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Allen M. Steele has been known for his hard science fiction novels: Coyote, Orbital Decay, and others. In his…
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Stanley Schmidt has been synonymous with hard science fiction in the magazine world for the past 34 years that he's…
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Alastair Reynolds has a PhD in astronomy and has a background in space science — but the Terminal World author…
Is Lois McMaster Bujold really a hard science-fiction author? Her work doesn't appear, at first glance, to revolve…
If cleanliness is next to godliness, then I can't help but think God must like 1980's Hugo-winning novel, The…
James P. Hogan, author of Inherit The Stars and 30 other hard science fiction novels, passed away yesterday. He…
Pyr's Lou Anders breaks it down for you in an awesome new interview over at Redstone Science Fiction. Will "sword…