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“For anyone looking for their next great hard sci-fi read, this list names some
classics that only die-hard fans of the genre know about. Every reader knows
what it is like to venture into an unfamiliar section of the bookstore, or
library, looking to dip their toe into a new genre pool for the first time, but
unsure where to start. This list catalogs some novels newbies shouldn't
overlook when they see them on the shelves.
The distinction between "soft" and "hard" sci-fi is an essential part of the
genre. Soft sci-fi takes things like faster-than-light travel, alien biologies,
and interstellar civilizations for granted. Hard sci-fi is build around
exploring, often in exquisite detail, how exactly these sorts of things work.
Hard sci-fi novels don't handwave anything away. Questions about how a
spaceship would travel, or what first contact between different forms of life,
or how clones and their human creators might get along, are what drive the
plots of hard sci-fi stories, as the novel selections below demonstrate.”
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
