VACUUM DIAGRAMS: STORIES OF THE XEELEE SEQUENCE by Baxter, Stephen

London: HarperCollins, 1997. first edition . Signed by Baxter.. fine hardcover fine jacket Described by Baxter as "a novel based on the short stories which - together with my novels of Raft (1991), Timelike Infinity (1992), Flux (1993) and Ring (1994) - comprise my 'Xeelee Sequence' Future History." "Baxter truly astonishes, and Vacuum Diagrams succeeds in building such a sense of epic scope that the individual stories do indeed begin to recede into the whole as one reads it .... his awesome context lends them a flavor that is pure Baxter, and that makes Vacuum Diagrams into one of the most original and exhilarating collections of recent years."- Locus, October 1997.