Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter was born in 1957. Their most popular book is The Long Earth with 935 saves and an average rating of 3.72.

Author Bio

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.

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

17 primary books18 released books

Authored 100% of series

Xeelee Sequence

Xeelee Sequence is a 18-book series with 17 released primary works first released in 1991 with contributions by Stephen Baxter and Paul McAuley.

#1
Raft
#2
Timelike Infinity
#3
Flux
#4
Ring
#5
Vacuum Diagrams: Stories of the Xeelee Sequence

Series

5 primary books

Authored 80% of series

The Long Earth

The Long Earth is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.

#1
The Long Earth
#2
The Long War
#3
The Long Mars
#4
The Long Utopia
#5
The Long Cosmos

Series

3 primary books4 released books

Authored 75% of series

Northland

Northland is a 4-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Ruth Rathband and Stephen Baxter.

Series

4 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Time's Tapestry

Time's Tapestry is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
Emperor
#2
Conqueror
#3
Navigator
#4
Weaver

Series

3 primary books5 released books

Authored 100% of series

NASA Trilogy

NASA Trilogy is a 5-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
Voyage
#2
Titan
#3
Moonseed

Series

3 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Mammoth

Mammoth is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
Silverhair
#2
Longtusk

Series

4 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Destiny's Children

Destiny's Children is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#9
Coalescent
#10
Exultant
#11
Transcendent
#12
Resplendent

Series

4 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Manifold

Manifold is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
Time
#2
Manifold: Space
#3
Origin
#4
Phase Space

Series

3 primary books

Authored 75% of series

Proxima

Proxima is a 3-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Stephen Baxter and Brandon Q. Morris.

#1
Proxima
#2
Ultima
Obelisk

Series

3 primary books

Authored 100% of series

A Time Odyssey

A Time Odyssey is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.

#1
Time's Eye
#2
Sunstorm
#3
Firstborn

Series

2 primary books3 released books

Authored 100% of series

Flood

Flood is a 3-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

Series

4 primary books3 released books

Authored 33% of series

Doctor Who: Past Doctors, New Novels

Doctor Who: Past Doctors, New Novels is a 3-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, and Jenny T. Colgan.

#1
Doctor Who - The Wheel of Ice
#2
Harvest of Time
Doctor Who: In The Blood

Series

35 primary books14 released books

Authored 11% of series

The Year's Best Science Fiction

The Year's Best Science Fiction is a 14-book series with 35 released primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by Charlie Jane Anders, Tobias S. Buckell, and Indrapramit Das.

Series

2 primary books5 released books

Authored 20% of series

Darger and Surplus

Darger and Surplus is a 5-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Michael Swanwick, Lou Anders, and Stephen Baxter.

#0.5
The Dog Said Bow-Wow
#0.6
Live Without A Net
#1
Dancing with Bears
#2
Chasing the Phoenix
The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus

Series

6 primary books

Authored 17% of series

The Web - 2028

The Web - 2028 is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod, and James Lovegrove.

#1
Webcrash
#2
Cydonia
#3
Computopia
#4
Spindrift
#5
Avatar

Series

14 primary books22 released books

Authored 5% of series

Saga of the Skolian Empire

Saga of the Skolian Empire is a 22-book series with 14 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Catherine Asaro, James Patrick Kelly, and Harry Turtledove.

#1
Primary Inversion
#2
Catch the Lightning
#3
The Last Hawk
#5
Ascendant Sun
#6
Quantam Rose

Series

7 primary books

Authored 14% of series

Dark Terrors

Dark Terrors is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Stephen Jones, Stephen Baxter, and Brian Lumley.

#1
Dark Terrors: The Gollancz Book of Horror
Dark Terrors 2: The Gollancz Book of Horror
#3
Dark Terrors 3: The Gollancz Book of Horror
#4
The Gollancz Book of Horror
#5
Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror

Series

68 primary books44 released books

Authored 2% of series

Adventures of the Second Doctor

Adventures of the Second Doctor is a 44-book series with 68 released primary works first released in 1974 with contributions by John Peel, Steve Lyons, and Jon de Burgh Miller.

#154
The Power of the Daleks
#2
The Murder Game
#5
Doctor Who: Wonderland

Series

2 primary books1 released book

Authored 100% of series

The Weerde

The Weerde is a 1-book series first released in 1993 with contributions by Mary Gentle, Roz Kaveney, and Stephen Baxter.

Series

2 primary books1 released book

Authored 100% of series

Titan

Titan is a 1-book series first released in 2014 with contributions by Iain M. Banks, Jay Lake, and Walter M. Miller Jr..

#2
Titan 2

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

The Web - 2027

The Web - 2027 is a 1-book series first released in 1997 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
Gulliverzone

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

World Engines

World Engines is a 1-book series first released in 2019 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
World Engines: Destroyer: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey

Series

6 primary books3 released books

Authored 33% of series

Imaginings series

Imaginings series is a 3-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Stephen Baxter, Nina Allan, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

#2
Last and First Contacts
#5
Microcosmos
#6
Feast and Famine

Series

2 primary books

Authored 100% of series

World Engines

World Engines is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
World Engines: Destroyer: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey
#2
World Engines: Creator: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Évolution

Évolution is a 1-book series first released in 2002 with contributions by Stephen Baxter.

#1
Évolution 1

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction

The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction is a 1-book series first released in 2008 with contributions by Stephen Baxter, Ted Chiang, and James Alan Gardner.

#1
The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction

Series

12 primary books5 released books

Authored 20% of series

Doctor Who Cross Cult

Doctor Who Cross Cult is a 5-book series with 12 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Stephen Baxter, George Mann, and James Goss.

#1
Doctor Who - The Wheel of Ice
#53
Doctor Who: Engines of War
#55
Doctor Who: The Blood Cell
#3
Doctor Who: Deep Time

Series

4 primary books3 released books

Authored 33% of series

Gollancz Binary

Gollancz Binary is a 3-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Graham Joyce, James Lovegrove, and Michael Marshall Smith.

Series

1 primary book2 released books

Authored 0% of series

Balfour and Meriwether

Balfour and Meriwether is a 2-book series with 2 released primary work first released in 2010.

Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
#1
Balfour and Meriwether in 2 Adventures

Series

17 primary books2 released books

Authored 0% of series

Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF is a 2-book series with 17 released primary works first released in 2004.

#17
Year's Best SF 17
Year's Best SF 9

Series

23 primary books24 released books

Authored 0% of series

Smart Pop

Smart Pop is a 24-book series with 24 released primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Scott Westerfeld, Glenn Yeffeth, and H. G. Wells.

Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series
Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in "The Matrix"
Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
Matrix: Stiinta, filozofie si religie
Taking the Red Pill

Series

6 primary books1 released book

Authored 0% of series

Dark Terrors

Dark Terrors is a 1-book series first released in 1997.

#6
Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror

Series

4 primary books21 released books

Authored 0% of series

Revelation Space

Revelation Space is a 21-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Alastair Reynolds.

#1
Aurora Rising
#2
Elysium Fire
#3
Machine Vendetta
#0.5
Chasm City
#1
Revelation Space

Series

153 primary books26 released books

Authored 0% of series

Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine is a 26-book series with 153 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by John Joseph Adams, George R.R. Martin, and David Brin.

#21
Lightspeed Magazine, August 2012
#25
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2012
#36
Lightspeed Magazine, May 2013
#41
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2013
#46
Lightspeed Magazine, March 2014

Series

6 primary books8 released books

Authored 0% of series

The Uplift Saga

The Uplift Saga is a 8-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh.

#1
Sundiver
#2
Startide Rising
#3
The Uplift War
#4
Brightness Reef
#5
Infinity's Shore