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threemonkeysStephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence. So many books and so many short stories and obviously so much world building. Quite a few books back, the "final" book in the sequence was published. Then there was a whole new series set in the same sequence. Now there is the one I have just read - Resplendent. Really a collection of all the short stories written in the sequence since that "final" volume. By stringing them together in the right order(1) and providing bridging pieces it provides a sort of overview of the sequence. It is pretty good too although possibly better if I hadn't read so many of the stories before when they were published in the magazines.
There is a bit of fatigue setting in. I'm not sure that I really need to read any more stories in this sequence. On the other hand, it may well be Baxter's best work. Some of his other stuff is noticeably weaker. Perhaps a break is called for before any more in this world view. Actually, I guess I mean universe as Baxter does not consider even mere galaxies to be a bound for his canvas.
(1) And thus blowing a hole in my reading order theories from a couple of weeks back.
There is a bit of fatigue setting in. I'm not sure that I really need to read any more stories in this sequence. On the other hand, it may well be Baxter's best work. Some of his other stuff is noticeably weaker. Perhaps a break is called for before any more in this world view. Actually, I guess I mean universe as Baxter does not consider even mere galaxies to be a bound for his canvas.
(1) And thus blowing a hole in my reading order theories from a couple of weeks back.