The Time Ships
The Time Ships is a 1995 time-travel fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. Readers will find themes of time travel.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.2 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 22 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions.
It runs to roughly 496 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.
Awards & lists
- ✦Hugo Awards 1996 — Best Novel (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 1996 — Overall (nominee)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 1996 — August Derleth Award (nominee)
- 🏆Philip K. Dick Award 1997 — Overall (winner)
- 🏆BSFA Awards 1995 — Best Novel (winner)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Time Ships?
The Time Ships was written by Stephen Baxter and first published in 1995.
What genre is The Time Ships?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel.
How long is The Time Ships?
The median edition has 496 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Time Ships?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and Outlander.
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