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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345430786
ISBN: 0345430786
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: January 02, 2002
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: January 02, 2002
Sales Rank: 143085
Studio: Del Rey
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Rating:  - a thinking man's (or woman's) science fiction novel
put simply, this novel is for anyone who has ever stared up into the night sky and wondered. just wondered. this novel is of a substance not seen in science fiction literature for 25-30 years. as i said, it's a thinking man's science fiction novel which beautifully weaves threads of hard science, philosophy, and wonder into a fantastic story with characters that resonate well with deep thinkers.
Rating:  - Slow but good
Manifold is a series of books with big, visionary concepts, and Space is no different. This time the twist on the Fermi paradox has the aliens existing and actually quite near the Earth. Reid Malenfant investigates with a mysterious Japanese scientist Nemoto. The first contact is made and the truth starts to unfurl...
As I said, the ideas are big - seriously big. The flow of the story isn't always fast enough, it all gets a bit too slow at times. Still, one has to admire Baxter's vision ... Read More
Rating: - Technically great, but ultimately cold and depressing
Manifold: Space is a very frustrating novel. As with its predecessor, Manifold: Time, it is brimming with great hard science surrounding a very good premise. In the Manifold series, Baxter gives detailed and extended perspectives to "Fermi's paradox". Fermi articulated that, due to the huge extent and age of the universe, either life on Earth is completely unique and we are alone in the universe (the basis of in Manifold: Time), or life must be everywhere and we simply have yet to discover it (as ... Read More
Rating:  - MANIFOLD ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Let me start by saying I am an avid Sci-Fi reader, the longer the book the better. I believe a good story takes a long time to tell ala Harry Turtledove. So when I read the plot and saw the book size, I thought I was in for a good read. I could not have been more incorrect. Here are my bullet points:
1) Excellent plot idea, but I think Baxter forgot what is was after the first 12 pages. I have never been a part of such a plot trainwreck as this. Its like he compiled a dozen different stories ... Read More
Rating: - Hope for our future
This is an odd story. It develops into a quest for the meaning of life. I enjoyed it's start: China and Japan have taken the lead in space exploration because the United States has not shown the desire to put money into such ventures. Then there is the time traveling aspect: going through portals to other systems takes the time it takes for light to travel, so rather then instantenous appearance, it is five or six years to get there and the same amount to get back. Rather simple, but no one has mentioned ... Read More
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