Quote (Myrddrall9 @ Jul 20 2011 01:00pm)
Baxter is my favorite sci fi author of all time ^^ Any of his books are great (the xeelee sequence is beyond words, this includes the Destiny's children trilogy, but anything set in that particular verse, that series is what he's best know for imo). His NASA trilogy is very interesting as well, here he takes a break from the universe scale writing, instead focusing on space travel with current and past rocket systems, in one (I forget if this happened in Titan or Moonseed) NASA has to break out the old Saturn V engines, and engineer them to mesh with contemporary systems.
Baxter also wrote a sequel to The Time Machine, he meshed both his own ideas (you've read his stuff, it's just ridiculous the amount of thought that goes into it) with the style of writing used in the original.
Evolution was a very intriguing read too (not only does he know his stuff about aeronautics and theoretical physics, he knows his biology as well.
He also co authored a series with Author C. Clarke, haven't read these yet, but they're bound to be good.
Try the Xeelee sequence first imo ^^, it has the same universe wide epic scaling of the manifold trilogy (fans debate where exactly to start, imo Vacuum Diagrams is a good place, as it gives a broad overview of the xeelee verse through short stories, and the novels fill in the gaps so to speak).
i have read the first Times Eye book which is teh Aurthor C Clarke book it was interesting
currently am reading his Flood and Ark novels ( so far not that into it) i have Evolution but not read it yet
ill look into the other 2 series but i have about 8 other books on my "to read" shelf atm
just finished Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi much lighter sci-fi but extremely enjoyable ended up reading about 100 pages a night before bed cus it was so enjoyable