Vacuum Diagrams

by Baxter, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780061053955
• ISBN10: 0061053953
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Harper Prism

Summary

An Earth diplomat receives a ghostly visitation from his dead wife, who shows him a version of humanity's future in which humankind attempts to transcend life on Earth and becomes equal with the most powerful race in the universe.

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE: Eve	1	(8)
1 ERA: EXPANSION	9	(86)
The Sun-People	9	(12)
The Logic Pool	21	(15)
Gossamer	36	(17)
Cilia-of-Gold	53	(23)
Lieserl	76	(19)
2 ERA: SQUEEM OCCUPATION	95	(42)
Pilot	95	(15)
The Xeelee Flower	110	(10)
More Than Time or Distance	120	(8)
The Switch	128	(9)
3 ERA: QAX OCCUPATION	137	(50)
Blue Shift	137	(18)
The Quagma Datum	155	(16)
Planck Zero	171	(16)
4 ERA: ASSIMILATION	187	(30)
The Godel Sunflowers	187	(13)
Vacuum Diagrams	200	(17)
5 ERA: THE WAR TO END WARS	217	(46)
Stowaway	217	(12)
The Tyranny of Heaven	229	(18)
Hero	247	(16)
6 ERA: FLIGHT Secret History	263	(14)
7 ERA: PHOTINO VICTORY	277	(86)
Shell	277	(12)
The Eighth Room	289	(20)
The Baryonic Lords	309	(54)
EPILOGUE: Eve	363	(8)
THE XEELEE SEQUENCE-Timeline	371	(3)
PERMISSIONS	374