Evolution

Name: Evolution
Rating: 4.2727274894714355 (11 reviews)

Stephen Baxter

May 2010 · Hachette UK

11 reviews

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768

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Eligible

About this ebook

From their beginnings foraging at the feet of the dinosaurs, through the apocalypse of an asteroid strike, through countless years of the day to day life and death dramas of survival of the fittest, to the rise and fall of mankind and the final destruction of earth by the expanding sun, the primates have survived. This is their story.

EVOLUTION follows the ebb and flow of the fortunes of one group of creatures as they change and adapt to their world somewhere on the horn of Africa. It turns the story of Darwinian evolution into a constant drama, a daily life and death struggle, a heroic story of life¿s endurance. It is a story that transcends generations, species, mankind and, in the end, the Earth itself. In the tradition of Olaf Stapledon and HG Wells.

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11 reviews

A Google user

June 6, 2012

While the book held me, toward the end I thought the Author had stretched the story, starting at the dawn of man and travelling through to the Sun burning itself out and the subsequent destruction of the planets of our solar system. It wasn't the stuff that made a gripping read but there was always something around the corner that made me want to go back and carry on reading. Pity the Author didn't stop in modern times and leave it at that.

Stiofán Ó Firghil

October 21, 2022

First read this 20 years ago, & it began an interest in Evolution that's as strong today as it was then.. Fantastic & inspiring book..

William Scott

May 14, 2016

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About the author

Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. With Terry Pratchett he has co-authored the Long Earth novels. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany, and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland with his wife.Visit Stephen Baxter's website at www.stephen-baxter.com.

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