![]() ![]() ![]() Character development tends to be secondary 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. The central narrative is that of humanity rising and evolving to become the second most powerful race in the universe, next to the god-like Xeelee. These stories begin in the present day and end when the Milky Way galaxy collides with Andromeda five billion years in the future. It encompasses the Xeelee Sequence, which consists of nine novels (including the Destiny's Children trilogy and Vengeance/Redemption duology that is set in alternate timeline), plus three volumes collecting the 52 short pieces (short stories and novellas) in the series, all of which fit into a single timeline stretching from the Big Bang singularity of the past to his Timelike Infinity singularity of the future. His fiction falls into three main categories of original work plus a fourth category, extending other authors' writing each has a different basis, style, and tone.Ä«axter's " Future History" mode is based on research into hard science. Wells, Baxter has been vice-president of the international H. ![]() He has degrees in mathematics and engineering. ![]() Stephen Baxter (born 13 November 1957) is an English hard science fiction author. Baxter at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, 2005. ![]()
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