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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.

Awards: BSFA (2005), Dick (1999), Campbell (1996) see all

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

New and upcoming books

October 2024

Fortress Sol

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)
   Fortress Sol (2024)

Collections

   Traces (1998)
   Futures: Four Novellas (2001) (with others)
   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)

Novellas and Short Stories

   The Wire Continuum (1998) (with Arthur C Clarke)
   Riding the Rock (2002)
   Mayflower II (2004)
   Project Cleo (2016)
   The Martian in the Wood (2017)

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)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Stephen Baxter

Best of British Science Fiction 2023 (2024)
(Best of British Science Fiction)
edited by
Donna Scott

Life Beyond Us (2023)
An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays
edited by
Susan Forest, Lucas K Law and Julie Novakova

Collision (2023)
Stories from the Science of CERN
(Science-Into-Fiction)
edited by
Rob Appleby and Connie Potter

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Awards

	2005 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Mayflower II
	1999 Philip K Dick Award : Vacuum Diagrams
	1998 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : War Birds
	1997 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History : Voyage
	1996 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History : Brigantia's Angels
	1996 Philip K Dick Award : The Time Ships
	1996 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : The Time Ships
	1995 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Time Ships

Award nominations

	2017 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Medusa Chronicles
	2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Medusa Chronicles
	2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Proxima
	2013 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Last And First Contacts
	2012 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Gravity Dreams
	2010 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ark
	2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Weaver
	2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Flood
	2009 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Ark
	2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Conqueror
	2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Last Contact
	2008 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Flood
	2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The H-bomb Girl
	2007 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Pacific Mystery
	2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Emperor
	2007 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Siege of Earth
	2007 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Resplendent
	2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Transcendent
	2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Transcendent
	2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Exultant
	2005 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Mayflower II
	2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Coalescent
	2004 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Coalescent
	2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Evolution
	2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Riding the Rock
	2003 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Phase Space
	2002 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : First to the Moon!
	2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Origin
	2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Ghost Pit
	2002 BSFA Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : First to the Moon!
	2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Sheena 5
	2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : On the Orion Line
	2001 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Space
	2001 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Reality Dust
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Gravity Mine
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : On the Orion Line
	2000 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Time
	2000 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Time
	1999 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Wire Continuum
	1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Moonseed
	1999 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Traces
	1998 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Titan
	1998 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Vacuum Diagrams
	1998 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Moon Six
	1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Titan
	1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Voyage
	1997 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Saddle Point Sequence
	1997 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Voyage
	1996 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Time Ships
	1996 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Time Ships
	1996 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Time Ships
	1996 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The Ant-Men of Tibet
	1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Time Ships
	1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ring
	1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Timelike Infinity
	1992 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Raft
	1992 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Raft

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