{"product_id":"9780008134501_phase-space","title":"Phase Space","description":"\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\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":"Stephen Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895373484181,"sku":"9780008134501","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008134501_dc45236c-8855-45fd-b12a-4ddd605a89ab.jpg?v=1776888411","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008134501_phase-space","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}