Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traces | 1998 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 2 | Evolution | 2002 | Stephen Baxter | N/A |
| 3 | The Hunters of Pangaea | 2004 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 4 | Universes | 2013 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 5 | Project Clio | 2016 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 6 | The Spacetime Pit Plus Two | 2018 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
Baxter has been a prolific short fiction writer throughout his career, publishing regularly in Interzone, Analog, and other major science fiction magazines. The collections gather this work in accessible form, often organizing pieces thematically or by the universe they inhabit.
Vacuum Diagrams was the first major collection, covering the early Xeelee Sequence stories. Later collections branch out further, including alternate history pieces and stories outside any of his major series. For readers who have worked through his novels, the collections offer material that did not fit the book format, often including ideas Baxter explored in shorter form that he later developed or abandoned.