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Stephen Baxter

Born

in Liverpool, Lancashire, The United Kingdom

November 13, 1957

Website

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

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

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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: 3.85 · 304,536 ratings · 21,505 reviews · 413 distinct works • Similar authors

	Time (Manifold #1) 3.80 avg rating — 8,193 ratings — published 1999 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Proxima 3.81 avg rating — 7,464 ratings — published 2013 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.96 avg rating — 6,609 ratings — published 1995 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.63 avg rating — 5,779 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Space (Manifold, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 5,364 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 5,105 ratings — published 1991 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.88 avg rating — 4,094 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 (Xeelee Sequence, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,948 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.02 avg rating — 3,408 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Ultima 3.67 avg rating — 3,585 ratings — published 2014 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Xeelee Sequence (17 books)
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Manifold (4 books)
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Proxima (3 books)
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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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“When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.”
― Stephen Baxter, Vacuum Diagrams

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“In the Vortex that lies beyond time and space tumbled a police box that was not a police box.”
― Stephen Baxter, Doctor Who - The Wheel of Ice

tags: doctor-who, tardis, time-and-space, time-travel

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June SCIENCE FICTION -- The following poll decides which two selections will go on to the final round for Science Fiction BOTM of June 2017.

Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

15 votes, 20.8%

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

13 votes, 18.1%

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

12 votes, 16.7%

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

10 votes, 13.9%

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

7 votes, 9.7%

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

4 votes, 5.6%

Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

4 votes, 5.6%

Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells

3 votes, 4.2%

Arkwright by Allen Steele

2 votes, 2.8%

The January Dancer by Michael Flynn

2 votes, 2.8%

72 total votes

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