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5 unusual facts about Stephen Baxter


2052

In Stephen Baxter's novel Flood, Mount Everest – the highest point on Earth – is submerged in this year.

Great Attractor

It is also a major plot point in the Xeelee Sequence series of books by Stephen Baxter, specifically in the book Ring where it is described as a cosmic string, artificially made into a loop creating the phenomenon of the Great Attractor.

Mangala Valles

In Stephen Baxter's novel Voyage, it is the location of the first manned Mars landing.

Stephen Baxter

In February 2007, Baxter was announced as the author of what was to be the 100th story for Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who audio series.

Character development tends to take second place to the depiction of advanced theories and ideas, such as the true nature of the Great Attractor, naked singularities and the great battle between Baryonic and Dark Matter lifeforms.


Beyond Singularity

Authors they credit with writing convincingly about the singularity who are not included in this book, are Brian Stableford, Stephen Baxter, Bruce Sterling, Greg Bear, Iain Banks, Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian McDonald, and Vernor Vinge.

Big dumb booster

The BDB (Big Dumb Booster) plays a significant role in Stephen Baxter's Manifold series.

Ian Sales

In the 1990s he was joint editor of The Lyre science-fiction magazine, which published work by authors like Eric Brown, Stephen Baxter, Gwyneth Jones and Peter F Hamilton.


see also

Albert Stubbins

He also featured as a minor character in Stephen Baxter's time-travelling novel The Time Ships.

Humptulips, Washington

It is also featured in an alternate reality in the 2012 novel The Long Earth by Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.

The Light of Day

The Light of Other Days, a 2000 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter

Time Odyssey

A Time Odyssey, a series of books co-written by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.