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Stephen Baxter


UK flag (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

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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)
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NASA Trilogy
   1. Voyage (1996)
   2. Titan (1997)
   3. Moonseed (1998)
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Mammoth Trilogy
   1. Silverhair (1999)
     aka Mammoth
   2. Longtusk (2000)
   3. Icebones (2001)
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Manifold
   1. Time (1999)
   2. Space (2000)
   3. Origin (2001)
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Time Odyssey (with Arthur C Clarke)
   1. Time's Eye (2003)
   2. Sunstorm (2005)
   3. Firstborn (2007)
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Destiny's Children
   1. Coalescent (2003)
   2. Exultant (2004)
   3. Transcendent (2005)
   4. Resplendent (2006)
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Time's Tapestry
   1. Emperor (2006)
   2. Conqueror (2007)
   3. Navigator (2007)
   4. Weaver (2008)
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Flood
   1. Flood (2008)
   2. Ark (2009)
   Landfall (2015)
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Northland
   1. Stone Spring (2010)
   2. Bronze Summer (2011)
   3. Iron Winter (2012)
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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)
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Proxima
   1. Proxima (2013)
   2. Ultima (2014)
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World Engines
   1. Destroyer (2019)
   2. Creator (2020)
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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)
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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)
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Anthologies edited
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Chapbooks
   Riding the Rock (2002)
   Mayflower II (2004)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Wire Continuum (1998) (with Arthur C Clarke)
   Project Cleo (2016)
   The Martian in the Wood (2017)
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Non fiction
   Deep Future (1985)
   Revolutions in the Earth (2003)
   Ages in Chaos (2004)
   The Science of Avatar (2010)
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Omnibus editions
   Alternate Histories (2013)
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Series contributed to
Web
   1. Gulliverzone (1997)
   7. Webcrash (1998)
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Anthologies containing stories by Stephen Baxter
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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


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