Time is a
science fiction novel by
Stephen Baxter, the first in his
Manifold series. Cornelius Taine of
Eschatology, Inc., mathematical
genius pursues the
concept of The Carter
catastrophe theory to it's
logical conclusion; that the
human race will come to an end in 200 years, and nothing can avoid it, even the
evacuation of
earth. If there's life in the future, wouldn't it try to warn those in the past if this were possible? Can the
Feynman radio receive these transmissions?
Reid Malenfant, a space
entrepreneur has his dreams of using his 'big dumb boosters' to mine an
asteroid, cut short as Taine offers him the dream of saving the species.
Soon you are given visions of the
evolution of the universe, over trillions of years, until
the heat death of the universe, and then a glimpse of how all this can be
transcended.
A book of breathtaking
scope and
vision, it will vasten your
mind.