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VJ Books Features Stephen Baxter!
Stephen Baxter (born in Liverpool, November 13, 1957) is a British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering. His writings fall into three main categories, each with a very different style and tone.
His "Xeelee Sequence" stories are set in the far future, where human beings are rising to become the second most powerful race in the universe, next to the god-like Xeelee. Character development in these stories take second place to the depiction of advanced theories and ideas.
His present-day Earth stories are much more human, with characters portrayed with greater depth and care. They typically indulge in "if only" whimsy or outright alternate history, dreaming about what humanity could achieve in the exploration of space. NASA features prominently, and a great deal of research has obviously been done into its internal structuring and methods. His "Evolution" stories are a later development and show an increasing interest in the evolution of humanity.
Baxter also covers numerous other styles: His Mammoth stories, ostensibly for children, are often of great delight to adults, while The Time Ships (an authorised sequel to The Time Machine) is generally taken to be one of his greatest novels. It won the John W. Campbell award and British SF Award and was nominated for other major science fiction awards.
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