About this book
Creation Node (2023, 384 pages) is the third in Stephen Baxter's recent loosely successive run of cosmic-scale hard SF standalones, following The Thousand Earths and centred on first contact at the edge of the solar system. It leads into Fortress Sol and Hearthspace, which turn to a far-future humanity confronting an ancient alien threat.
Key facts about Creation Node
Creation Node is a book by Stephen Baxter. Readers have had it since 21 September 2023. It runs to 384 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Creation Node. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781473228955 to find the main one.
Stephen Baxter has 50 books in our catalogue. 37 of them belong to a series, while 13 stand alone. All 50 are out now. Other books by Stephen Baxter on file include Galaxias (2021), Xeelee: Redemption (2018), Xeelee: Vengeance (2017) and The Massacre of Mankind (2017).
Before this one, The Thousand Earths came out in 2022. After it came Fortress Sol in 2024. Since then, our list has added 2 more books by Stephen Baxter.
Stephen Baxter has 10 series on file, such as Xeelee Sequence, NASA Trilogy and Mammoth Trilogy. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. Meanwhile, Hearthspace is the latest published Stephen Baxter book on file, from 25 September 2025.
About Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for hard SF grounded in rigorous scientific speculation, spanning acclaimed series such as the Xeelee Sequence and numerous standalone novels exploring deep time, cosmology, and alternate history. See every Stephen Baxter book in order.
Editions
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