hard science fiction

Star Wars is definitely not hard sci-fi. It’s, as generally understood, very soft. But according to this video, it’s…

Over at Reddit, there’s a terrific discussion among real scientists, talking about the books they love—and the…

Allen M. Steele has been known for his hard science fiction novels: Coyote, Orbital Decay, and others. In his…

The distinction between “hard science fiction” and “soft science fiction” means many different things to different…

It’s actually impossible to sum up the huge contribution to genre publishing of David G. Hartwell, who died today…

Science fiction is the literature of discovery — and there are tons of great ways to come up with stories worth…

Over at Locus, there are some great excerpts from their interview with Stanley Schmidt, who recently ended his…

Stanley Schmidt has been synonymous with hard science fiction in the magazine world for the past 34 years that he's…

Can't wait to read China Miéville's first foray into hard space opera? Neither can we. So we're thrilled that the…

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…

In science fiction, people often confuse narrative realism with "hard," or scientifically-accurate, storytelling.…

Is science fiction keeping ordinary people from understanding real science? Many science writers seem to think so.…

Click to viewWhy do so many books labeled "hard science fiction" actually contain technology that works pretty much…

I've always thought the term "hard science fiction" referred to stories or novels where the science was important to…

Mike Brotherton, author of the novel Spider Star released last month from Tor, proudly calls himself a hard science…