{"product_id":"9781473224056-raft","title":"Raft","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Such realistic brilliance you can see a whole civilisation in it\"\u003c\/b\u003e - The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simply amazing science fiction that will have me grabbing book two\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"one of the best scifi concepts out there\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spaceship from Earth accidentally survives the transition to a radically different universe. Five-hundred-years later, their descendants still struggle for existence. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star. They trade for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, and where a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him a stowaway on a flying tree. And what he finds will change his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944681255009,"sku":"9781473224056","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28522508.jpg?v=1722686344","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781473224056-raft","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}