Contents

PART ONE: EARTH

1 THE GREEN APOCALYPSE

3 GREEN SHOOTS OF HOPE

5 A RIDE ON A VALKYRIE

6 FOLLOW THE WATER

7 THE WONDERS OF THE WORLDS

PART THREE: VENTURE STAR

8 A SHIP TO SAIL

9 TWINS AND TIME

10 THE ULTIMATE ROCKET

11 STARS TO SAIL BY

PART FOUR: PANDORA

12 FIRST PORT OF CALL

13 FINDING NEW WORLDS

14 THE CASE OF THE CYLINDRICAL BIOLOGIST

15 OBTAINING THE UNOBTAINABLE

16 MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY

17 A DANGEROUS MOON

PART FIVE: HELL’S GATE

18 DISTURBING THE WORLD

19 COPIES, CELLS AND COMPUTERS

20 APOCALYPSE SOON

PART SIX: LIVING WORLD

21 A CLIMAX ECOSYSTEM

22 WARM LITTLE PONDS

23 FOUR LEGS GOOD, SIX LEGS BETTER

PART SEVEN: NA’VI

24 HUNTERS OF THE FOREST

25 OTHER BODIES

27 FIRST CONTACT

28 MIND TO MIND

PART EIGHT: AVATAR

30 ANGELS AND DEMONS

31 A FALSE BODY

32 HACKING THE BRAIN

33 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A NA’VI?

34 THE TRANSMIGRATION OF JAKE SULLY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MEET THE AUTHOR

ALSO BY STEPHEN BAXTER