![]() The long epic ends darkly, aeons hence, giving with strong hints that the universe, and the Intelligences capable of comprehending it, may become coterminous. "The sequence –- as centrally narrated here and in RING -– follows humanity into the fraught arena of interstellar space, already dominated by the complex and enigmatic Alien Xeelee, who soon prove to be highly inimical to the fragile expansionist hopes of humanity. The sequels are FLUX (1993) and RING (1994). ![]() I didn't think they were writing them like this any more." - Mary Gentle, Interzone. ![]() "Neat aliens, good plot-reversals, much hand-waving with physics and a pretty damn cosmic ending. An incredibly complex time-and-space opera, bumptious, merry, scientifically well informed, and all-round fun to read (though, as is usual with this kind of fiction, the characterization leaves something to be desired)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. "Nastly alien's enslave the human race, but there may be a way for humans to avoid this fate via time travel. ![]() The author's second novel and the second book in Baxter's "Xeelee" sequence. ![]()
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