{"product_id":"9780008134501","title":"Phase Space","description":"Author: Stephen Baxter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008134501\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Oct 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2025. Tied in to Baxter’s masterful Manifold trilogy, these thematically linked stories are drawn from the vast graph of possibilities across which the lives of hero Reid Malenfant have been scattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReid Malenfant is the commander of a NASA earth-orbiting science platform. The platform is intended to probe the planets of the nearest star system by bouncing laser pulses off them. But no echoes are returned … and Reid's reality begins to crumble around him. Huddling with his family, awaiting the end – or an unknown new beginning – Reid tells stories of other possibilities, other realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe linked stories encompass the myriad possibilities that might govern our relationship with the universe: are we truly alone, or will we eventually meet other lifeforms? The final possibility – that the Universe as we know it is in fact an elaborate illusion designed to protect us from the fearful reality – is brilliantly explored in the tour de force novella that ends the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150874984606,"sku":"HPC-9780008134501","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008134501.jpg?v=1780274100","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008134501","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}