EVOLUTION. London: Gollancz, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Baxter. "Baxter's finest later singleton may be EVOLUTION (2002), a pure scientific romance traversal of the story of evolution on Earth, from the deep past and the passing of the dinosaurs through humanity's brief ascendancy down to a future of devolution not dissimilar to (but more closely argued than) that depicted by Wells in THE TIME MACHINE (1895); as in the scientific romance form at its most intense, dozens of exemplary characters are viewed with chastening objectivity, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water." - John Clute, SFE (online). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#177430).
Price: $100.00
"First published in Great Britain in 2002 ..." on copyright page.