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- ISBN
- 9780345457837
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Worlds
ISBN-10
0345457838
ISBN-13
9780345457837
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4567079
Product Key Features
Book Title
Evolution
Number of Pages
656 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
6.8 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Spectacular . . . What is astonishing is how . . . entertaining as well as informative this book-an episodic novel with evolution as its protagonist-manages to be." -The New York Times Book Review "MAGISTERIAL AND UPLIFTING . . . A brilliant, grand-scale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course." -The Denver Post "Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [Evolution] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future." -Times Literary Supplement "A BREATH OF FRESH AIR . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story." -The Washington Post Book World "A work of outrageous ambition. Baxter's goal is nothing less than to dramatize the grand sweep of primate development. . . . Evolution is a cautionary tale, warning of the dire consequences to contemporary humans if we persist in behavior that threatens the survival of our ecosystem." -The New York Times Book Review "Baxter's depictions are brilliant, with some inspired conjectures to spice up events. . . . I highly recommend Evolution. . . . [It] provide[s] food for thought, confronts our notions of what it means to be human, and gives warning that nothing can be taken for granted in the ongoing struggle for survival." -scifi dimensions "Baxter chronicles the epic survival of the mammalian family that ultimately ended up with us. . . . The sheer timescale makes a great story that is panoramic in extent. I felt I was watching Walking with Beasts rolled into The Human Journey. Baxter's ability to turn science into exciting and readable fiction makes him one of the most accessible SF writers around." -The Times (London) "The overall narrative [is] a big, thick, geophysical stick upside the head to remind us all that things can change, at any moment, for any reason." -The San Diego Union-Tribune "I recommend this novel to anyone who appreciates novels that take chances. . . . Baxter is not shy about painting big pictures about big ideas. . . . [He] painstakingly moves us from the shrewlike creatures that coexisted with the dinosaurs through the walking, tool-using hominids of Africa, through Neanderthals, through humans, to an entirely speculative future that is beyond brief description." -sfrevu.com "A powerful fusion of science and imagination . . . Baxter makes an impressive job of putting flesh on to the bones of the scientific theory and in its imaginative vision Evolution deserves comparison with SF epics such as Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men or Alfred Doblin's Mountains, Seas, and Giants. Baxter leaves you with a memorable yet unsettling sense of our insignificance in the scheme of things. In the story of evolution, as in all good thrillers, an extinction event is always lurking just around the corner." -The Guardian (London) "A tour-de-force . . . A sprawling, ambitious chronicle spanning millennia . . . The account of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction and the rise of mammals as the dominant life-form is particularly fascinating. . . . Similarly well crafted is Baxter's projection of a posthuman future." -Booklist "T, "Spectacular . . . What is astonishing is how . . . entertaining as well as informative this book-an episodic novel with evolution as its protagonist-manages to be." -The New York Times Book Review "MAGISTERIAL AND UPLIFTING . . . A brilliant, grand-scale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course." -The Denver Post "Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [Evolution] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future." -Times Literary Supplement "A BREATH OF FRESH AIR . . . The miracle ofEvolutionis that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story." -The Washington Post Book World "A work of outrageous ambition. Baxter's goal is nothing less than to dramatize the grand sweep of primate development. . . .Evolutionis a cautionary tale, warning of the dire consequences to contemporary humans if we persist in behavior that threatens the survival of our ecosystem." -The New York Times Book Review "Baxter's depictions are brilliant, with some inspired conjectures to spice up events. . . . I highly recommendEvolution. . . . [It] provide[s] food for thought, confronts our notions of what it means to be human, and gives warning that nothing can be taken for granted in the ongoing struggle for survival." -scifi dimensions "Baxter chronicles the epic survival of the mammalian family that ultimately ended up with us. . . . The sheer timescale makes a great story that is panoramic in extent. I felt I was watchingWalking with Beastsrolled intoThe Human Journey. Baxter's ability to turn science into exciting and readable fiction makes him one of the most accessible SF writers around." -The Times(London) "The overall narrative [is] a big, thick, geophysical stick upside the head to remind us all that things can change, at any moment, for any reason." -The San Diego Union-Tribune "I recommend this novel to anyone who appreciates novels that take chances. . . . Baxter is not shy about painting big pictures about big ideas. . . . [He] painstakingly moves us from the shrewlike creatures that coexisted with the dinosaurs through the walking, tool-using hominids of Africa, through Neanderthals, through humans, to an entirely speculative future that is beyond brief description." -sfrevu.com "A powerful fusion of science and imagination . . . Baxter makes an impressive job of putting flesh on to the bones of the scientific theory and in its imaginative visionEvolutiondeserves comparison with SF epics such as Olaf Stapledon'sLast and First Menor Alfred Doblin'sMountains, Seas, and Giants. Baxter leaves you with a memorable yet unsettling sense of our insignificance in the scheme of things. In the story of evolution, as in all good thrillers, an extinction event is always lurking just around the corner." -The Guardian(London) "A tour-de-force . . . A sprawling, ambitious chronicle spanning millennia . . . The account of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction and the rise of mammals as the dominant life-form is particularly fascinating. . . . Similarly well crafted is Baxter's projection of a posthuman future." -Booklist "Taking a page fr
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"Magisterial and uplifting . . . A brilliant, grandscale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course." -- The Denver Post Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius . From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate? Praise for Evolution "Spectacular." -- The New York Times Book Review "Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [ Evolution ] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future." -- Times Literary Supplement "A breath of fresh air . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story." -- The Washington Post Book World, "Magisterial and uplifting . . . A brilliant, grandscale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course." -- The Denver Post Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius . From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate? Praise for Evolution "Spectacular." -- The New York Times Book Review "Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . Evolution ] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future." -- Times Literary Supplement "A breath of fresh air . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story." -- The Washington Post Book World
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- t***o (29)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseThe lot of National geographic came well packaged and as advertised. I am happy! I don’t know why they were over $17.00 to ship though. Still, the total cost per magazine wasn’t bad and I am happy to have them.National Geographic Magazine Vintage Lot of 19 Various 1990 - 1995 (#386772278711)
- n***o (19)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI am very happy with the purchase from this seller. The pictures posted for the item indicated that it was complete. The item was packed carefully and shipped promptly. I have already tuned it and put it to use. Works perfectly.