Proxima

I kinda dropped off the Stephen Baxter map for a good decade while he was writing about things that were mostly on the earth or in the far past, but before then, I was a die hard fan. Sure, I was always mildly or slightly more annoyed with the characters sometimes for various reasons usually regardi......more

I wasn't quite sure how to rate this book for a while because, while there were parts of it I really enjoyed, other parts ...well, not so much. What I liked The world-building that we see on the planet of Per Ardua is outstanding, it all feels very real and utterly alien particularly the alien life f......more

This novel has a lot going for itself and while it does not fully succeed in its ambitious goal of integrating three classic but usually disparate sfnal storylines, so being overall less the sum of its parts, the parts themselves attain true magnificence on occasion adn the book is worth reading for......more

I’m a fan of Stephen’s books, but if I’m honest, recently I’ve not kept up. Which is why I’m reading this one about a year after its first release (although the paperback is now imminent, due October 2014). I’m pleased to see that we’re back to big Epic themes here, although you may be surprised at t......more

Where to begin? I started reading Baxters works about two years ago, and have since come to terms with that he is somewhat uneven in his writing. Some stories are among the best sci fi I've read, some stories are significantly less sharp. Unfortunately the recently published Proxima will have to be......more