Hard Science Fiction Novels Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 5 entries checked · 4 flagged · 8 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 4 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) — The entry states the novel 'came out after the movie's release,' but the novel was published in July 1968, after the film's premiere in April 1968, so this is correct and not an error.

2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) — The entry says the monolith appears in prehistoric Africa 'four million years ago,' but in the novel it is explicitly three million years ago.

Across the Sea of Suns — The entry states the Lancer is powered by a Bussard ramjet based on a crashed alien vessel found in Mare Marginis; in the novel, the Lancer uses a modified Bussard ramjet design derived from studying the alien ship, not directly powered by it.

Across the Sea of Suns — The entry says the satellite orbiting the planet dates to a meteor shower that destroyed the EMs' civilization; in the novel, the satellite is a relic of the EMs' own technology, about 100,000 years old, and not directly tied to the meteor shower.

Ark (novel) — The DID YOU KNOW section incorrectly states that Ark One uses an Alcubierre warp drive, while the entry correctly states it uses antimatter propulsion for sublight travel.

Ark (novel) — The DID YOU KNOW section incorrectly states that 'Earth I' is a published pendant story, while the entry correctly notes it is not a published title.

Ball Lightning (novel) — The novel was first published in Chinese in 2004 (serialized in Science Fiction World), not 2005 as stated.

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