VACUUM DIAGRAMS

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Chris Moore illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little softening to the spine head. The contents, with light toning to the paperstock, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 to the front flap).

Signed by the author Stephen Baxter in blue ink on the title page. A collection of 22 stories set within the 'Xeelee Sequence'. The US edition of 'Vacuum Diagrams' won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1999. Comprising 'Eve', 'The Sun-People', 'The Logic Pool', 'Gossamer', 'Cilia-of-Gold', 'Lieserl', 'Pilot', 'The Xeelee Flower', 'More Than Time or Distance', 'The Switch', 'Blue Shift', 'The Quagma Datum', 'Planck Zero', 'The Gödel Sunflowers', 'Stowaway', 'The Tyranny of Heaven', 'Hero', 'Secret History', 'Shell', 'The Eighth Room' and 'The Baryonic Lords'.