| 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), memory loss (1), nanotechnology (1), Corporations (1), immigration (1), asteroid belt (1), hard sf (1), 2-award-winner (1), genetic engineering (1), revolution (1), longevity (1), Titania (1), Mercury (1), climate change (1), climate control (1), near future (1), colonization (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), coup (1), nanotechnology (1), orbital mirrors (1), underground city (1), sea level rise (1), hard sf (1), Seiun Award for best foreign language novel nominee (1), 2-award-winner (1), politics (1), economics (1), longevity (1), revolution (1), genetic engineering (1), Mars colonization (1), near future (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), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), nanotechnology (1), underground city (1), Phobos (1), Corporations (1), hard sf (1), Coyote (1), 2-award-winner (1), politics (1), genetic engineering (1), Mars colonization (1), climate control (1), longevity (1), revolution (1), near future (1), colonization (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), doctors (1), near future (1), Chicago (1), Harvard (1), lawyer (1), Lawyers (1), billionaire (1), unusual children (1), sisters (1), twin sisters (1), twins (1), stepmother (1), alcoholic (1), hard sf (1), alcoholism (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), particle physics (1), proton decay (1), india (1), religion (1), mysticism (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), Grey alien (1), first contact (1), Last survivors (1), tentacles (1), suspended animation (1), jungle (1), genetic modification (1), captives (1), post-apocalypse (1), Non-binary gender (1), Living spaceship (1), alien spaceship (1), post apocalypse (1), aliens (1), human-alien hybrids (1), hard sf (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), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
| 1985-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Eon |
Greg Bear |
|
|
time travel (2), space opera (2), genetic engineering (1), mind augmentation (1), asteroid (1), terraforming (1), generation ship (1), nuclear warfare (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), alien invasion (1), religion (1), hard sf (1), parallel universe (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), artifact (1), first contact (1), transdimensional (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), virtual reality (2), science fiction (2), dystopia (2), into-video game (1), drugs (1), cryogenics (1), istanbul (1), United States (1), uploaded personalities (1), poison (1), Japan (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), hard sf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), near future (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), alien perspective (1), genetic monsters (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), war in space (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), dolphin point of view (1), dolphins (1), strong female characters (1), water world (1), ancient aliens (1), trojan horse (1), ancient library (1), artificial intelligence (1), Poetry (1), tsunami (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), apes (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 3-award-winner (1), aquatic (1), uplift (1)
|
| 1982-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foundation's Edge |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (2), galactic empire (1), multiverse (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), 2-award-winner (1), microfilm (1), hard sf (1), computers (1), antigravity (1), mental power (1), psychic ability (1), group mind (1), smell (1), world city (1), interstellar travel (1), language (1), virtual reality (1), telepathy (1), tachyons (1), evolution (1), courtroom drama (1), faster than light drive (1), Earth (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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