Stephen Baxter is a prolific British
hard science fictionHard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Islands of Space in Astounding Science...
author. He has degrees in
mathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and
engineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
.
Writing style
Strongly influenced by SF pioneer
H. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
, Baxter has been a distinguished Vice-President of the international
H. G. Wells SocietyThe H.G. Wells Society, founded in 1960, is an international association composed of people interested in the life, work and thought of the British writer and thinker Herbert George Wells , and encouraging a wider interest in his writings and ideas...
since 2006. His fiction falls into three main categories, each with a different basis, style and tone.
Baxter's "Future History" mode is based on research into
hard scienceHard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Islands of Space in Astounding Science...
. It encompasses the monumental
Xeelee SequenceThe Xeelee Sequence is a series of novels and short stories by British science fiction author Stephen Baxter. The novels span several billions of years, describing the future expansion of Mankind, its war with its arch-nemesis , and the Xeelee's own war with dark matter entities called photino birds...
, which as of July 2009 is composed of seven novels (including the
Destiny's ChildrenDestiny's Children is a science-fiction series by Stephen Baxter. It takes place within his larger series, the Xeelee Sequence. Like his previous Manifold Trilogy, the books are not direct sequels to one another, but are instead thematically linked by the appearance of concepts, themes, and...
series), plus four novellas and 46 short pieces, all of which fit into a single timeline stretching from the Big Bang singularity of the past to his
Timelike InfinityTimelike Infinity is a 1992 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter. The second book in the Xeelee Sequence, Timelike Infinity introduces a universe of powerful alien species and technologies which manages to maintain a realistic edge due to Baxter's physics background; it largely sets the stage for...
singularity of the future. These stories begin in the present day and end when the Milky Way galaxy collides with Andromeda five billion years in the future. The central narrative is that of Humanity rising and evolving to become the second most powerful race in the universe, next to the god-like
XeeleeThe Xeelee are a fictional hyperadvanced species from Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence. They were first remotely mentioned in the 1994 novel Timelike Infinity and were later central actors of several novels and a substantial number of short stories...
. Character development tends to take second place to the depiction of advanced theories and ideas, such as the true nature of the
Great AttractorThe Great Attractor is a gravity anomaly in intergalactic space within the range of the Centaurus Supercluster that reveals the existence of a localised concentration of mass equivalent to tens of thousands of Milky Ways, observable by its effect on the motion of galaxies and their associated...
,
naked singularitiesIn general relativity, a naked singularity is a gravitational singularity, without an event horizon. In a black hole, there is a region around the singularity, the event horizon, where the gravitational force of the singularity is strong enough so that light cannot escape. Hence, the singularity...
and the great battle between
BaryonicA baryon is a composite particle made up of three quarks . Baryons and mesons belong to the hadron family, which are the quark-based particles...
and
Dark MatterIn astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is matter that neither emits nor scatters light or other electromagnetic radiation, and so cannot be directly detected via optical or radio astronomy...
lifeforms. The
Manifold TrilogyThe Manifold Trilogy is a series of science fiction books by Stephen Baxter. It consists of three novels and an anthology of short stories relating to the three. The three books in the trilogy are not ordered chronologically; instead, they are thematically linked stories that take place in...
is another example of Baxter's future history mode, even more conceptual than the Xeelee sequence -- each novel is focused on a potential explanation of the
Fermi ParadoxThe Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations....
. The two-part disaster series
FloodPublished in 2008, Flood is the work of hard science fiction by English author Stephen Baxter. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water. Human civilization is almost destroyed by...
and
ArkArk is a hard science fiction novel by UK author Stephen Baxter. It comes as the sequel to Baxter's acclaimed 2008 novel Flood. Ark deals with the journey of Ark One, which Baxter has revealed to be a long-range spaceship, and the continuing human struggle for survival on Earth after the...
(followed by two additional stories, "Earth II" and "Earth III" in
Asimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
) also fits into this category, where catastrophic events unfold in the near future and Humanity must adapt to survive in three radically different planetary environments. Baxter has signed a contract for two new books due in 2013 and 2014, titled
Proxima and
Ultima, both of which are names of planets. They appear likely to continue the stories of Earth II (Proxima) and Earth III (Ultima), even further in the future.
A second category in Baxter's work is based on readings in evolutionary biology and human/animal behavior. Elements of this appear in his future histories (especially later works like the Destiny's Children series and Flood/Ark), but here it is the focus. The major work in this category is
Evolution, which imagines the evolution of humanity in the Earth's past and future. The
Mammoth TrilogyThe Mammoth Trilogy is a series of books by hard science fiction author Stephen Baxter. The books in it were published between 1999 and 2001. It contains Silverhair, Longtusk and Icebones....
, written for young adults, shares similar themes and concerns as it explores the present, past, and future of a small herd of mammoths found surviving on an island in the Arctic Ocean.
A third category of Baxter's fiction is alternate history, based on research into history. These stories are more human, with characters portrayed with greater depth and care. This includes his
NASA TrilogyThe NASA Trilogy consists of three hard science fiction novels written by British science fiction author Stephen Baxter. These books explore the possibilities of the American space program if the circumstances had been different. They have generally darker tones than his other books and are...
, which incorporates a great deal of research into
NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
and its history, and the
Time's TapestryTime's Tapestry is a four-volume alternate history and science fiction series by British author Stephen Baxter. The four novels are Emperor, Conqueror, Navigator, and Weaver....
series, which features science-fictional interventions into our past from an alternate-history future. The novel
Anti-IceAnti-Ice is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. Published in 1993, it can be classified as an alternate history for its portrayal of 19th century Europe and the changes resulting, particularly in Britain, from an explosive scientific discovery made in the 1850s.-Plot:The novel begins with...
is an earlier example of Baxter's blending of alternate history with science fiction. His 2010 novel
Stone SpringStone Spring is a 2010 novel by Stephen Baxter. It is set in prehistoric Doggerland and focuses on the attempts of Northland's inhabitants to adapt to the rising sea levels slowly eroding Northland's coastline...
is the first in an alternate prehistory series, the Northland Trilogy, which begins ten thousand years ago in the
Stone AgeThe Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
, to be followed by books set in the
Bronze AgeThe Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
and the
Iron AgeThe Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...
.
Another category, outside of the main body of Baxter's independent work, is sequels to science-fiction classics. His first novel to achieve wide recognition (winning three literary awards) was
The Time ShipsThe Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Philip K. Dick Award in 1996, as...
, an authorised sequel to H.G. Wells'
The Time MachineThe Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction...
. The
Time OdysseyA Time Odyssey is a series of novels co-written by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. , the series consists of:*Vol. 1 – Time's Eye *Vol. 2 – Sunstorm *Vol...
series, a trilogy co-authored with
Arthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
, is connected to Clarke's four Space Odyssey novels. Baxter has also published a novel based on a synopsis written by Clarke,
The Light of Other DaysThe Light of Other Days is a 2000 science fiction novel written by Stephen Baxter based on a synopsis by Arthur C. Clarke, which explores the development of wormhole technology to the point where information can be passed instantaneously between points in the space-time continuum.- Characters...
.
In February 2007, Baxter was announced as the author of what was to be the 100th story for
Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
'
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
audio series.
Earthstorm was originally scheduled to be released in late September 2007, but has been delayed indefinitely, according to a May 2007 announcement on the company's website.
In 2009, Baxter became a judge for the
Sidewise Award for Alternate HistoryThe Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with...
, the first former winner among the panel.
Baxter has also written non-fiction essays and columns for such publications as
Critical WaveCritical Wave, later subtitled "The European Science Fiction & Fantasy Review", is a British small-press magazine, initially published and co-edited by Steve Green and Martin Tudor during the period 1987-96...
and the British SF Association's
Matrix.
In 2010 it was announced that he would be working on a new series, "The Long Earth", with
Terry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
.
Literary awards
| Award Name |
Year |
For book |
Short stories printed in |
| BSFA Award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...
SF Novel |
1995 |
The Time ShipsThe Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Philip K. Dick Award in 1996, as...
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| Sidewise Award The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with...
for Best Short Form Alternate History |
1995 |
Brigantia's Angels |
TracesTraces is a collection of short stories written by British sci-fi author Stephen Baxter. Unlike similar collections such as Vacuum Diagrams and Phase Space, it is not related to any particular series by Baxter .The book contains the following short stories:Traces is a collection of short...
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| John W. Campbell Award |
1996 |
The Time ShipsThe Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Philip K. Dick Award in 1996, as...
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
1996 |
The Time ShipsThe Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Philip K. Dick Award in 1996, as...
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| Sidewise Award The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with...
for Best Long Form Alternate History |
1996 |
Voyage |
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| BSFA Award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...
Short Fiction |
1997 |
War Birds |
Phase Space |
| SF Chronicle Award Best Novelette |
1998 |
Moon Six "Moon Six" is a short story by Stephen Baxter. It originally appeared in Science Fiction Age in the March 1997 issue."Moon Six" concerns an American astronaut named Bado. During a visit to the moon, Bado witnesses a sort of "heat haze," and then finds himself in an alternate reality. This...
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TracesTraces is a collection of short stories written by British sci-fi author Stephen Baxter. Unlike similar collections such as Vacuum Diagrams and Phase Space, it is not related to any particular series by Baxter .The book contains the following short stories:Traces is a collection of short...
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| Analog Award Best Short Story |
1998 |
Moon-Calf |
Phase Space |
| Philip K. Dick Award |
1999 |
Vacuum DiagramsVacuum Diagrams is a collection of science fiction short stories written by Stephen Baxter. The collection connects the novels of the Xeelee Sequence and also shows the history of mankind in the Xeelee universe, and ultimately the universe...
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| Analog Award Best Short Story |
2000 |
Sheena 5 |
Phase Space |
| Locus Poll Award Best Novelette |
2000 |
Huddle |
Phase Space |
| Asimov's Readers' Poll Novelette |
2001 |
On the Orion Line |
Resplendent |
| BSFA Award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...
Non-Fiction |
2001 |
Omegatropic |
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| Analog Award Best Short Story |
2002 |
The Hunters of Pangaea |
Evolution & The Hunters of Pangaea |
| BSFA Award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...
Short Fiction |
2004 |
Mayflower II |
Resplendent |
Baxter's story
Last Contact was nominated for the 2008
Hugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
for best short story.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/
Xeelee SequenceThe Xeelee Sequence is a series of novels and short stories by British science fiction author Stephen Baxter. The novels span several billions of years, describing the future expansion of Mankind, its war with its arch-nemesis , and the Xeelee's own war with dark matter entities called photino birds...
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
RaftRaft is a 1991 hard science fiction book by author Stephen Baxter. Raft is both Baxter's first novel and first book in the Xeelee Sequence, although the Xeelee are not present. Raft was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1992.-Setting:...
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1991 |
ISBN 0-246-13706-1 |
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1992 |
Timelike InfinityTimelike Infinity is a 1992 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter. The second book in the Xeelee Sequence, Timelike Infinity introduces a universe of powerful alien species and technologies which manages to maintain a realistic edge due to Baxter's physics background; it largely sets the stage for...
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1992 |
ISBN 0-00-224016-5 |
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FluxFlux is a 1993 science fiction novel by British author Stephen Baxter. It is the third book in Baxter's Xeelee Sequence.-Plot introduction:Dura and her fellow human beings live inside a neutron star, as they have for generations...
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1993 |
ISBN 0-00-224025-4 |
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| Ring |
1993 |
ISBN 0-00-224026-2 |
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Vacuum DiagramsVacuum Diagrams is a collection of science fiction short stories written by Stephen Baxter. The collection connects the novels of the Xeelee Sequence and also shows the history of mankind in the Xeelee universe, and ultimately the universe...
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1997 |
ISBN 0-00-225425-5 |
Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1999
Short story collection. |
| Reality Dust Reality Dust is the 6th work in Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence series. The novella was released in 2000 by PS Publishing.The plot begins not very long after the Third Expansion began Reality Dust is the 6th work in Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence series. The novella was released in 2000 by PS...
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2000 |
ISBN 1-902880-10-2
ISBN 1-902880-11-0 |
Novella (first published by PS Publishing PS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
as trade paperback and hardcover; both limited; later collected in Resplendent) |
| Riding the Rock Riding the Rock is a 60-page Stephen Baxter novella; it is the seventh novel/novella in the Xeelee Sequence; it was published in 2002, and is a chronologically remote sequel to Reality Dust...
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2002 |
ISBN 1-902880-60-9
ISBN 1-902880-59-5 |
Novella (first published by PS Publishing PS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
as trade paperback and hardcover; both limited; later collected in Resplendent) |
| Mayflower II Mayflower II is a 88-page Stephen Baxter novella taking place in the Xeelee Sequence; it was published in 2004.The story begins on Pluto in the distant future. Its inhabitants, former collaborators of the Qax, humanity's erstwhile conquerors, are under attack from the new-formed Coalition, seeking...
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2004 |
ISBN 1-904619-16-9
ISBN 1-904619-17-7 |
Novella (first published by PS Publishing PS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
as trade paperback and hardcover; both limited; later collected in Resplendent) |
| Starfall Starfall is the ninth work in Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence series. The novella was released in 2009 by PS Publishing....
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2009 |
ISBN 978-1-906301-59-0
ISBN 978-1-906301-60-6 |
Novella (published by PS Publishing PS Publishing is a Hornsea based publisher founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther. They specialise in novella length fiction from the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. It has quickly become established as one of Britain's premier small presses...
as hardcover and jacketed hardcover; both limited) |
Destiny's ChildrenDestiny's Children is a science-fiction series by Stephen Baxter. It takes place within his larger series, the Xeelee Sequence. Like his previous Manifold Trilogy, the books are not direct sequels to one another, but are instead thematically linked by the appearance of concepts, themes, and...
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
CoalescentCoalescent is a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. It is part one of the Destiny's Children series, and is the first in the reading order for the Xeelee series...
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2003 |
ISBN 0-345-45786-2 |
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004 |
| Exultant |
2004 |
ISBN 0-345-45788-9 |
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TranscendentTranscendent is the third novel in the Destiny's Children series by Stephen Baxter, and a 2006 Campbell Award nominee.-Plot summary:The story alternates between two timelines: the world of Michael Poole in the year 2047, and that of Alia, a posthuman girl who lives approximately half a million...
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2005 |
ISBN 0-345-45792-7 |
John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2006 |
| Resplendent |
2006 |
ISBN 0-575-07896-0 |
Short story collection. |
NASA TrilogyThe NASA Trilogy consists of three hard science fiction novels written by British science fiction author Stephen Baxter. These books explore the possibilities of the American space program if the circumstances had been different. They have generally darker tones than his other books and are...
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
| Voyage |
1996 |
ISBN 0-00-648037-3 |
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1997 |
| Titan |
1997 |
ISBN 0-06-105713-4 |
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1998 |
| Moonseed |
1998 |
ISBN 0-06-105903-X |
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The Web Series
Baxter contributed two books to this series for young adults. See
The Web (series)The Web is a series of 12 books for young adults, novellas about the internet of the future, edited by Simon Spanton, written by well-known science fiction and fantasy authors like Stephen Baxter, Stephen Bowkett, Eric Brown, Pat Cadigan, Maggie Furey, Peter F...
Manifold TrilogyThe Manifold Trilogy is a series of science fiction books by Stephen Baxter. It consists of three novels and an anthology of short stories relating to the three. The three books in the trilogy are not ordered chronologically; instead, they are thematically linked stories that take place in...
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Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
Manifold: TimeManifold: Time is a 1999 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. It is the first of Baxter's Manifold trilogy , although the books can be read in any order because the series takes place in a multiverse.The book was nominated for the 2000 Arthur C...
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1999 |
ISBN 0-345-43076-X |
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2000 |
Manifold: SpaceManifold: Space is a science fiction book by author Stephen Baxter, first published in the United Kingdom in 2000, then released in the United States in 2001. It is the second book of the Manifold series and examines another possible solution to the Fermi paradox...
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2000 |
ISBN 0-345-43077-8 |
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Manifold: OriginManifold: Origin is a science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter from the Manifold Trilogy.This is the third installment in Stephen Baxter's Manifold trilogy. It sees Manifold regular Reid Malenfant and others once again dealing with possibilities of primate evolution in all forms and...
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2001 |
ISBN 0-345-43079-4 |
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| Phase Space |
2002 |
ISBN 0-00-651185-6 |
Short story collection. |
Mammoth TrilogyThe Mammoth Trilogy is a series of books by hard science fiction author Stephen Baxter. The books in it were published between 1999 and 2001. It contains Silverhair, Longtusk and Icebones....
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Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
SilverhairSilverhair is a 1999 Stephen Baxter science-fiction novel and the first book of The Mammoth Trilogy.An omnibus edition, incorporating all three novels of this series, was published as Behemoth ....
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1999 |
ISBN 0-06-105132-2 |
Young adult |
| Longtusk Longtusk is a 1999 novel by Stephen Baxter. It is in The Mammoth Trilogy.An omnibus edition, incorporating all three novels of this series, was published as Behemoth ....
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1999 |
ISBN 0-380-81898-1 |
Young adult |
| Icebones Icebones is a 2001 novel by Stephen Baxter. It is in The Mammoth Trilogy.An omnibus edition, incorporating all three novels of this series, was published as Behemoth .-Reception:...
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2001 |
ISBN 0-380-81899-X |
Young adult |
| Behemoth |
2004 |
ISBN 0-575-07604-6 |
Omnibus edition of the Mammoth Trilogy |
A Time OdysseyA Time Odyssey is a series of novels co-written by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. , the series consists of:*Vol. 1 – Time's Eye *Vol. 2 – Sunstorm *Vol...
(Co-authored with Arthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
)
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
| Time's Eye |
2003 |
ISBN 0-345-45248-8 |
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SunstormSunstorm is a 2005 science fiction novel co-written by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. It is the second book in the series A Time Odyssey. The books in this series are often likened to the Space Odyssey series, although the Time Odyssey novels ostensibly deal with time where the...
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2005 |
ISBN 0-345-45250-X |
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| Firstborn |
2007 |
ISBN 978-0-345-49157-2 |
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Time's TapestryTime's Tapestry is a four-volume alternate history and science fiction series by British author Stephen Baxter. The four novels are Emperor, Conqueror, Navigator, and Weaver....
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
EmperorBook one of four in Stephen Baxter's alternate history and science fiction series Time's Tapestry.-Synopsis:A mysterious prophecy from the future shapes the destiny of a family through four centuries of the Roman occupation of Britain. Begins in 4 BC and incorporates such later events as the...
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2006 |
ISBN 0-575-07432-9 |
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| Conqueror Book two of four in Stephen Baxter's alternate history and science fiction series Time's Tapestry.- See also :*Emperor *Navigator *Weaver...
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2007 |
ISBN 0-575-07673-9 |
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| Navigator Book three of four in Stephen Baxter's alternate history and science fiction series Time's Tapestry.- See also :*Emperor *Conqueror *Weaver...
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2007 |
ISBN 978-0-441-01559-7 |
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| Weaver Weaver is an alternate history and science fiction work authored by Stephen Baxter. It is the fourth and final novel in his Time's Tapestry quartet, which deals with psionic broadcast of history-altering content within trans-temporal lucid dreams....
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2008 |
ISBN 978-0-575-08204-5 |
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Flood/Ark
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
| Flood Published in 2008, Flood is the work of hard science fiction by English author Stephen Baxter. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water. Human civilization is almost destroyed by...
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2008 |
ISBN 978-0575080584 |
British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 2008 |
| Ark Ark is a hard science fiction novel by UK author Stephen Baxter. It comes as the sequel to Baxter's acclaimed 2008 novel Flood. Ark deals with the journey of Ark One, which Baxter has revealed to be a long-range spaceship, and the continuing human struggle for survival on Earth after the...
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2009 |
ISBN 978-0575080577 |
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Northland Trilogy
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
| Stone Spring Stone Spring is a 2010 novel by Stephen Baxter. It is set in prehistoric Doggerland and focuses on the attempts of Northland's inhabitants to adapt to the rising sea levels slowly eroding Northland's coastline...
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2010 |
ISBN 978-0-575-08919-8 |
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| Bronze Summer |
2011 |
ISBN 978-0-575-08923-5 |
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| Iron Winter |
2012 |
ISBN 978-0-575-08928-0 |
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Unrelated novels
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Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
| Anti-Ice Anti-Ice is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. Published in 1993, it can be classified as an alternate history for its portrayal of 19th century Europe and the changes resulting, particularly in Britain, from an explosive scientific discovery made in the 1850s.-Plot:The novel begins with...
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1993 |
ISBN 0-06-105421-6 |
Alternate History |
The Time ShipsThe Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Philip K. Dick Award in 1996, as...
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1995 |
ISBN 0-06-105648-0 |
BSFA Award winner, 1995; John W. Campbell Award winner, 1996; Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1996; Hugo, Locus, Clarke, and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1996
Alternate History. An authorised sequel to H. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
's The Time MachineThe Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction...
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The Light of Other DaysThe Light of Other Days is a 2000 science fiction novel written by Stephen Baxter based on a synopsis by Arthur C. Clarke, which explores the development of wormhole technology to the point where information can be passed instantaneously between points in the space-time continuum.- Characters...
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2000 |
ISBN 0-312-87199-6 |
Co-authored with Arthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
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| Evolution |
2003 |
ISBN 0-345-45783-8 |
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| The H-Bomb Girl |
2007 |
ISBN 0-571-23279-5 |
Young adult |
Unrelated collections
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
TracesTraces is a collection of short stories written by British sci-fi author Stephen Baxter. Unlike similar collections such as Vacuum Diagrams and Phase Space, it is not related to any particular series by Baxter .The book contains the following short stories:Traces is a collection of short...
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1998 |
ISBN 0-00-649814-0 |
Short story collection. |
| The Hunters of Pangaea |
2004 |
ISBN 1-886778-49-3 |
18 stories and five essays on science and science fiction. |
Short fiction
| Title |
Year |
First published in |
Reprinted in |
| Formidable caress |
2009 |
AnalogAnalog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
129/12 (Dec 2009) |
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year : Volume Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2010) |
| Return to Titan |
2010 |
Godlike Machines, Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
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Non-fiction
| Title |
Year |
ISBN |
Notes |
| Deep Future |
2001 |
ISBN 1-85798-844-2 |
Science based examination of possible human futures. |
| Omegatropic |
2001 |
ISBN 0-95407-881-0 |
Mainly science fiction criticism. |
Revolutions in the Earth
Ages in Chaos |
2003 (UK)
2004 (United States) |
ISBN 0-29782-975-0
ISBN 0-76531-238-7 |
James HuttonJames Hutton was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist. He is considered the father of modern geology...
and the True Age of the World
James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep TimeDeep time is the concept that the Geologic time scale is vast because the Earth is very old. The modern philosophical concept was developed in the 18th century by Scottish geologist James Hutton...
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| The Science of Avatar |
2011 |
ISBN 0297863436 |
Examines the concepts used in the 2009 film Avatar. |
Personal life
Baxter was born 13 November 1957 in
LiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England and studied mathematics at Cambridge University, obtained a doctorate in engineering at Southampton University, and received an MBA from from Henley Management College. Baxter taught maths, physics, and information technology before becoming a full time author in 1995. He is also a chartered engineer and fellow of the
British Interplanetary SocietyThe British Interplanetary Society founded in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator, is the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world whose aim is exclusively to support and promote astronautics and space exploration.-Structure:...
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