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Nov 13, 1957 — —· 68 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · FICTION · SCIENCE FICTION

Stephen Baxter

Also known as: Stephen Michael Baxter, Stiven Bakster

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Stephen Baxter (born 1957) is an English hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.

Liverpool, United Kingdom
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At the instant of his birth, a hundred impressions cascaded over him.

— from Vacuum Diagrams

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"As William the Conqueror's men attempt to stamp out the flames of rebellion to bring an end to the Murdrum, the furtive slaughter, of the guerilla campaign against the occupying forces a prophecy is spoken by a bedraggled woman in a shattered village. A prophecy that speaks of terrifying engines of war, engines of God's vengeance that will be unleashed in a war between civilizations." "As the flame of the crusades burns back and forth across Outremer, as the Mediterranean becomes a crucible for a seemingly endless war between Islam and Christianity, as even in Spain where Moor and Christian had lived side by side the years bring savage sieges, people die and families are torn apart to keep the prophecy alive." "Will the engines finally win the war for Christianity or Islam? Or will all be swept away by the rumored might of the Mongols that have already swept through Asia? Or does the future lie not to the East, but to the West, across the great sea?" "And while the scholars debate the true nature of the prophecy, and Kings and Emirs, all the time the engineers are working to build the engines of God." "Where have the plans for these terrifying weapons of war come from? What does the Weaver of Time's Tapestry intend?"--BOOK JACKET.

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The long earth

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Terry Pratchett, other than lending his name to this book, wasn't a part of it. No humor and dark reading. Mr. Baxter should have published it under his own name, he can write, just not to my liking. gmb 3/15/20

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The Massacre of Mankind

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"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"--

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