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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Table of Contents

Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter

Foreword

Eve

PART 1 ERA: Expansion

The Sun-People

The Logic Pool

Gossamer

Cilia-of-Gold

Lieserl

PART 2 ERA: Squeem Occupation

Pilot

The Xeelee Flower

More Than Time or Distance

The Switch

PART 3 ERA: Qax Occupation

Blue Shift

The Quagma Datum

Planck Zero

PART 4 ERA: Assimilation

The Godel Sunflowers

Vacuum Diagrams

PART 5 ERA: The War to End Wars

Stowaway

The Tyranny of Heaven

Hero

PART 6 ERA: Flight

Secret History

PART 7 ERA: Photino Victory

Shell

The Eighth Room

The Baryonic Lords

C.A.D. 500,000,000

Epilogue

The Xeelee Sequence-Timeline

Permissions

About the Author

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