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Hard Science Fiction

Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. It is characterized by rigorous attention to accurate detail in the natural sciences, especially physics, astrophysics, and chemistry, or on accurately depicting worlds that more advanced technology may make possible. Hard science fiction is driven more by ideas than characterization. Plausible science and technology are central to the plot.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Hard Science Fiction"

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The Object
Cold Eyes
Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)
Wherever Seeds May Fall (Seeds, #1)
Theft of Fire (Orbital Space #1)
Light Chaser
Galaxias
The Flight of the Aphrodite
The Disturbance (The Disturbance, #1)
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Darkome
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Hard Science Fiction Books

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Martian
Project Hail Mary
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
Leviathan Wakes
Seveneves
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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Lists

Watership Down by Richard AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonBlack Beauty by Anna SewellMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Through Another's Eyes: Xenofiction
461 books — 276 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
best hard science fiction
450 books — 875 voters

Ringworld by Larry NivenRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke2001 by Arthur C. ClarkePushing Ice by Alastair ReynoldsRevelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Big Dumb Objects
69 books — 84 voters
GÉNESIS by Francisco SolSmoke Ghost & Other Apparitions by Fritz LeiberThe Willows by Algernon BlackwoodThreshold by Fabio MarianiThe Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle
Non-anthropomorphic Intelligences in Fiction
82 books — 17 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Hard Science Fiction”

Clyde DeSouza
“ No, Krish . . . we’re not playing God. We’re only attempting to set things right. ”
― Clyde DeSouza, Maya
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“ I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book. ”
― Peter Watts, Echopraxia
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Videos Tagged “Hard Science Fiction”

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Groups Tagged "Hard Science Fiction"

Hard SF This is a discussion group for this specific subgenre in SF where the plausibility of the scienc…more
1,208 members, last active 10 days ago
I would like to start a lively group discussion, filled with great book recommendations. Come to…more
4 members, last active 11 years ago
Science Fiction book group for the Parman Library at Stone Oak. We meet on the third Saturday of…more
26 members, last active 5 years ago
Hvězdy a Draci Tato skupina je pro všechny fanboye žánru sci-fi, fantasy, horor, military sci-fi, hard sci-fi a…more
13 members, last active 9 years ago

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