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Stone Spring (The Northland Trilogy) Hardcover

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Alternate history at its most mindblowing-from the national bestselling author of Flood and Ark.

Ten thousand years ago, a vast and fertile plain exists linking the British Isles to Europe. Home to a tribe of simple hunter-gatherers, Northland teems with nature's bounty, but is also subject 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-distant city called Jericho-a city that is protected by a wall. And she starts to imagine the impossible...

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  1. Print length
    512 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Roc
  4. Dimensions
    15.24 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm
  5. ISBN-10
    9780451464187
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0451464187
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0451464184
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roc
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780451464187
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451464187
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 726 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm

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  • Brunswick
    2.0 out of 5 stars Eigentlich gut
    Reviewed in Germany on 7 October 2013
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    Eigentlich ist die Idee nicht schlecht, die Figuren werden gut beschrieben und man kann das ganze einigermassen nachvollziehen, aber es kommt leider nicht so richtig in Fahrt. Ich hatte mir mehr davon versprochen, aber nun habe ich zur Seite gelegt und was neues angefangen.
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  • A Guy from Chevy Chase
    5.0 out of 5 stars Baxter does it again
    Reviewed in the United States on 5 February 2014
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    I'll admit that I'm a fan of Stephen Baxter, and have been for a long time (I particularly enjoyed his NASA Trilogy and the Time's Tapestry series). This is a remarkable work, suggesting that a group of prehistoric tribes were able to construct walls and dams to prevent the isolation of Great Britain from mainland Europe after the last Ice Age, as the seas deepened.

    Yes, it requires the suspension of disbellief. But his characters are wonderfully complex and terrifically drawn, his knowledge of the prehistoric area is superb and lends an air of authenticity to the tale that others fail to grasp or use.

    It left me panting for the sequel, whch is next up on my bookshelf. A great read, wonderfully told.
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  • Jamma
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great service. Product arrived a day early and in excellent condition.
    Reviewed in the United States on 16 October 2023
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    Replaced a lost book.
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Stone Spring
    Reviewed in the United States on 29 July 2012
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    Stone Spring, by Stephen Baxter, initially published in the UK, took a long time to make its way to the United States. The first of a new trilogy by Baxter, called the Northland Trilogy, Stone Spring details the struggles of a pre-historical society facing a rising sea at the end of the Ice Age. Memorable characters, sometimes elegant prose, and an intriguing premise combine to make Stone Spring yet another of Baxter's unique works-that nobody else can come close to competing with.

    Baxter has clearly done his homework, including a fairly accurate map of what the region called Northland would have likely looked like around 10,000 BC. Though the cultures are fictitious, they are based on historical records to generate something believable and identifiable for readers. The peoples of the book are generally hunter-gatherers, relying on the world around them to provide them what's needed. The Etxelur people-the primary culture of the book-have much in common with Native Americans, in that they thank the creatures for their sacrifice, and waste nothing.

    Stone Spring includes a cast of characters that span generations-much like the way Baxter's Time's Tapestry series was structured, though less obviously fragmented here. Things start out with Kirike, the father of two girls who would come to shape events of not only their people, but those of the regions around them as well. Baxter uses the introduction of many other important characters to develop the story. Each character is completely unique and highly believable, hosting their own desires, motivations, and drive to shape the world and provide for their families. Stephen Baxter has always had strong characters, and Stone Spring is no exception.

    One of the criticisms that could be made of the novel is that the dialogue is a tad unbelievable. For such an ancient time-frame, the languages could have very well been something from the 21st century. It's understandable that Baxter likely used this method to make the story easier to follow, it's still distracting in a way, as these characters rarely sound as if they actually inhabit the world of 10,000 BC.

    The plot of Stone Spring takes its time in developing-a lot of time. This is one of the failures of the novel, in that it very nearly loses the reader before it gets good. Until about the half-way mark, the book is a meandering series of characters and events that seems to have no clear direction. Ultimately, the characters find their way together, and the story begins to take shape, evolving into an intriguing plot that almost succeeds in transcending to amazement. Unfortunately, just when events get most interesting, it backs away quite dramatically, and nearly loses the reader once more. Indeed, the book feels more like three or four separate plots, weaved together-which might be Baxter's point. Without reading the remaining two books of the series, it's difficult to determine exactly how Stone Spring will stand up, but based as a solo novel, it falls a bit flat.

    There's a point during Stone Spring where it seems as if the story is going to take a very interesting turn. During the largest event of the book, the word Atlantis surfaces, and a very subtle hint that this culture could be based on that lost city immediately makes things much more interesting. Unfortunately, Baxter doesn't continue that thread, and leaves the name dangling, never returning to it. After making the inference however, it's difficult to believe that this culture could ever have risen to the level that Atlantis supposedly occupied. It's a brief moment of hope during the book that sadly goes unfulfilled.

    Stone Spring is a difficult novel to characterize. Technically science fiction, it feels nothing at all like that. It's an alternate history, most certainly, but feels like a disappointing direction by Stephen Baxter. After waiting what felt like years for the book to find its way to American shores, readers will most likely be left wanting something more. Its slow pace, unfulfilled story threads, and somewhat unrealistic depiction of language serves to keep Stone Spring from becoming an instant classic for Baxter. Indeed, fans may be wondering if they should bother waiting for the next book in the series, Bronze Summer, due out who-knows-when in the United States.
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  • D. R. Cantrell
    3.0 out of 5 stars A fine story, but logistically implausible
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2011
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    I expected to hate this book. It's set in the Mesolithic, in an age when the North Sea was still mostly land, and tells an alternate history of how a tribe of primitives kept the sea back by building dykes. This is, of course, absurd. They lacked the productive surplus to support the workforce this would have needed. Baxter tries to address this by having them trade with other tribes for labour, but still fails to address the question of how to feed the work force. No matter where or when your story is, you can't ignore basic logistics and still have a world sufficiently realistic that a reader can immerse himself in the story.

    And that's not the only utterly absurd piece of Baxter's world. The tribe of tree-top dwellers are also ridiculous.

    But never mind that. Baxter salvages from his irreparably flawed world a decent story of inter-personal conflicts, intrigue and jealousy. Why only three stars? It's daft, and I don't think he can sustain it over the two sequels that are supposedly on the way.
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