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A'''Stephen Baxter''' is a British author known for his [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hard sci-fi]] novels. He's most known for his far-future space opera series ''[[Xeelee Sequence (Literature)|The Xeelee Sequence]]'', but he also writes a fair amount of [[Alternate History]] and more near-future fiction. His works include:
 
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* The ''[[Xeelee Sequence (Literature)|Xeelee Sequence]]'' series. Arguably his most wellbest-known books. Set in the far future, where humans struggle for supremacy in the universe against the god-like Xeelee.
* ''[[Evolution (Literaturenovel)|Evolution]]'', a standalone novel about the evolution of humans and their ultimate fate.
* The ''[[Flood]]'' series, about an [[The Great Flood|apocalyptic global flood]].
* The ''Manifold'' series. Three "what if" novels concerning the [[Invisible Aliens|Fermi Paradox]] (each presenting a different resolution to the paradox). Notable in that all three novels feature the same cast, but are set in [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]].
** ''[[Manifold Time (Literature)|Manifold Time]]'' posits that humanity is the only intelligent species in the universe.
** ''[[Manifold Space]]'' is the opposite, with the universe actually ''brimming'' with intelligent life, but the reason we've never seen it before is because it is periodically "sterilized" by natural cosmological events.
** ''[[Manifold Origin (Literature)|Manifold Origin]]'' is set in a ''multiverse'' that is full of intelligent life, but each universe only contains one intelligent species.
** ''Phase Space'' is a collection of short stories related to the series.
* The ''Time Odyssey'' series, in collaboration with [[Arthur C. Clarke]]. Intended as an "[[Insistent Terminology|orthoquel]]" (read: [[Alternate Universe]]) to Clarke's famous ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' series.
* The ''Mammoth'' trilogy. [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|It's about mammoths]].
* ''Time's Tapestries'', an [[Alternate History]] series.
* The ''NASA'' Trilogy, another [[Alternate History]] featuring more [[Mundane Dogmatic|modern-day and near future what-ifs]], such as a hypothetical manned mission to Mars in the 1970s.
** ''[[Literature/Titan|Titan]]'', a [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|scarily plausible]] [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] book about an expedition to Titan.
* ''The Time Ships'', an authorized sequel to [[HGH. G. Wells]]' ''[[The Time Machine]]'' that incorporates more modern science fiction concepts, such as Dyson Spheres and time travel creating [[Alternate History|branching timelines]].
** In an interesting twist, Baxter himself presents it as though [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|it was taken from a lost manuscript by the Time Traveler himself]].
* ''The H-Bomb Girl'', a foray into Young Adult fiction; in 1962, a young girl in Liverpool finds herself at a crossroads between various [[Alternate History|alternate histories]] against the backdrop of the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].
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