Here youll find information about my books, about me, and about upcoming projects. Y ou know the way books include a page listing previously published. Author stephen baxters complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Although hunter himself is a very wellrespected movie critic, only one of stephen hunters books managed to be transformed to film.
Clarke, the epic, farfuture novels proxima and ultima, and time ships, a sequel to h. A reading order using baxters timeline realy doesnt make that much sense, because temporal manipulation using dozens of various tools of time. The long earth series by terry pratchett goodreads. Raft is the first book in the acclaimed xeelee sequence, stephen baxter s history of the universe.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of stephen baxter books online. His many books include the long earth novels written with terry pratchett, the times odyssey novels written with arthur c. This site is updated regularly with news and new material, so please look again. Personally, i like the idea of sticking to publication order. Zeelee is a series of hard science fiction space opera novels, novellas, and short stories written by british science fiction author stephen baxter. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Stephen baxter is a prolific british hard fiction author. Author stephen baxter bio and signed books vj books. Stephen baxter born november 1957 is an english hard science fiction author. A gateway that functions as a kind of quantum transporter, allowing virtually instantaneous travel over the vast distances of interstellar space. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the uk, us, germany, and japan.
The xeelee sequence is a very conceptual focused work which means that mr. Stephen baxter ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Browse audiobooks written by stephen baxter sorted by best. Clarke, times tapestry, long earth with terry pratchett and proxima series. Baxter is the winner of both the british science fiction association award and the locus award, as well as being a nominee for an arthur c. Below is a list of stephen baxters books in order of when they were originally released. The raft is built from the wreckage of the spaceship from earth that crossed into another universe, and its populated by the original crews descendants. The time ships by baxter, stephen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Stephen baxter is the preeminent science fiction writer of his generation. He writes the xeelee sequence, destinys children, nasa trilogy, manifold trilogy, mammoth trilogy, time odyssey with arthur c. Stephen baxter has 316 books on goodreads with 508638 ratings. To be fair, stephen in his afterword does point out current scientific research on such possibilities, which you can follow up on, if you wish. Raft is the first book in the acclaimed xeelee sequence, stephen baxters history of the universe. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the uk, us, germany and japan. The wheel of ice try raft if you like stories of adventure on. Ring the xeelee sequence by stephen baxter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Stephen baxters most popular series is xeelee sequence. Stephen baxter books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Stephen baxter s first professionally published work appeared in 1987 in the form of a short story, his first novel came in 1995. His fiction falls into three main categories of original work plus a fourth category. But the sequence of novels began with raft in 1991. The xeelee sequence is a series of novels and short stories which span several billions of years, describing the future expansion of mankind, its war with its archnemesis an alien race called the xeelee, and the xeelees own war with dark matter entities called photino birds. Long earth is a collaborative series from critically acclaimed authors, stephen baxter and terry pratchett. He has since 1987 published over forty books, mainly science fiction novels and over 100 short stories. However, even he states that its just one way to go about it. Books by stephen baxter authors like stephen baxter what.
This collection of short stories, some of which are extensively fixedup from their first publication, highlights moments from that history. Since 1987 he has published somewhere over forty books, mostly science fiction novels, and over a hundred short stories. During pratchetts death, three novels had been released, while the fourth one has published on 23 june 2015 and the fifth novel in the series 30 june 2016. Despite a slow start and a strange sense of complete detachment, i ended up loving stephen baxters flood, the first book in this apocalyptic duology. In march of 2007, the movie shooter hit the market, with paramount pictures as the distributor. Wells, baxter has been vicepresident of the international h.
The long war by terry pratchett and stephen baxter follows the adventures and travails of heroes joshua valiente and lobsang in an exciting continuation of the extraordinary science fiction journey begun in their new york times bestseller the long ea. Below is a list of stephen baxters xeelee sequence books in order of when they were originally published as well as in chronological order. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Get the best deals on stephen baxter hardcover books when you shop the largest online selection at. Baxter developes new and strange concepts that perfectly fit together when reading the books in the way i suggested above. At the end a useful timeline helps to keep the reader oriented. Stephen baxters epic sequence of xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, destinys children, published by gollancz between 2003 and 2006. The time ships, baxters pastiche of hg wells the time machine was one of the more remarkable books ive encountered in several years. It quotes baxter when he was asked for a reading order.
Reading order of destinys children series, flood series, long earth series, time odyssey series, xeelee sequence series and list of all stephen baxter books. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read coalescent. He received a degree in mathematics from cambridge and southampton universities, where he received his doctorate in the incredibly complex field of aeroengineering research. Stephen baxter books list of books by author stephen baxter. The books and novels of science fiction author stephen baxter. Stephen baxter s epic sequence of xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, destinys children, published by gollancz between 2003 and 2006. Collaborative science fiction series by terry pratchett and stephen baxter. Before he became an author he studied mathematics at cambridge university, obtained a doctorate in engineering at southampton university and an mba from henley management college. Stephen baxter s the martian in the wood, a originalin the aftermath of the first martian war, in the interim between it and what was to come later, england seemed to once again become a green and peaceful place, if one haunted by the terr. A readingorder using baxters timeline realy doesnt make that much sense, because temporal manipulation using dozens of various tools of timetravel is one of the corethemes of this gigantic storyarc. While the events of the universe will be out of order, you can see the universe as it gets developed and.
Baxter signed a contract for two new books, titled proxima and ultima, both of which are names of planets, and they were released in 20 and 2014, respectively. The series spans billions of years of fictional history, centering on humanitys future expansion into the universe, its intergalactic war with an enigmatic. Stephen baxter is proof that you can excel using either side of your brain. Stephen baxters ambitious xeelee sequence spans the entire lifetime of the universe. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, reid malenfant ventures to the far edge of the solar system, where he discovers a strange artifact left behind by an alien civilization. Hans xeelee sequencehistorier er satt i fjern fremtid, hvor menneskene er pa. From there it built into perhaps the most ambitious fictitious universe ever created. The first new collection set in the xeelee sequence since 2006.
Arguably his most accessible book to datebaxter is resplendent. Stephen baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from cambridge and southampton universities. Check out the wikipedia entry for the xeelee sequence. Nov 30, 2019 to be fair, stephen in his afterword does point out current scientific research on such possibilities, which you can follow up on, if you wish. He was born on november, 1957 in liverpool, england and lives in northumberland.
Stephen baxter is one of the uks most acclaimed writers of science fiction. Stephen baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from cambridge mathematics and southampton universities doctorate in aeroengineering research. Praised as not only a gifted storyteller but also a master of speculative fiction library journal, bestselling author stephen baxter brings his epic northland trilogy to a close as a oncethriving civilization faces winter without end. Stephen baxter became a published author in 1985 with the nonfiction book deep future. Science fiction time travel recluses wisconsinmadison space and time. Stephen baxter born in liverpool, england in 1957 is a british hard science fiction author. In the final book of the long earth series, joshua and lobsang take their strangest step of all. The long earth reads much more like a baxter novel than. A readingorder using baxters timeline realy doesnt make that much sense, because temporal manipulation using dozens of various tools of time.
The novels were written with the idea of being able to read as standalone novels. Stephen baxter is the preeminent sf writer of his generation. Suggested reading order for stephen baxters xeelee sequence. His fiction writing career began in 1991 when he began the xeelee sequence with raft. Thats the question that led stephen baxter to create. Stephen baxters the martian in the wood, a originalin the aftermath of the first martian war, in the interim between it and what was to come later, england seemed to once again become a green and peaceful place, if one haunted by the terr. Born in 1957 he has degrees from cambridge and southampton.
Based on what books they had available, i chose what i thought would be the best starting point, and am currently reading coalescent. Wells classic novel of the same name had fallen into government hands. During pratchetts death, three novels had been released, while the fourth one has published on 23 june 2015. I loved it so much, in fact, that it is on my shortlist of favorite books of 2009. Buy a cheap copy of the time ships, part1 book by stephen baxter. Go to the disambiguation page to edit author name combination and separation.
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