Stephen Baxter: The Science of Avatar

STEPHEN BAXTER is the pre-eminent science fiction writer of his generation. Published around the world, he has also won major awards in the UK, U.S., Germany and Japan. Born in 1957, he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton Universities. He lives in Northumberland with his wife. To find out more about Stephen Baxter, go to www.stephen-baxter.com.

Deep Future

Revolutions in the Earth

Mammoth

Longtusk

Icebones

Behemoth

Reality Dust

Evolution

Flood

Ark

Xeelee: An Omnibus

Stone Spring

Bronze Summer

Gulliverzone

Webcrash

Coalescent

Exultant

Transcendent

Resplendent

(with Arthur C. Clarke)

Time’s Eye

Sunstorm

Firstborn

Emperor

Conqueror

Navigator

Weaver

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Copyright © 2012 by Stephen Baxter

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Avatar motion picture elements and “James Cameron’s Avatar”™ © 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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