Origin: manifold 3 by Stephen Baxter (First Edition)

Stephen Baxter

ISBN 10: 000225770X / ISBN 13: 9780002257701

Published by Voyager/Harper Collins, London, 2001

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Origin: manifold 3 by Stephen Baxter (First Edition) Firm square copy with bright silver gilt lettering on spine. Bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Origin: manifold 3 by Stephen Baxter (First Edition)
• Publisher: Voyager/Harper Collins, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000225770X
• ISBN 13: 9780002257701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: First printing with number line 1-9.
• Book Type: BOOK
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Physical description: 455 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Life on other planets - Fiction.

Review

Award-winning author Stephen Baxter turns to the origin of species in this final novel of the Manifold trilogy. Reid Malenfant and Emma Stoney are flying over Africa when a new moon appears in the sky--and Emma disappears. She finds herself on the Red Moon with people resembling human evolutionary ancestors, with whom she must learn to live in order to survive. On Earth, Malenfant teams with Japanese scientist Nemoto on a desperate rescue mission that leads to greater questions about the origin of the alien moon, and ultimately of humankind.

Because the Manifold novels take place in alternate universes, Origin works well as a stand-alone read. Baxter effectively explores how modern humans and their ancestors might be thoroughly alien to one another, but the book is more focused on thoughtful scientific speculation than in-depth characterization. However, readers who are swept away by novels of cosmic scope and compelling imagination will find Big Idea science fiction at its best. --Roz Genessee