Xeelee Sequence · Book 4
Ring
- Published
- 1 January 1994
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN-13
- 9780002240260
- Type
- novel
About this book
Ring is an entry in the Xeelee Sequence series that falls between Flux and Vacuum Diagrams, published in 1994. It is the longest book in the series at 496 pages. It was written by Stephen Baxter.
Its place in Xeelee Sequence
Ring is book 4 in the Xeelee Sequence series. It follows Flux. It is followed by Vacuum Diagrams. See the full Xeelee Sequence reading order.
Stephen Baxter's signature achievement is a hard-SF future history spanning from the near future to the death of the universe and beyond, built around the Xeelee, an ancient, almost incomprehensibly advanced species locked in a cosmic-scale war against dark matter creatures for control of the universe's baryonic matter -- a war humanity discovers it is, at best, a minor participant in. Raft (1991), Timelike Infinity (1992), Flux (1993) and Ring (1994) form the core of the original sequence, each following…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780002240260