RAFT
by Baxter, Stephen
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (5)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[London]: GraftonBooks A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers, [1991]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (5). Octavo, boards. The author's well-received first book. "... RAFT features some of the most startling hard SF content in recent years. It is the first volume in the author's loosely connected Xeelee future history." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-84. "Humans are stranded on a 'raft' in a pocket universe of enormous gravity. Baxter's debut novel, in which he describes his young hero's quest through a world that is strange indeed. As an all-too-rare example of British SF rooted in speculative physics, it has drawn praise from Larry Niven, Bob Shaw and others." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. [296]. "It is very, very hard SF, and it's great fun, and the cosmogonic precepts of its universe are challenging to grasp, and it's quite quickly told, and it's really dumb about people." - John Clute. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-84.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5
- Title
- RAFT
- Author
- Baxter, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (5)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- GraftonBooks A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1991]
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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