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.

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)
Exodus (Archimedes Engine #1)
Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories
Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)
Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)
Cold Eyes
The Disturbance (The Disturbance, #1)
Light Chaser
The  Quantum War (The Quantum Evolution, #3)
Wherever Seeds May Fall (Seeds, #1)
Darkome
Creation Node
Lake of Darkness
Jack Four
Theft of Fire (Orbital Space #1)
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)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Seveneves
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
The Martian by Andy WeirRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinFoundation by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank Herbert
Ultimate Hard Science Fiction
126 books — 171 voters
Terraformer by Scott McElhaneyRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonGreen Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonDominion by Scott McElhaneyBlue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Synthetic Ecologies
19 books — 25 voters

The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellThe Martian by Andy WeirFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Intelligent Sci-Fi
271 books — 249 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonBlack Beauty by Anna SewellAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
Through Another's Eyes: Xenofiction
438 books — 235 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinDune by Frank Herbert
Intriguing Aliens
263 books — 148 voters


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