FREE STONE SPRING PDF Stephen Baxter | 528 pages | 10 Feb 2011 | Orion Publishing Co | 9780575089204 | English | London, United Kingdom Stone Spring - Wikipedia Alternate history at its most mindblowing-from the national bestselling author of Flood and Ark. Ten thousand years ago, a vast and fertile plain Stone Spring linking the British Stone Spring to Europe. Home to a tribe of simple hunter-gatherers, Northland teems with nature's bounty, but is also Stone Spring to its whims. Fourteen-year-old Ana calls Northland home, but her world is changing. The air is warming, the ice is melting, and the seas are rising. Then Ana meets a traveler from a far-dista. Then Ana meets a traveler from a far-distant city called Jericho-a city that is protected by a wall. And she starts to imagine the impossible Praise for Stephen Baxter and Stone Spring. Stephen Baxter Stone Spring born in Liverpool, England, in He holds degrees in mathematics, from Cambridge University; engineering, from Southampton University; and business administration, from Henley Management College. His first professionally published short story appeared in He has also published over sf short stories, several of which have won prizes. Goodreads helps you keep track Stone Spring books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Stone Spring by Stephen Baxter. Stone Spring Northland 1 by Stephen Baxter. This is Stone Spring history at its most mindblowing. Get A Stone Spring. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Stone Springplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Stone Spring Northland, 1. Mar 29, Wanda rated it liked it Stone Spring public-libraryread-inhistorical-fantasy. Baxter has obviously done his research on the archaeology of the region, including the parts that are completely underwater now. The Stone Spring relationships are those of tribe, parent, child, etc. There is very, very little sex described, it is mostly implied or spoken about crudely by loud-mouthed men. I know people like this exist, but her choice Stone Spring power over genuine emotion bothered me. Mar 29, Gaston Prereth rated Stone Spring did not like it. The premise of Stone Spring, that of a stone age civilisation building what could be called a wonder of the world and Stone Spring the geography of Europe not just for themselves but for the whole development of the continent, is an interesting one. Stone Spring was looking forward to a book that would explore the ideas around the small decisions we make having effects throughout history and the motivations Stone Spring people who do something extraordinary and world changing, whether they see it as that or not. The The premise of Stone Spring, that of a stone age Stone Spring building what could be called a wonder of the world and changing the geography of Europe not just for themselves but for the whole development of the continent, is an interesting one. The start of the novel is fairly slow and it spent a lot of time trying to convey the size of the world for these early civilisations and to add a cultural richness to a part of history that is often painted in broad 'they lived in huts' type brush strokes. I didn't mind the slow pace, however, because I felt that we were building to something and I was willing to take the time to get to know the characters. It felt like we were doing a lot of the leg work early on so that we could understand the characters and their motivations once the big decisions and events started to happen. I trusted the author As we reached what I thought was going Stone Spring be the interesting parts of the book the narrative started Stone Spring skip time, sometimes even as much as years at a time. This would have Stone Spring fine, however, all the interesting things such like the actual building of the wall that is the central conceit of the book happened off screen. This might have been okay, if the characters had stayed consistent, but they too went through dramatic swings in personality off screen and it made it virtually impossible to identify or understand them. Whereas I had thought the main narrative was going to be Stone Spring the building of the wall and its effects on the 'small' people who had undertaken this world changing decision. It Stone Spring out the narrative was actually a rather ridiculous vengeance plot that was at best implausible, at Stone Spring totally incomprehensible. The characters, with their constant mood swings, seemed to do what the author needed to to continue the flimsy plot and rarely felt like they were acting true to themselves. All the time in the first third of the book where we had been getting to know Stone Spring characters seemed like wasted effort as each time we met them again, they had changed in ways that were never explained and I could not understand. This Stone Spring felt like a good idea that the author Stone Spring, half way through, Stone Spring confidence with and decided to take us in a different direction that was uninteresting, unbelievable, and frankly unintelligent. Ideas like slavery, love, loyalty, and faith in ones own ideals were so poorly explored that they were totally un-engaging. This book got two stars from me only because the prose Stone Spring well written and some of the description was nicely Stone Spring. As a story, however, it was one of the least engaging I have read Stone Spring year. It is a shame because I could have been sold on the whole series if this book had been enjoyable, but now I don't want to risk having to trudge through another book and getting no deeper insights into the bigger themes and interesting ideas. Edit: dropped to one star after a year's reflection on just how annoyed I was by this book at Stone Spring sheer rubbishness and the ruining of an interesting idea. View all 5 comments. Set maybe 8, years ago, in an alternate Doggerland, Stone Spring follows a legend-forming settlement through the lifetime of the main character. The alternate history point of departure is a cometary impact that reimposed the receding ice sheets for a thousand years, altering the geological processes of land subsidence in Doggerland. The story is then set during the second glacial retreat, and while sea level is rising, it has not risen as much by that time, as it has in the real world. Baxter has invented cultures for Northland and Stone Spring peoples consistent with the mesolithic era in which the story is set. Ana is the younger daughter of the headman of the village Etxelur in Northland. The settlement is a group of just seven households that live just above the Stone Spring flats of the north shore of Northland. They have an oral history of lands now lost to them. Average lifespans are short, and it is a violent time. Baxter does not shy away from the brutality. But somehow the characters, in many regards, seem to have a modern awareness and the ability to invent technology, almost as if they were time Stone Spring stranded in the past. As I have come to expect from Baxter, near the end, Stone Spring begins skipping forward in time, showing how things turn out, transforming the characters, and featuring just a few pivotal events. The plot tension is strong, and the ending is satisfyingly conclusive. I liked this story on a narrative level, even if my hard-sf expectations were somewhat disappointed. I expect to read more of the trilogy. Apr 16, Stone Spring Hufton rated it did not like it. Stone Spring in theory: Set in the paleolithic as the English channel is starting to form, a fourteen year old girl can inspire her people to raise a wall and keep the sea out, Stone Spring the fate of the world. Stone Spring in practice: Jumps in time mean that none of the potentially interesting events are Stone Spring. The characters are tota Stone Spring in theory: Set in the paleolithic as the English channel is starting to form, a fourteen year old girl can inspire her people to raise a wall and keep the sea out, changing the Stone Spring of the world. The characters are totally inconsistent between one part of the story and the next. Inter-tribe conflict is Stone Spring put centre stage and yet reduced to a hilariously bad attempt of one tribe to invade another. View 2 comments. Sep 11, Sally rated it really liked Stone Spring Shelves: historical. I only picked this book because of the magnificent big wave splashing Stone Spring on the front cover. I like waves, so surely any book with such a wonderful wave on its front must be good? Well as it so happens — it was. The time is around 7, years BC and is set in Doggerland, a large and Stone Spring stretch of land that joined the B I only picked this book because of Stone Spring magnificent big wave splashing up on the front cover.