![]() We join the story 500 years later as the descendants of that ship struggle to survive amidst a nebula, divided into two main groups. Even human bodies (and other creatures) have their own notable gravatational force. Into this universe crashes a starship from Earth. As a result stars are much smaller - only a mile across - and they burn out much faster. Raft is set in an alternative universe to our own, where that ever present but weak force gravity is a billion times stronger. ![]() It was nominated for both the Arthur C Clarke and Locus First Novel awards in 1992. The SF Masterworks edition includes a warm, personable introduction by Alastair Reynolds. Baxter admitted struggling to contain the story to such a short space however and eventually Raft became the authors first published novel. It's also the first book in the authors Xeelee sequence (although no Xeelee make an appearance). ![]() Raft was originally a short story published in Interzone back in 1989. ![]()
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