Mammoth

Mammoth

by StephenBaxter (Author)

Synopsis

Starting with the story of SilverHair, the last of the few remaining mammoths that have survived in a Siberian evolutionary backwater the MAMMOTH trilogy is the story of the mammoths of history and legend. It is their story built on their own myths and traditions. Conscious and intelligent, the mammoths of this trilogy have, within the limits of their nature, their own culture and oral mythology, even a creation myth, which they will use to tell their story, understand their world and try to cope with the encroachments of mankind. In Book One Silverhair must lead the last surviving family of mammoths to safety when a party of Russian sailors is shipwrecked on the Siberian island the mammths have hidden on through the millennia. The hope for the future lies in her skill and wit and with the calf she is carrying.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 322
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 21 Jan 1999

ISBN 10: 1857985958
ISBN 13: 9781857985955
Book Overview: The enormous appeal of mammoths; huge, fantastic prehistoric beasts warmly remembered from our childhood - is almost mythic. An epic reworking of the WATERSHIP DOWN, DUNCTON WOOD tradition. Baxter is one of the big three British SF writers in terms of sales and reputation. A big idea, huge animals, a vast timescale: imaginative fiction on an epic scale. US rights sold for USD125,000 at auction

Author Bio
Stephen Baxter is the Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick award winning author of (amongst others) TIMESHIPS, RAFT, RING. He is published in (amongst others) France, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA. His critical reputation is second to none and he is Harper Collins's biggest SF author.