C.A.D. 4,000,000: “Secret History”
A.D. 4,101,214: “Shell”
A.D. 4,101,266: “The Eighth Room”
A.D. 4,101,284: “The Baryonic Lords” Destruction of Ring by photino birds.
A.D. 5,000,000 +:
A.D. 10,000,000 +: Virtual extinction of baryonic life.
Permissions
“The Sun-People” (under the title “The Sun-Person'), first published in
“The Logic Pool,” first published in
“Gossamer,” first published in
“Cilia-of-Gold,” first published in
“Lieserl,” first published in
“Pilot,” revised from “Chiron,” first published as a chapbook by Novacon, 1993.
“The Xeelee Flower,” first published in
“More Than Time or Distance,” first published in
“The Switch,” first published in
“Blue Shift,” first published in
“The Quagma Datum,” first published in
“Planck Zero,” first published in
“The Godel Sunflowers,” first published in
“Vacuum Diagrams,” first published in
“Stowaway,” extracted and revised from
“The Tyranny of Heaven,” first published in
“Hero,” first published in
“Shell,” revised from “The Bark Spaceship,” first published in
“The Eighth Room,” first published in
“Secret History” and “The Baryonic Lords,” revised from “The Baryonic Lords,” first published in
“Eve” (under the title “The Soliton Star'), first published in
About the Author
Stephen Baxter is a trained engineer who took a first-class honors degree in mathematics at Cambridge University. He also has a doctorate in aeroengineering research from Southhampton University, and for his degree worked with Rolls Royce Ltd. and at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, UK.
In his research, the author has visited NASA launch centers, viewed a shuttle launch, and interviewed NASA staff, including a mission controller and a space shuttle astronaut. He also researched histories of NASA and its missions, and technical material on spacecraft and boosters.
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