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| Resplendent (Destiny's Children) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Gollancz
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1592645
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 568
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 2.1
ISBN: 0575078952
EAN: 9780575078956
ASIN: 0575078952
Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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BIG Baxter fan November 5, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The previous three books in the "Children of Destiny" series were all structured so that they told the story along two different timelines, switching back and forth between them. Resplendant doesn't so much follow that format, and follows a seemingly linear timeline, albeit on a literally stellar scale.
Resplendent is essentially a collection of short stories, filling in the back story from before the setting of book two "Exultant" to after the end of the events outlined in Book Three "Transcendent". So while it is a very engrossing read, many of the themes and ideas are familier from the previous books.
Not Free SF Reader March 15, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Baxter's 'Xeelee' Future History includes a lot of the future, with the timeline in the back of the book going from 2000 odd to the year 1,000,000. Therefore, a related series of stories seems to be a pretty good way to approach it. There are novels in this sequence, too, and he lists those, but I haven't read any. This seems to work pretty well, given an average of 3.68. Not a bad story to be found.
Each story has a small italicised after piece, narrated by an 'immortal' that is able to surreptitiously live through all these events, with a sneaky plan for the finale.
A 4.25 kind of book.
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Spline herd death takeover trip.
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