British Science Fiction Award nominee 1991, Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee 1992.
Stephen Baxter's first novel, Raft, is set in a universe where the force of gravity is ten million times stronger than in our own.
Hundreds of years ago a human crew blundered into this realm, where their bodies have perceptible gravity and stars last only a year. But their improvised home – the Raft – is in danger.
Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany, and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland with his wife.
