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Editorial Review:
RESPLENDENT is a collection of stories that encompasses mankind's epic fight for survival against the Xeelee, a narrative of how man will change and evolve over our epic journey out into the universe. These tales will encompass the rise of sub-molecular empires in the first nanoseconds after the Big Bang to mankind's final transformation. Full of cutting-edge science, descriptions of time and space on a mind-boggling scale and memorable, all-too-human characters. It is both the capstone to one of the most significant series in the history of SF and a remarkable achievement in its own right. This is a mature and uniquely talented writer at the height of his powers.
Resplendent: Destiny's Children Book Four (GollanczF.) Reviews:
Not Free SF Reader 
2008-03-15 - Baxter's 'Xeelee' Future History includes a lot of the future, with the timeline in the back of the book going from 2000 odd to the year 1,000,000. Therefore, a related series of stories seems to be a pretty good way to approach it. There are novels in this sequence, too, and he lists those, but I haven't read any. This seems to work pretty well, given an average of 3.68. Not a bad story to be found.
Each story has a small italicised after piece, narrated by an 'immortal' that is able to surreptitiously live through all these events, with a sneaky plan for the finale.
A 4.25 kind of book.
Qax quisling longevity memory.
4 out of 5
Coalition collaboration issues.
4 out of 5
Who is scared of who, why?
3 out of 5
Immortality decision.
3.5 out of 5
Snowball joyride first contact.
3.5 out of 5
Pocket universe execution escape refusal.
4 out of 5
Human expansion is slowed by a race of aliens, causing economic problems when the advanced alien technology is able to monkey with the laws of physics.
A not too bright teenager makes it out of the wreckage of a ship and from inside an enemy fortress with the help of the rest of his crew, with some valuable intel.
4 out of 5
Noir throwback time kill mission.
4 out of 5
Hunting party disagreement drop deal.
4 out of 5
Star wrapping investigation.
3.5 out of 5
Spline herd death takeover trip.
4 out of 5
4.5 out of 5
BIG Baxter fan
2007-11-05 - The previous three books in the "Children of Destiny" series were all structured so that they told the story along two different timelines, switching back and forth between them. Resplendant doesn't so much follow that format, and follows a seemingly linear timeline, albeit on a literally stellar scale.
Resplendent is essentially a collection of short stories, filling in the back story from before the setting of book two "Exultant" to after the end of the events outlined in Book Three "Transcendent". So while it is a very engrossing read, many of the themes and ideas are familier from the previous books.
