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SF: Hard Science

Science fiction stories based on rigorous extrapolation of hard sciences (physics, chemistry, astronomy, etc.)

Related Genres

Biological SF

Authors & Titles

• Anderson, Poul: Fire Time
  
• Anderson, Poul: Starfarers
  
• Barton, William & Capobianco, Michael: Iris
  
• Baxter, Stephen: Anti-Ice
  
• Baxter, Stephen: Evolution
  
• Baxter, Stephen: Moonseed
  
• Baxter, Stephen: Xeelee series
  (In order of publication, as preferred by the author.)
  
  1. Raft
     
  2. Timelike Infinity
     
  3. Flux
     
  4. Ring
     
  5. Destiny's Children series
     
     1. Coalescent
        
     2. Exultant
        
     (short stories) Vacuum Diagrams
     
• Baxter, Stephen: Manifold series
  
  1. Manifold: Time
     
  2. Manifold: Space
     
  3. Manifold: Origin
     
• Bear, Greg: The Collected Stories of Greg Bear
  
• Benford, Gregory: Against Infinity
  
• Benford, Gregory: Cosm
  
• Bova, Ben: Grand Tour series
  
  1. Mars (Jamie Waterman #1)
     
  2. Empire Builders
     
  3. Moonrise
     
  4. Moonwar
     
  5. Return to Mars (Jamie Waterman #2)
     
  6. Venus
     
  7. Jupiter
     
  8. The Precipice (Asteroid Wars #1)
     
  9. The Rock Rats (Asteroid Wars #2)
     
  10. Saturn
      
  11. The Silent War (Asteroid Wars #3)
      
  12. Mercury
      
  13. Titan
      
  14. The Aftermath (Asteroid Wars #4)
      
  15. The Return
      (NOTE: This title is also part of the Voyagers series, listed under Adventure SF)
      (short stories) Tales of the Grand Tour
      
• Brotherton, Mike: Spider Star
  
• Brotherton, Mike: Star Dragon
  
• Clarke, Arthur C.: The Fountains of Paradise
  
• Clarke, Arthur C. & Baxter, Stephen: The Light of Other Days
  
• Clarke, Arthur C. & Baxter, Stephen: Time Odyssey series
  
  1. Time's Eye
     
  2. Sunstorm
     
  3. Firstborn
     
• Clarke, Arthur C. & Pohl, Frederik: The Last Theorem
  
• Clement, Hal: Barlennan series
  
  1. Mission of Gravity
     
  2. Star Light
     
• Clement, Hal: Noise
  
• Egan, Greg: Incandescence
  
• Egan, Greg: Schild's Ladder
  
• Flynn, Michael: The Wreck of The River of Stars
  
• Forward, Robert L.: Camelot 30K
  
• Forward, Robert L.: Dragon's Egg
  
• Forward, Robert L.: Saturn Rukh
  
• Forward, Robert L.: Rocheworld series
  
  1. Rocheworld
     
  2. Return to Rocheworld (with Julie Forward Fuller)
     
  3. Ocean Under the Ice (with Martha Dodson Forward)
     
  4. Marooned on Eden (with Martha Dodson Forward)
     
  5. Rescued From Paradise (with Julie Forward Fuller)
     (related title) The Flight of the Dragonfly (an earlier version of Rocheworld)
     
• The Hard SF Renaissance (edited by David G, Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer)
  
• MacKay, Scott: Omnifix
  
• McCarthy, Wil: Collapsium series
  
  1. The Collapsium
     
  2. The Wellstone
     
  3. Lost in Transmission
     
• McDevitt, Jack: Academy series
  
  1. The Engines of God
     
  2. Deepsix
     
  3. Chindi
     
  4. Omega
     
  5. Odyssey
     
  6. Cauldron
     An Academy novella appears in Down These Dark Spaceways (edited by Mike Resnick & Catherine Asaro)
     An Academy novella appears in Forbidden Planets (edited by Marvin Kaye)
     
• Metzger, Robert A.: Cusp
  
• Niven, Larry: Known Space series
  
  1. Three Books of Known Space (contains Tales of Known Space, World of Ptaavs, and A Gift From Earth)
     
  2. Protector (Ringworld series #1)
     
  3. Ringworld (Ringworld series #2)
     
  4. The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld series #3)
     
  5. Ringworld Throne (Ringworld series #4)
     
  6. Ringworld's Children (Ringworld series #5)
     Fleet of Worlds series:
     
  7. The Fleet of Worlds (with Edward M. Lerner)
     
  8. Juggler of Worlds (with Edward M. Lerner)
     
  9. Destroyer of Worlds (with Edward M. Lerner)
     (short stories) Flatlander
     (short stories) Crashlander
     (short stories) Man/Kzin Wars series (see SF: Military/War)
     
• Niven, Larry: N-Space
  
• Pohl, Frederik & Clarke, Arthur C.: The Last Theorem
  
• Rucker, Rudy: Spaceland
  
• Schroeder, Karl: Permanence
  
• Sheffield, Charles: Puzzle Network series
  
  1. Cold as Ice
     
  2. Dark as Day
     
• Vinge, Vernor: The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge