{"product_id":"9780008134563_traces","title":"Traces","description":"\u003cp\u003eStories set in a variety of futures from the award-winning heir of Arthur C. Clarke: Traces gives a kaleidoscopic vision of the possibilities for humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are visions of histories which differ from our own, either through small changes – what if Germany had won WWI (‘Mittelwelt’) – or through a fundamental difference in physical laws – what if Archimedes had been right in his clockwork-like cosmological vision (‘No Longer Touch the Earth’).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are visions of futures in which people struggle to survive in a variety of bizarre environments (‘Downstream’, ‘The Blood of Angels’), or, weakened and powerless, inhabit the end of worlds (‘Inherit the Earth’, ‘George and the Comet’).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are explorations of astonishing events of our own lifetimes, in particular the grand expansion into space (‘Zemlya’, ‘Moon Six’, ‘Pilgrim 7’).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese visions give an impression of the contingency of our everyday here-and-now, surrounded as it is by an infinite array of possible pasts, presents, and futures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896041951381,"sku":"9780008134563","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008134563_2d76dd32-1259-4577-9b4d-1a15fbf874ed.jpg?v=1776888525","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008134563_traces","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}