Hard Science Fiction

The physics has to hold. Science fiction that accepts the constraints of real science and finds the story inside them — orbital mechanics, light-speed lag, and problems solved with arithmetic.

On the Science Fiction & the Future shelf.

Books shelved as Hard Science Fiction

• We Are Legion — Dennis E. Taylor
• A Deepness in the Sky — Vernor Vinge
• The Infinite Extent — Dennis E. Taylor / Ray Porter
• The Children of the Sky — Vernor Vinge
• All These Worlds — Dennis E. Taylor
• The Dark Forest — Joel Martinsen

Related genres

• Science Fiction
• Dystopian
• Space Opera
• Military Science Fiction
• Time Travel
• Post-Apocalyptic
• Apocalyptic
• Speculative Fiction
• Classic Science Fiction
• Cyberpunk
• First Contact
• Steampunk
• Parallel Worlds
• Eco-Fiction
• Alien Invasion
• Pandemic Fiction
• Climate Fiction
• Biopunk

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