| 1999-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Exchange Rate |
Hal Clement |
|
|
science fiction (2), hard sf (2), far future (1), first contact (1), hostile environment (1), trade with aliens (1), mysterious aliens (1), earthquakes (1), organic technology (1), high gravity (1)
|
| 1999-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hatching the Phoenix |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
science fiction (1), time travel (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1999-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Huddle |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1999-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kinds of Strangers |
Sarah Zettel |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1999-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mount Olympus |
Ben Bova |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1999-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sexual Dimorphism |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
mars (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), paleontology (1), domestic abuse (1), dolphins (1), dolphin (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1999-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starfish |
Peter Watts |
|
|
science fiction (1), water (1), gel (1), deep sea trough (1), genetic engineering (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1999-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Time |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1), squid (1), End of the Universe (1), spaceflight (1)
|
| 1998-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Taklamakan |
Bruce Sterling |
|
|
China (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1998-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Vast |
Linda Nagata |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), posthuman (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1997-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Deception Well |
Linda Nagata |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1997-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Diaspora |
Greg Egan |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), virtual reality (1), cosmic (1), artificial intelligence (1), transhuman (1), transdimensional (1), science fiction (1), femtotechnology (1), picotechnology (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Fool's War |
Sarah Zettel |
|
|
artificial intelligence (1), hard sf (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Madam Butterfly |
James P. Hogan |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1997-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Marrow |
Robert Reed |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1997-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Reasons to Be Cheerful |
Greg Egan |
|
|
science fiction (2), hard sf (1)
|
| 1997-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mendelian Lamp Case |
Paul Levinson |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1997-04-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Vacuum Diagrams |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1996-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
An Ever-Reddening Glow |
David Brin |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Bicycle Repairman |
Bruce Sterling |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Blue Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
science fiction (3), mars (3), terraforming (2), space elevator (2), nanotechnology (1), colonization (1), near future (1), climate control (1), climate change (1), Mercury (1), Titania (1), longevity (1), revolution (1), genetic engineering (1), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), asteroid belt (1), immigration (1), Corporations (1), memory loss (1)
|
| 1996-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Immersion |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1), immersion (1)
|
| 1996-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Remnant Population |
Elizabeth Moon |
|
|
first contact (2), linguistics (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1996-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lady Vanishes |
Charles Sheffield |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1995-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
For White Hill |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
hard sf (1), s (1), art (1), romance (1), time dilation (1), slower than light travel (1), exterminator nanobots (1), postapocalyptic earth (1), interstellar society (1), war with aliens (1), first person point of view (1), cryosleep (1), body regeneration (1)
|
| 1995-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Genesis |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1), simulation (1), repopulaton of earth (1), lifecycle of the sun (1), avatars (1), composite minds (1), distant future (1), love (1), no aliens (1)
|
| 1995-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gossamer |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1995-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Legacy |
Greg Bear |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1), evolution (1), parallel universe (1)
|
| 1995-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Microbe |
Joan Slonczewski |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1995-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Slow River |
Nicola Griffith |
|
|
science fiction (2), strong female characters (1), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), lesbian (1), Hull (1), Kingston upon Hull (1), UK (1), Britain (1), Great Britain (1)
|
| 1995-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Tech-Heaven |
Linda Nagata |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), cryonics (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), cryogenics (1)
|
| 1995-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Bohr Maker |
Linda Nagata |
|
|
nanotechnology (2), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1995-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Color of Distance |
Amy Thomson |
|
|
first contact (1), alien culture (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1995-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Diamond Age |
Neal Stephenson |
|
|
nanotechnology (4), steampunk (3), cyberpunk (2), near future (2), science fiction (2), neo-victorian (1), postcyberpunk (1), 3-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), sociology (1), education (1), post-cyberpunk (1), matter duplication (1), computers (1), artificial intelligence (1)
|
| 1995-12-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Good Rat |
Allen Steele |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1995-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Think Like a Dinosaur |
James Patrick Kelly |
|
|
fantasy (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1995-05-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wang's Carpets |
Greg Egan |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1), sentience (1), simulation (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1994-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foreigner |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
first contact (2), science fiction (1), alien culture (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1993-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beggars in Spain |
Nancy Kress |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), sleep (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1993-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Forward the Foundation |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), galactic empire (1), hard sf (1), autobiographical (1), psychohistory (1), telepathy (1)
|
| 1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Green Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
science fiction (3), mars (3), terraforming (2), colonization (2), space elevator (2), nanotechnology (1), near future (1), Mars colonization (1), genetic engineering (1), revolution (1), longevity (1), economics (1), politics (1), 2-award-winner (1), Seiun Award for best foreign language novel nominee (1), hard sf (1), sea level rise (1), underground city (1), orbital mirrors (1), coup (1)
|
| 1993-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Into the Miranda Rift |
G. David Nordley |
|
|
only humans (1), Miranda (Uranus moon) (1), marriage (1), spelunking (1), intelligent robots (1), survival (1), first person point of view (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1993-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Moving Mars |
Greg Bear |
|
|
mars (2), nanotechnology (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), robots (1), interplanetary war (1), teleportation (1), cosmology (1), interplanetary travel (1), artificial intelligence (1), moon (1), Earth (1), moving planets (1)
|
| 1992-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Fire Upon the Deep |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
space opera (3), nanotechnology (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), transhuman (1), galactic culture (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), war with machines (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1992-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Red Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
mars (4), science fiction (2), terraforming (2), space elevator (2), nanotechnology (1), colonization (1), near future (1), revolution (1), longevity (1), climate control (1), Mars colonization (1), genetic engineering (1), politics (1), 2-award-winner (1), Coyote (1), hard sf (1), Corporations (1), Phobos (1), underground city (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
|
| 1992-09-28 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hammer of God |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1991-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beggars in Spain |
Nancy Kress |
|
|
science fiction (2), genetic engineering (2), near future (1), alcoholism (1), hard sf (1), alcoholic (1), stepmother (1), twins (1), twin sisters (1), sisters (1), unusual children (1), billionaire (1), Lawyers (1), lawyer (1), Harvard (1), Chicago (1), doctors (1)
|
| 1991-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gene Wars |
Paul J. McAuley |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1991-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Griffin's Egg |
Michael Swanwick |
|
|
moon (2), science fiction (2), hard sf (1), insanity (1), bioweapon (1), global war (1), the moon (1), solar flare (1), lunar industry (1), moon base (1), moonbase (1), Moon colony (1), lunar colony (1)
|
| 1991-03-08 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Matter's End |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1991-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Synners |
Pat Cadigan |
|
|
cyberpunk (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1991-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Understand |
Ted Chiang |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1991-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
What Continues, What Fails ... |
David Brin |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1990-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Niche |
Peter Watts |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1990-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mammy Morgan Played the Organ, Her Daddy Beat the Drum |
Michael F. Flynn |
|
|
ghosts (1), physics (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1990-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Use of Weapons |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
space opera (4), artificial intelligence (2), science fiction (2), ship AI (1), nanotechnology (1), assassin (1), transhuman (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1)
|
| 1989-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Foundation's Conscience |
George Zebrowski |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1989-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Imago |
Octavia E. Butler |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), human-alien hybrids (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1989-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Orbital Decay |
Allen Steele |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), only humans (1), first person point of view (1), space station (1), construction in space (1), government surveillance (1), substance abuse (1)
|
| 1988-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Adulthood Rites |
Octavia E. Butler |
|
|
science fiction (1), human-alien hybrids (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1988-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cyteen |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
cloning (1), psychology (1), 3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1988-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Falling Free |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
|
|
science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
|
| 1988-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Prelude to Foundation |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
galactic empire (2), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), androids (1), psychohistory (1), food (1)
|
| 1988-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Stop Evolution in Its Tracks! |
John Sladek |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1987-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All the Hues of Hell |
Gene Wolfe |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1987-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dawn |
Octavia E. Butler |
|
|
science fiction (2), first contact (1), hard sf (1), human-alien hybrids (1), aliens (1), post apocalypse (1), alien spaceship (1), Living spaceship (1), Non-binary gender (1), post-apocalypse (1), captives (1), genetic modification (1), jungle (1), suspended animation (1), tentacles (1), Last survivors (1), Grey alien (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Polish |
Fiasko |
|
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1), planetary exploration (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sexual Chemistry |
Brian Stableford |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1986-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Door Into Ocean |
Joan Slonczewski |
|
|
water (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1986-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foundation and Earth |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), space opera (1), hard sf (1), androids (1), binary star system (1), robots (1), hermaphrodites (1), psychic ability (1), higher intelligence (1), water world (1)
|
| 1986-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tangents |
Greg Bear |
|
|
science fiction (1), mathematics (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1986-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Beautiful and the Sublime |
Bruce Sterling |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1985-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Contact |
Carl Sagan |
|
|
first contact (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), hard sf (1), strong female character (1), higher intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1985-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Eon |
Greg Bear |
|
|
space opera (2), time travel (2), transdimensional (1), first contact (1), artifact (1), near future (1), science fiction (1), parallel universe (1), hard sf (1), genetic engineering (1), religion (1), alien invasion (1), aliens (1), exploration (1), nuclear warfare (1), generation ship (1), terraforming (1), asteroid (1), mind augmentation (1)
|
| 1985-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Send Me a Kiss by Wire |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1985-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Spinneret |
Timothy Zahn |
|
|
dyson sphere (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1984-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Chromatic Aberration |
John M. Ford |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1984-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Heat of Fusion |
John M. Ford |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1984-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Neuromancer |
William Gibson |
|
|
artificial intelligence (3), cyberpunk (3), science fiction (2), virtual reality (2), dystopia (2), near future (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), Japan (1), poison (1), uploaded personalities (1), United States (1), istanbul (1), cryogenics (1), drugs (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1983-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Message Found in a Copy of Flatland |
Rudy Rucker |
|
|
science fiction (1), mathematics (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1983-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Procreation |
Gene Wolfe |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), uplift (1), aquatic (1), 3-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), apes (1), alien artifacts (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), tsunami (1), Poetry (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), ancient library (1), trojan horse (1), ancient aliens (1), water world (1), strong female characters (1), dolphins (1), dolphin point of view (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1), war in space (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), genetic monsters (1)
|
| 1982-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foundation's Edge |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), computers (1), antigravity (1), mental power (1), psychic ability (1), group mind (1), smell (1), world city (1), microfilm (1), language (1), virtual reality (1), telepathy (1), tachyons (1), evolution (1), courtroom drama (1), faster than light drive (1), Earth (1), interstellar travel (1), galactic empire (1), library (1), encyclopedia (1), weather control (1), politicians (1), historians (1), mind shield (1), mind control (1), distant future (1), psychohistory (1), higher intelligence (1), male bonding (1), radioactivity (1), fashion (1), time travel (1), robots (1), multiverse (1)
|
| 1982-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Helliconia Spring |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
2-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), cold (1), xenobiology (1), strong female characters (1), afterlife (1), aliens (1), seasons (1), interstellar travel (1), far future (1), climate change (1), neologisms (1)
|
| 1982-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Relativistic Effects |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1981-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Downbelow Station |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (3), military sf (2), science fiction (1), space pirates (1), into-board game (1), pirates (1), hard sf (1), Tau Ceti (1)
|
| 1981-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Drode's Equations |
Richard Grant |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1981-07-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Exposures |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
first contact (1), astronomy (1), religion (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1981-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Johnny Mnemonic |
William Gibson |
|
|
dolphin (1), corporate espionage (1), cyberpunk (1), Yakuza (1), bioengineered human enhancement (1), near future (1), into-movie (1), first person point of view (1), female fighter (1), assassin (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1981-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Making Light |
James P. Hogan |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1979-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Down & Out on Ellfive Prime |
Dean Ing |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1979-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
giANTS |
Edward Bryant |
|
|
recursive sf (NESFA index) (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1979-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fountains of Paradise |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
space elevator (2), science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), Sri Lanka (1), engineering (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1979-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Singing Diamond |
Robert L. Forward |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1978-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In a Petri Dish Upstairs |
George Turner |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1978-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1978-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Very Slow Time Machine |
Ian Watson |
|
|
science fiction (2), time travel (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1978-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
To Bring in the Steel |
Donald Kingsbury |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gateway |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
5-award-winner (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), survivor guilt (1), time dilation (1), black holes (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1976-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mindbridge |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
telepathy (2), science fiction (2), space opera (1), hard sf (1), explorers (1), interplanetary exploration (1), interstellar exploration (1), planetary exploration (1), Alien Communication (1), communication (1), interspecies communication (1), thought communication (1), dangerous missions (1), suicide (1)
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