About this book
At 672 pages, The Time Ships (1995) is the longest of Stephen Baxter's standalone novels here, and was commissioned as the authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine for the Wells centenary. It follows Wells's unnamed Time Traveller into consequences the original novel never anticipated, and rewards -- though doesn't strictly require -- having read Wells's book first.
Key facts about The Time Ships
Stephen Baxter wrote The Time Ships, a book on our list. It has been out since 1995. The book has 672 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780002246095 to find the main one.
Stephen Baxter has 50 books on our list. 37 of them belong to a series, while 13 stand alone. All 50 are out now. Other books by Stephen Baxter on file include Fortress Sol (2024), Creation Node (2023), The Thousand Earths (2022) and Galaxias (2021).
Earlier, Ring came out in 1994. After it came Voyage in 1996. Since then, our list has added 44 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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