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SSTF@lemmy.world to Science Fiction@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Raft, by Stephen Baxter

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Raft, by Stephen Baxter

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SSTF@lemmy.world to Science Fiction@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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Book 16 of 26 books for 2024! Still aiming for 20. There’s a series of works published by Orion Publishing Group known as SF Masterworks, and it has been going since 1999 and so far has nearl…
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    If you like hard sci-fi, his NASA series is excellent, especially Voyage and Titan. They describe expeditions to Mars and Titan using Apollo era technology, in such a believable fashion that you think it could have really happened.

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    Premise reminds me of The Integral Trees a lot

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    I haven’t read anything by him, where is a good place to start? Here?

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      Yes, this book is the start of the Xeelee sequence

      I’ve read through vacuum diagrams and have thoroughly enjoyed it. He has a bunch of other standalone books that are great.

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        I didn’t know it was part of a series. Now I’ll have to buy a few more books :-)

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          Baxter is a master. Ring is considered his magnus opus.

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    I loved Evolution by Baxter. One of my top ten books, I’ve read it dozens of times.

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