colder, and in the wake of long winters come famine, destruction, and terror. As a mass exodus to warmer climes threatens to fracture Northland, one man believes he can outwit the cold and even salvage some scraps of the great civilization—before interminable gloom settles over the land; before the fires of war lay waste to an empire; before the ice comes....

Set in a multiverse of infinite Earths, the narrative explores the aftermath of a devastating conflict that has erupted across these parallel worlds. Characters navigate the complexities of survival and the moral dilemmas posed by war, while encountering diverse societies and technologies. Themes of exploration, humanity's resilience, and the consequences of conflict are woven throughout, offering a thought-provoking journey through the vastness of the Long Earth and its myriad possibilities.

The book explores the vibrant landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy, highlighting the creativity of numerous writers who delve into mystical pasts, paranormal elements, and diverse alternate realities. It addresses the overwhelming volume of new stories released annually, offering guidance on identifying potential future classics that readers shouldn't overlook.

An epic wall has been built to keep the sea out. And the history of the world has been changed. A superb alternate history from an SF master.

One of the great SF writers returns with a collection of stories including a brand new novella! From the co author (with Terry Pratchett) of the LONG EARTH series.

1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive (some said mad, others dangerous) scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a...potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world for ever. And that is an understatement if ever there was one...

This science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and Greg Bear.

Eight thousand years ago Europe was a very different place. England was linked to Holland by a massive swathe of land. Where the North Sea is now lay the landmass of Northland. And then came a period of global warming.

The books that launched Stephen Baxter's career; the creation of one of the most astonishingly ambitious universes in SF's history: brought together in one astounding volume.

In FLOOD Baxter drowned the world, in ARK he shows that mankind's future is no less perilous.

The Firstborn, a mysterious alien race first introduced in 2001: A Space Odyssey, have long been a part of Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction legacy. In the Time Odyssey series, co-authored with Stephen Baxter, they seek to halt human progress using technology akin to magic. Their initial act, the Discontinuity, transformed Earth into Mir, a patchwork world featuring figures like Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. Bisesa Dutt, a UN peacekeeper, communicates with an alien artifact of immense power, which ultimately returns her to Earth. She becomes crucial in humanity's struggle against a doomsday solar storm orchestrated by the Firstborn, aimed at wiping out all life. This catastrophe is narrowly averted, but at a great cost. Twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn return with a "quantum bomb," an incomprehensible device that threatens to annihilate Earth. Bisesa embarks on a desperate quest for answers, traveling to Mars and then back to Mir, which faces its own extinction. As the situation grows dire, new revelations about the Firstborn's intentions emerge, and an unexpected ally arrives from light-years away, offering a glimmer of hope in a seemingly hopeless scenario.

The concluding volume of the acclaimed Time's Tapestry series. In the early days of World War II, the Nazis have a secret plan, far grander than simply subjugating an enemy. And three people are caught up in a conspiracy that threatens the fabric of the tapestry of time.

The seas are rising. At first global warming is blamed, but as London, then New York, then entire countries disappear beneath the waves, it is clear that something much worse is happening.

Česká mutace známého amerického sci-fi a fantasy magazínu přináší to nejlepší z fantastické literatury. Magazín Fantasy & Science Fiction, který vychází v USA již téměř šedesát let, se stal nejlepším zdrojem fantastických povídek na světě. Česká edice, ve spolupráci s americkou redakcí, nabízí jak klasické příběhy, tak díla současných autorů. Každé čtvrtletí se můžete těšit na pestré světy spisovatelské fantazie. Mezi novinkami najdete povídku Předplatné New York Times od Stephena Kinga, která vychází téměř současně s jejím světovým uvedením. Stephen Baxter přináší oceněnou science fiction, která nás zavede do postkatastrofické budoucnosti. Lucius Shepard odhaluje v jedné z nejlépe hodnocených novel, co znamená vidět hvězdy skrze kámen. David Moles vytvořil fascinující mimozemské prostředí v povídce Finisterra. Chris Willrich představuje zajímavou dvojici v fantasy příběhu o Slzách Krále Dešťoslava. Robert Reed přináší Pět dramatických příběhů o morálních dilematech, zatímco Orson Scott Card se vrací s povídkou Nádoba, která zkoumá vnitřní konflikt chlapce. Tento magazín je splněným snem pro všechny milovníky kvalitních příběhů.

Third in a thrilling new series of counter-factual historical thrillers from an SF master.

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

This is an eclectic collection of all-original science fiction stories from some of the foremost luminaries in the genre. Featuring new tales of far future murder, first contact, love and war from such well-regarded and award winning authors as Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Adam Roberts, Jeffrey Thomas, Eric Brown, Paul Di Filippo, Neal Asher, Jay Lake and Ian Watson, this collection is sure to delight all fans of good science fiction.

A thrilling new series of counter-factual historical thrillers from an SF master and co-author, with Terry Pratchett, of the Long Earth books.

The final volume in Baxter's keynote series Destiny's Children.

Sibiř - současnost. Zvedá se divoký vítr a ledová pole na severu se choulí v šedivé mlze. A z této mlhy cosi vykukuje: obrovitý útvar, napohled příliš velký, než aby se mohl hýbat, a přece se pohybuje. Blíží se mlžným závojem a je stále zřetelnější: tělo pokryté hustou rezavohnědou srstí, zavalité jako omletá skála. Zvedá se hlava. Chobot se vydává na průzkum a obrovské kly se napřahují. Otevírají se oči, teplé, hnědé, pronikavé, překvapivě lidské oči. Mamut. Dokázali přežít. Měřili pomalý tep ročních období střídajících se v rytmu majestátního tance planety Země. Jejich paměť se táhla zpět cykly milionů ledových let. Jejich příběhy vyprávějí o stvoření světa a velkých hrdinech a hrdinkách mamutích legend. Zmiňují se i o příchodu člověka. Legendy jim v průběhu tisíciletí mnohokrát ukázaly cestu. Až dosud. Do chvíle, než lidstvo ve vzdáleném útočišti sibiřského ostrova objevilo posledních pár mamutů a rozhodlo se dokončit dávno započatá jatka. Pro Šedivku je to osudová výzva.

In the distant future, Alia is entrusted to Witness the life of Michael Poole, a man haunted by his wife's death and struggling to reconnect with his estranged son while fighting off a global disaster. Book #3.

“Baxter has an uncanny gift for mixing a punchy, cyberpunk cynicism with his resolutely hard SF story base. . . . [Exultant] rivals Asimov in its boundless vision for the future evolution of humanity.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) For more than twenty thousand years, humans have been at war with the alien race of Xeelee. Faced with certain death, a young pilot, Pirius, disobeys orders and travels into the future. Upon his return, Pirius is court-martialed and sentenced to penal servitude. But it is not only Pirius who pays the price. In flying into the future and back again, Pirius returned to a time before he’d left, a time inhabited by his younger self, who also receives punishment. Commissary Nilis believes that the elder Pirius, whom he dubs Pirius Blue, may know how to defeat the Xeelee. But Nilis can do nothing for Pirius Blue. Instead, he takes the younger Pirius—Pirius Red—back to Earth. There Pirius Red will discover truths that shatter his preconceived notions of all that he is fighting for, while Pirius Blue will learn even harsher truths. But the most shocking revelation of all is still to come. “Absurdly ambitious, technically brilliant, and downright exciting.”—SFX Magazine “Striking . . . chilling . . . [with] a triumphant conclusion.”—Starburst

Two of the biggest names in SF together again; the sequel to the acclaimed Time's Eye.

A stunning new companion series to 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY from the world's most important living SF writer and his acknowledged heir.

The beginning of a new trilogy from perhaps the most significant SF writer of the 21st century and co-author with Terry Pratchett of the Long Earth books.

They have measured the slow pulse of the seasons as the Earth spins its stately annual dance. Their memories stretch back across the million-year cycles of the ice sheets.Their stories tell of the making of the world. And as the millenia have passed, their legends have served them well.And a thousand years from now, on a different world, they will be the difference between life and death, between extinction and a future as long as the past.This new edition collects three of Stephen Baxter's early books together for the first time.

These thematically linked stories are drawn from the vast graph of possibilities across which the lives of hero Reid Malenfant have been scattered. It is the year 2025 - our hero Reid Malenfant is the commander of a NASA earth-orbiting science platform.

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.

Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, Reid Malenfant ventures to the far edge of the solar system, where he discovers a strange artifact left behind by an alien civilization: A gateway that functions as a kind of quantum transporter, allowing virtually instantaneous travel over the vast distances of interstellar space.

This landmark anthology presents thirty groundbreaking stories from the masters of speculative fiction heralding the future of the genre with original and revolutionary works. All-new, original stories by � Ursula K. Le Guin � Gregory Benford � Joe Haldeman � Joyce Carol Oates � and many others On K2 with Kanakaredes by Dan Simmons The Building by Ursula K. Le Guin Froggies by Laura Whitton What We Did That Summer by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg A Slow Saturday Night at the Surrealist Sporting Club by Michael Moorcock In Xanadu by Thomas M. Disch Commencement by Joyce Carol Oates Unique Visitors by James Patrick Kelly BIack TuIip by Harry Turtledove Belief by P. D. Cacek In the Un-Black by Stephen Baxter Weeping Walls by Paul Di Filippo Anomalies by Gregory Benford Captive Kong by Kit Reed Feedback by Robert E. Vardeman Between Disappearances by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Resurrection by David Morrell Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand Burros Gone Bad by Peter Schneider Pockets by Rudy Rucker and John Shirley Ave de Paso by Catherine Asaro Road Kill by Joe Haldeman Ting-a-Ling by Jack Dann ‘Bassador by Catherine Wells Ssoroghod’s People by Larry Niven Two Shot by Michael Marshall Smith Billy the Fetus by Al Sarrantonio Viewpoint by Gene Wolfe Fungi by Ardath Mayhar Rhido Wars by Neal Barrett, Jr.

When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses the cutting edge of quantum physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times: around every corner, through every wall, into everyone's most private, hidden, and even intimate moments. It amounts to the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy--forever. Then, as society reels, the same technology proves able to look backwards in time as well. What happens next is a story only Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter could tell. The Light of Other Days is a novel that will change your view of what it is to be human.

Concluding the epic Manifold series that began with TIME and continued with SPACE: the adventures of the maverick astronaut Reid Malenfant bring him at last to the beginning of everything.

This collection of four novellas of humanity's struggle for survival in the far future features "Watching Trees Grow" by Peter F. Hamilton; "Reality Dust" by Stephen Baxter; "Making History" by Paul McAuley; and "Tendeleo's Story" by Ian McDonald.

In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and his universally acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent, fantastic ideas, unprecedented cosmic insights as well as page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to produce the most awesome novel of the future since 3001. 'Space is what keeps everything from being in the same place. Right?' With these words Hiram Patterson, head of the giant media corporation OurWorld, launches the greatest communications revolution in history. With OurWorld's development of wormhole technology, any point in space can be connected to any other, faster than the speed of light. Realtime television coverage is here: earthquakes and wars, murders and disasters can be watched, exactly as they occur, anywhere on the planet. Then WormCams are made to work across time as well as space. Humanity encounters itself in the light of other days. We witness the life of Jesus, go to the premiere of Hamlet, solve the enigmas that have baffled generations. Blood spilled centuries ago flows vividly once more - and no personal treachery or shame can be concealed. But when the world and everything in it becomes as transparent as glass and there are no more secrets, people find new ways to gain vengeance and commit crime, and Hiram Patterson finds new ways to keep his Machiavellian schemes secret.

In the millennium's last great sf novel, Stephen Baxter takes us a short step byond Y2K. The year is 2010. We have survived ... so far.

THE WEB: 2027 depicts a world very different from ours. Life is dominated by the Web - a global cybernetwork of virtual worlds. And no-one's lives are dominated more than the children's - most of their schooling is in the Web and nearly all their leisure time is spent there. The Web has become big business. But there are pressure groups who see its influence as insidious, evil even. The actions of one ageing technocrat are about to make the worst fears of the doomsayers come true. And the children of the world are in the front line.

Signs of life have been found on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

A new element has been discovered in a hidden vein near the South Pole. Anti-ice is harmless until warmed, when it releases vast energies that promise new wonders and threaten new horrors beyond humankind's wildest dreams.

Michael Poole's wormholes constructed in the orbit of Jupiter had opened the galaxy to humankind. Then Poole tried looping a wormhole back on itself, tying a knot in space and ripping a hole in time. It worked. Too well. Poole was never seen again. Then from far in the future, from a time so distant that the stars themselves were dying embers, came an urgent SOS--and a promise. The universe was doomed, but humankind was not. Poole had stumbled upon an immense artifact, light-years across, fabricated from the very string of the cosmos. The universe had a door. And it was open...

Now a dozen years old, the award-winning collection continues to provide dozens of the best stories of the year, including work by renowned veterans and exciting newcomers, including Stephen Baxter, Michael Bishop, Terry Bisson, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Eliot Fintushel, Michael F. Flyn, Lisa Goldstein, Jose Haldemnan, Katherine Kerr, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Mike Resnick, Mary Rosenblum.

Hoping to rescue his Eloi friend Weena from the carnivorous clutches of the Morlocks, the heroic Victorian time traveller sets out to return to the year AD 802,701. He never arrives.

Imagine a race of submicroscopic humans, genetically to live in the universe's most hostile environment, the turbulent superfluid mantle of a neutron star. Imagine that the memory of the superbeings who created them has been kept alive from generation to generation. Now imagine the most incredible family reunion in history--and you're ready for the latest mind-expanding adventure from the dazzling new master of Hard SF

The first novel from one of the world's leading SF authors, now a SF Masterwork for the first time!

2000 years in the future, the solar system has fallen under the domination of an alien species, the Quax. But into this world appears a spaceship launched over 1500 years ago, intended to establish a link through which time travel is possible. To the humans this is a chance to reverse time.