![]() ![]() Due to proton decay, the physical universe has collapsed, but some form of intelligence has survived by embedding itself into a lossless computing substrate where it can theoretically survive indefinitely. The book begins at the end of space and time, when the last descendants of humanity face an infinite but pointless existence. The novel covers a wide range of topics, including the Doomsday argument, Fermi paradox, genetic engineering, and humanity's extinction. Time is set on Earth, the inner part of the Solar System and various other universes onwards from the 21st century. The book was nominated for the 2000 Arthur C. It is the first of Baxter's Manifold Trilogy (the others being Manifold: Space and Manifold: Origin), although the books can be read in any order because the series takes place in a multiverse. Manifold: Time is a 1999 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. ![]()
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