Vacuum Diagrams

About “Vacuum Diagrams”

This book by Stephen Baxter is a future history that spans five million years, tracing the journey of Humankind to the end of the universe. It includes events such as the creation of Poole wormholes, the conquest of human planets by the Squeem, the development of GUTships that travel faster than light, and the back-time invasion of the Qax. The story also explores the mysterious Xeelee and their massive artifacts, as well as photino birds and dark matter. The novel concludes with the Ring, a place where Ghost, Human, and Xeelee reflect on the end of time. The book won the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award and is considered one of the most ambitious science fiction works since Asimov's Foundation.