Stephen Baxter

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born

in Liverpool, Lancashire, The United Kingdom

November 13, 1957

gender

male

website

http://www.stephen-baxter.com/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke

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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.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 49,057 ratings · 4,565 reviews · 83 distinct works · Similar authors

	Manifold: Time (Manifold, #1) by Stephen Baxter, Chris Schluep (Editor) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,408 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time Ships 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 2,000 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifold: Space 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,735 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flood (Flood, #1) 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 1,709 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ring (The Xeelee Sequence, #4) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,252 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolution 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifold: Origin 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ark (Flood, #2) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,122 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vacuum Diagrams (The Xeelee Sequence, #5) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coalescent (Destiny's Children, #1) 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 950 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Xeelee Sequence (11 books)
by Stephen Baxter
3.794020973548286 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 6,389 ratings

Manifold (4 books)
by Stephen Baxter
3.7239174127535173 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 5,473 ratings

Flood (2 books)
by Stephen Baxter
3.6519278386982665 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 2,827 ratings

Destiny's Children (4 books)
by Stephen Baxter
3.7203696263559665 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,489 ratings

NASA Trilogy (3 books)
by Stephen Baxter
3.6444575471698113 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,696 ratings

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Quotes by Stephen Baxter

“When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.”
― Stephen Baxter, Vacuum Diagrams

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“We seem to be young, in a very old Galaxy. We're like kids tiptoeing through a ruined mansion.”
― Stephen Baxter, Ark

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“The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future.

Cut loose the past; it is dead weight.
Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end.”
― Stephen Baxter, Exultant

tags: future, past, present, stephen-baxter, time

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JUNE SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run-off poll for our June Science Fiction Book-of-the-month.

Steal Across the Sky by Nancy Kress

29 votes, 32.2%

The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks

21 votes, 23.3%

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

13 votes, 14.4%

Gateway by Frederik Pohl

13 votes, 14.4%

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

10 votes, 11.1%

Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith

4 votes, 4.4%

90 total votes

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