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Stephen Baxter

(b.1957)

Stephen Baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from Cambridge (mathematics) and Southampton Universities (doctorate in aeroengineering research). Baxter is the winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the Locus Award, as well as being a nominee for an Arthur C. Clarke Award, most recently for Manifold: Time. His novel Voyage won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Novel of the Year; he also won the John W. Campbell Award and the Philip K. Dick Award for his novel The Time Ships. He is currently working on his next novel, a collaboration with Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Mr. Baxter lives in Prestwood, England.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror

New Books

September 2023

Creation Node

Series

Xeelee
   1. Raft (1991)
   2. Timelike Infinity (1992)
   3. Flux (1993)
   4. Ring (1994)
   5. Vacuum Diagrams (1995)
   6. Starfall (2009)
   6.5. Gravity Dreams (2011)
   Endurance (2015)
   7. Vengeance (2017)
   8. Redemption (2018)

Anti-Ice Universe
Anti-Ice (1993)
Newton's Aliens (2015)

NASA Trilogy
   1. Voyage (1996)
   2. Titan (1997)
   3. Moonseed (1998)

Mammoth Trilogy
   1. Silverhair (1999)
     aka Mammoth
   2. Longtusk (2000)
   3. Icebones (2001)

Manifold
   1. Time (1999)
   2. Space (2000)
   3. Origin (2001)

Time Odyssey (with Arthur C Clarke)
   1. Time's Eye (2003)
   2. Sunstorm (2005)
   3. Firstborn (2007)

Destiny's Children
   1. Coalescent (2003)
   2. Exultant (2004)
   3. Transcendent (2005)
   4. Resplendent (2006)

Time's Tapestry
   1. Emperor (2006)
   2. Conqueror (2007)
   3. Navigator (2007)
   4. Weaver (2008)

Flood
   1. Flood (2008)
   2. Ark (2009)
   Landfall (2015)

Northland
   1. Stone Spring (2010)
   2. Bronze Summer (2011)
   3. Iron Winter (2012)

Long Earth (with Terry Pratchett)
   1. The Long Earth (2012)
   2. The Long War (2013)
   3. The Long Mars (2014)
   4. The Long Utopia (2015)
   5. The Long Cosmos (2016)

Proxima
1. Proxima (2013)
2. Ultima (2014)

World Engines
1. Destroyer (2019)
2. Creator (2020)

Novels

   The Time Ships (1995)
   Cilia-Of-Gold (1998)
   The Light of Other Days (2000) (with Arthur C Clarke)
   Reality Dust (2000)
   Omegatropic (2001)
   Evolution (2002)
   The H-bomb Girl (2007)
   The Medusa Chronicles (2016) (with Alastair Reynolds)
   The Massacre of Mankind (2017)
   Galaxias (2021)
   The Thousand Earths (2022)
   Creation Node (2023)

Collections

   Traces (1998)
   Phase Space (2002)
   The Hunters of Pangaea (2004)
   Time Pieces (2006) (with others)
   Universes (2013)
   The Paradox Conspiracy (2015)
   Obelisk (2016)
   The Spacetime Pit Plus Two (2018) (with Eric Brown)
   Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020) (with others)

Anthologies edited

Fables from the Fountain (2011) (with Ian Whates)

Chapbooks

Riding the Rock (2002)
Mayflower II (2004)

Novellas and Short Stories

   The Wire Continuum (1998) (with Arthur C Clarke)
   Project Cleo (2016)
   The Martian in the Wood (2017)

Non fiction

   Deep Future (1985)
   Revolutions in the Earth (2003)
   Ages in Chaos (2004)
   The Science of Avatar (2010)

Omnibus editions

Alternate Histories (2013)

Series contributed to

Web
1. Gulliverzone (1997)
7. Webcrash (1998)

Doctor Who : Second Doctor
The Wheel of Ice (2012)

Imaginings
2. Last And First Contacts (2012)

Anthologies containing stories by Stephen Baxter

Voyager 5 (1969)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
Space Soldiers (1996)
Year's Best SF (1996)
Space Stories (1996)
The Best of Interzone (1996)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
Year's Best SF 2 (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
Dark of the Night (1998)
Dark Terrors 4 (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1998)
Nanotech (1998)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Royal Whodunnits (1999)
Year's Best SF 4 (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
Explorers (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)

Short stories

	Lines of Longitude
	Something for Nothing (1988)
	The Droplet (1989)
	The Jonah Man (1989)
	Space Butterflies (1989)
	A Journey to the King Planet (1990)
	George and the Comet (1991)
	Traces [short story] (1991)
	In the Manner of Trees (1992)
	Inherit the Earth (1992)
	Weep for the Moon (1992)
	Downstream (1993)
	Lieserl (1993)
	No Longer Touch the Earth (1993)
	Pilgrim (1993)
	The Blood of Angels (1994)
	Cilia-of-Gold [short story] (1994)
	The Logic Pool (1994)
	Mittelwelt (1994)
	Brigantia's Angels (1995)
	Darkness (1995)
	Good News (1995)
	Gossamer (1995)
	Columbiad (1996)
	In the MSOB (1996)
	In The Picture (1996)
	The Cartographer (1997)
	Moon Six (1997)		Hugo (nominee)
	Zemlya (1997)
	The Barrier (1998)
	Dante Dreams (1998)
	Family History (1998)
	Moon-Calf (1998)
	Saddlepoint: Roughneck (1998)
	The Twelfth Album (1998)
	The Modern Cyrano (1999)
	People Came from Earth (1999)
	Hibernaculum 46 (2000) (with Arthur C Clarke)

Awards

	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1992) : Raft
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1995) : The Time Ships
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1996) : The Time Ships
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1996) : The Time Ships
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (1996) : The Time Ships
	Philip K Dick Award Best Book winner (1996) : The Time Ships
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1997) : Voyage
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1998) : Titan
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1998) : Moon Six
	Philip K Dick Award Best Book winner (1999) : Vacuum Diagrams
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2000) : Time
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2004) : Coalescent
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2006) : Transcendent
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2008) : The H-bomb Girl
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : Proxima
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2017) : The Medusa Chronicles

Stephen Baxter recommends

Loophole (2023)
Ian Stewart
"When universes collide... A multicosmos at war in a scenario of staggering, but scientifically authentic, invention... As if the Marvel multiverse collided with 2001: A Space Odyssey... I am awed, and I don't awe easily. The highest of high-concept SF."

Under Fortunate Stars (2022)
Ren Hutchings
"If the Guardians of the Galaxy crashed the Foundation... A twisty, enthralling space-time opera. Fortunate readers, and a future star."

Mickey7 (2022)
(Mickey7, book 1)
Edward Ashton
"Andy Weir, watch out!"

This Fragile Earth (2021)
Susannah Wise
"A very British disaster epic. Echoes of John Wyndham. Resonances for today."

The Unfinished Land (2021)
Greg Bear
"Set in the age of discovery, a tale of a very strange journey indeed--and a parable of the awakening of the mind of Mankind. As throughout his career, Bear continues to astonish and delight."

Phoenix Extravagant (2020)
Yoon Ha Lee
"Powerful. Unforgettable. This is another amazing piece of work, and I have the feeling I need to read it again to get it fully!"

The Doors of Eden (2020)
Adrian Tchaikovsky
"Full of sparking, speculative invention . . . The Doors of Eden is a terrific timeslip / lost world romp in the grand tradition of Turtledove, Hoyle, even Conan Doyle. If you liked Primeval, read this book."

Sunfall (2019)
Jim Al-Khalili
"The Day After Tomorrow meets Neuromancer . . . When the planet's magnetic field fails, the naked sun threatens to deliver an extinction level event now – and every century – unless a high-tech near future humanity can save itself. Sunfall is sizzling stuff. And the best informed techno-thriller you are ever likely to read."

Stone Clock (2018)
(Spin Trilogy, book 3)
Andrew Bannister
"In Bannister's hands space opera lives on, gaudy and brutal and glorious."

The Million (2018)
Karl Schroeder
"Schroeder has the rare and invaluable ability to develop wholly new concepts and turn them into compelling narratives."

Barbary Station (2017)
(Shieldrunner Pirates, book 1)
R E Stearns
"An exhilarating mashup of Golden-Age widescreen and zeitgeist cool. Totally unexpected. More please!"

Exodus (2017)
(Roboteer Trilogy, book 3)
Alex Lamb
"A major new talent."

Planetfall (2015)
(Planetfall , book 1)
Emma Newman
"Think Interstellar, think Prometheus...an unfolding alien mystery and complex, utterly believable characters. You will want to believe."

Disciple of the Wind (2015)
(Fated Blades, book 3)
Steve Bein
"A strikingly original saga blending contemporary thriller and historical fantasy."

War in Heaven (2011)
(Veteran, book 2)
Gavin G Smith
"Gavin Smith has changed the rules of engagement."

The Mirrored Heavens (2008)
(Autumn Rain, book 1)
David J Williams
"A crackling cyberthriller. This is Tom Clancy interfacing Bruce Sterling. David Williams has hacked into the future."

Helix (2007)
(Helix, book 1)
Eric Brown
"This is the rediscovery of wonder."

Wall of Mirrors (2006)
(Jack Stein, book 4)
Jay Caselberg
"Caselberg os Philip K. Dick gene-spliced with Raymond Chandler."

Resolution (2005)
(Nulapeiron Sequence, book 3)
John Meaney
"John Meaney has rewired SF. Everything is different now."

Edenborn (2004)
(Idlewild, book 2)
Nick Sagan
"This guy obviously has a sense of wonder in his DNA."

Coyote (2002)
(Coyote, book 1)
Allen Steele
"An homage to wonder, hope, and determination... Steele has constructed this glorious tale of a new starflung Mayflower from the legacies of Heinlein, Twaine, Hemingway, and others - and he has founded it on the essence of America."

Darkness Falling (2002)
(Forever Twilight, book 1)
Peter Crowther
"A fast-paced, character-driven, funny, gruesome apocalypse."

Appleseed (2001)
John Clute
"Exuberant, witty, sexy, satirical ... every word is a special effects firecracker."

Revelation Space (2000)
(Revelation Space, book 1)
Alastair Reynolds
"The most stunning and original alien artefact in modern science fiction."

Cities in Flight (1970)
(Cities in Flight)
James Blish
"A compelling future history, a tale of thistledown cities blown by the winds of time. This is one of SF's most original concepts, an exciting tale deepened and made utterly plausible by Blish's craft and his mature understanding of people and history. If you haven't read this yet, I envy you. Blish's cities will fly through your dreams."

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