Hard science fiction novels
21 entries in the Hard Science Fiction Novels compendium.
2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)A 1968 novel by Arthur C. Clarke, developed with Stanley Kubrick.Across the Sea of SunsSecond novel in Benford's Galactic Center Saga.Ark (novel)Humanity's last ark sails on antimatter, not warp.Ball Lightning (novel)A hard SF novel about ball lightning as a weapon.Beggars in SpainA novel exploring genetic modification, sleeplessness, and societal inequality.Bone DanceA genre-blending novel set in a post-war climate-modified Minneapolis.Camelot 30KHard SF novel about alien life at 30 Kelvin.The Children of the SkySequel set on Tines World, ten years after A Fire Upon the Deep.The Color of DistanceA first-contact novel about human adaptation among intelligent amphibians.Contact (novel)A 1985 novel about humanity's first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence.The Faith of BeastsSecond entry in The Captive's War trilogy.FinityA 1999 novel blending alternate history and quantum mechanics.A Fire Upon the DeepA 1992 space opera set in the Zones of Thought.Jurassic Park (novel)A cautionary novel about genetic engineering and chaos theory.The Martian (Weir novel)A stranded astronaut survives on Mars using ingenuity.The Moon Is a Harsh MistressA 1966 novel about a lunar revolt and libertarian ideals.Quarantine (Egan novel)A hard SF novel fusing quantum mechanics with a detective plot.Raft (novel)A hard SF novel set in a high-gravity alternate universe.The Three-Body Problem (novel)First novel in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeasA science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne.Xeelee SequenceA hard SF series spanning billions of years of cosmic history.
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