Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Future | 1985 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 2 | Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy | 2001 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 3 | Revolutions In The Earth | 2004 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 4 | Ages in Chaos | 2004 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
| 5 | The Science of Avatar | 2010 | Stephen Baxter | Buy |
Baxter’s non-fiction grows directly out of his fiction. The same questions he explores in novels, what will the universe look like in a billion years, how might humans colonize other planets, what does current physics tell us about the ultimate fate of matter, appear here in a more direct, expository form.
The Science of Avatar is the most commercially oriented of his non-fiction works, written to accompany a major film. Deep Future is more characteristic, taking the long view of where humanity and the universe are headed based on current scientific understanding. Both demonstrate that Baxter thinks as carefully about science outside his fiction as he does within it.