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The Time Ships

Stephen Baxter

First published 1995
Publisher HarperPrism
Format Paperback
Type Novel
ISBN 0061056480
Cover art Bob Eggleton
Pages xix+521

Notes

The short "Editor's Note" at the beginning of this novel, though "signed" by Stephen Baxter, is not a real essay but a part of the novel. It pretends that the manuscript for the novel was given to Baxter and that he is not the author but just the editor.


• "First HarperPaperbacks printing: January 1995" • The above statement from the copyright page is a typo as the hardcover came out in June '95; later printings correctly state the first paperback printing as January 1996 • Full number line 10—1. • Cover illustration credited to Eggleton on the copyright page, as are the interior illustrations by Edwards • The "Editor's Note" is written as if the manuscript for the novel was given to Baxter; only one page. • The "Prologue" is a preamble to the novel from the viewpoint of its fictional author. • Neither is really a story.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1995 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Winner
1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist
1996 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Nominee/Finalist
1996 Hugo Award Best Novel Runner-up
1996 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Winner
1996 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1996 SF Chronicle Award Novel Runner-up
1997 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award Winner

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Time Ships Cover 1995 HarperCollins (UK) Hardcover Novel Les Edwards [8]+455
The Time Ships Cover 1995 HarperCollins (UK) Paperback Novel Les Edwards 630
The Time Ships Cover 2002 Voyager Classics / HarperCollins Trade Paperback Novel 630
The Time Ships 2010 Harper Voyager (UK) Trade Paperback Novel 640
The Time Ships Cover 2014 Harper Voyager (UK) eBook Novel Les Edwards
The Time Ships Cover 2016 Harper Voyager (UK) Trade Paperback Novel 499