Big Books of 2026
Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter’s Followers (2,595)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Stephen Baxter


Born
in Liverpool, Lancashire, The United Kingdom
November 13, 1957

Website

Genre
Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences
H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke ...more


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.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.85 · 298,352 ratings · 21,019 reviews · 403 distinct works • Similar authors
Time (Manifold #1)
3.79 avg rating — 8,041 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Proxima
3.81 avg rating — 7,295 ratings — published 2013 — 28 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Time Ships
3.96 avg rating — 6,451 ratings — published 1995 — 35 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Space (Manifold, #2)
3.91 avg rating — 5,312 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Flood (Flood, #1)
3.63 avg rating — 5,691 ratings — published 2008 — 35 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1)
3.68 avg rating — 4,819 ratings — published 1991 — 26 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Ark (Flood, #2)
3.88 avg rating — 4,043 ratings — published 2009 — 30 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Ring (Xeelee Sequence, #4)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,868 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Evolution
4.02 avg rating — 3,355 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Ultima
3.67 avg rating — 3,500 ratings — published 2014 — 31 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Stephen Baxter…

Series by Stephen Baxter

Raft Timelike Infinity Flux Ring Vacuum Diagrams Making History & Reality Dust Riding the Rock
(17 books)
by
3.88 avg rating — 26,076 ratings

Time Space Manifold: Origin Phase Space
(4 books)
by
3.81 avg rating — 17,304 ratings

Proxima Ultima Obelisk
(3 books)
by
3.76 avg rating — 11,141 ratings

Flood Ark
(2 books)
by
3.74 avg rating — 10,212 ratings

Coalescent Exultant Transcendent Resplendent
(4 books)
by
3.87 avg rating — 7,339 ratings

More series by Stephen Baxter…
Quotes by Stephen Baxter  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

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

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

“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
13 likes
Like

Polls

Based on the results of my last review poll, people apparently really want me to rip The Da Vinci Code a new one. Ask and ye shall receive - click here for review.

Neal Stephenson's Seveneves was the runner-up in the last poll. This week's poll is therefore based around that book, consisting of big-scale sci-fi and space opera books. Which of the following would you like to see a review of?

 
  1 vote 50.0%

 
  1 vote 50.0%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

2 total votes
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
What's the Name o...: Fiction that involves the evolution of the Morganucodon (the earliest found mammal fossil) to modern man [s] 3 40 Jan 05, 2009 08:43AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. FALL CHALLENGE 2009 COMPLETED TASKS 3942 2762 Nov 30, 2009 09:01PM  
SciFi and Fantasy...: Best Apocalypse Novels 114 1735 Jan 19, 2010 09:18AM  
SciFi and Fantasy...: "Time Machine" First impressions - no spoilers 23 120 Feb 17, 2010 12:33PM  
Hard SF: Booklist for BotM Poll for July 2010 1 48 Jun 19, 2010 03:45PM  
Beyond Reality: Nominations for September! 10 60 Jun 20, 2010 01:22PM  
Hard SF: Megalist for BotM Poll for August 2010 3 71 Jul 25, 2010 02:05AM  
Beyond Reality: Hard SF Recommendations 29 106 Aug 08, 2010 08:13AM  
Hard SF: Booklist for BotM Poll for October 2010 2 24 Sep 19, 2010 01:03PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Stephen to Goodreads.