Raft
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Raft is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter set in a universe with extremely high gravity, exploring how human society adapts to radically altered physical laws.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Raft canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
hard science fiction novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
adaptation of human society to radically altered physical laws
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consequences of different physical constants ⓘ scientific exploration and discovery ⓘ social stratification under resource scarcity ⓘ survival in extreme environments ⓘ |
| containsElement |
decaying orbit around a collapsed object
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floating forest habitat ⓘ generation starship wreck survivors ⓘ mining of dense matter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Peter Elson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Timelike Infinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1991 British novels
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British science fiction novels ⓘ Novels by Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-246-13761-5 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
social science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a universe with much stronger gravitational constant
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early example of Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee mythos ⓘ rigorous use of physics in worldbuilding ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Raft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Xeelee Sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Vacuum Diagrams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | miner ⓘ |
| publisher |
Grafton Books
NERFINISHED
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HarperCollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Xeelee Sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
nebula of dense matter around a collapsed star remnant
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universe with extremely high gravity ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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