Ebook {Epub PDF} Anti-Ice by Stephen Baxter

Much of Baxter's work, I've absolutely loved, for example, the Manifold series, Moonseed and Titan. The basic premise behind the novel Anti-Ice, is a new substance known as "Anti-Ice", which is discovered in the Antarctic by British Empire explorers during the 19th century.  · Fans of steam-punk and Victorian adventures will love ANTI-ICE by Stephen Baxter. In this book, Baxter flawlessly combines many great SF themes. Victorian exploration, super science, alternate history, and the personal accounts of a minor functionary made this a delight for me to bltadwin.ru industrial revolution has come a little early and in an unexpected form.5/5(5).  · Anti-ice by Stephen Baxter. Click here for the lowest price! Mass Market Paperback, ,

Stephen Baxter's third novel is a change of pace from his earlier hard-sf 'Xeelee' series, being a stand-alone alternate history novel written in the style of an early scientific romance. The story concerns a chunk of alien matter dubbed 'anti-ice' that lands on Earth and the impact it has on Europe when it is discovered by the brilliant. Baxter, Stephen. ANTI-ICE. [London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, []. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's third novel. "An alternate history set in an England transfigured into a Steampunk dystopia by the discovery of the eponymous superconductor -- extracted from a fallen moonlet -- which explodes with nuclear force when heated, but which is also capable of powering spaceships.". Stephen Baxter (born 13 November ) is a British author known for his hard sci-fi novels. It is not related to any particular series by Baxter. Anti-Ice, set in an alternate world where a semi-stable form of antimatter is discovered in the mids, The Wheel of Ice, a Doctor Who novel featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe.

Fans of steam-punk and Victorian adventures will love ANTI-ICE by Stephen Baxter. In this book, Baxter flawlessly combines many great SF themes. Victorian exploration, super science, alternate history, and the personal accounts of a minor functionary made this a delight for me to bltadwin.ru industrial revolution has come a little early and in an unexpected form. Anti-Ice has reaffirmed my faith in the abilities of Stephen Baxter. He has shown himself to be a writer capable of both great conceptual rigor and great depth of character. He has shown himself to be a writer capable of both great conceptual rigor and great depth of character. Title: Anti-Ice. Author: Stephen Baxter. Genre: Science Fiction, Steampunk. Publisher: Eos. Publication Date: September Paperback: pages. Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel. A new element has been found by millionaire industrialist Josiah Traveller – a mysterious substance that promises new wonders and threatens new horrors beyond humankind’s wildest dreams.