Richard Baedecker thinks his greatest challenge was walking on the moon,
but then he meets a mysterious woman who shows him his past. Join
Baedecker as he comes to grips with the son and wife he lost owing to
his passion for space exploration, his forgotten childhood, and the loss
he experienced during the deadly flight of the Challenger. The most
difficult exploration of his life is not the cold, rocky crevices of the
moon, but the warm interior of his heart. Brilliant and beautifully
written, Phases of Gravity is a masterpiece about love and loss that
transports readers far beyond the confines of space and time. Dan
Simmons, a full-time public school teacher until 1987, is one of the few
writers who consistently work across genres, and perhaps the only one to
have won major awards in all of them. He has produced science fiction,
horror, fantasy, and mainstream fiction, and is now launching stunning
works in the thriller category. His first novel, Song of Kali, won the
World Fantasy Award; his first science fiction novel, Hyperion, won the
Hugo Award. His other novels and short fiction have been honored with
numerous accoladres, including nine Locus Awards, four Bram Stoker
Awards, the French Prix Cosmos 2000, the British SF Association Award,
and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. In 1995, Wabash College presented
Simmons with an honorary doctorate in humane letters for his work in
fiction and education. He lives in Colorado along the Front Range of the
Rockies.
