Hard science fiction
Found 7 works tagged 'Hard science fiction'.
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By the Will of the Gods (first draft)
Updated Feb 20, 2021 · 11,251 words (41 minutes) · 82 views
Mystery Science Fiction Hard science fiction murder mystery
This is the first draft of "By the Will of the Gods." It is presented to provide a comparison with the published version of the story, which appeared in the January-February-2021 issue of Analog magazine.
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By the Will of the Gods
Updated Feb 18, 2021 · 13,842 words (51 minutes) · 1 like · 235 views
Mystery Science Fiction murder mystery Hard science fiction
In Nightingale, an underground city with a digital sky, an orphan must solve the murder of the one person who looked out for him—the caretaker of a temple dedicated to foretelling the future.
Enjoy this novelette by Charles Q. Choi, a science journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Nature, Scientific American, Popular Science, and more.
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A Star To Steer By
Published Feb 13, 2020 · 2,898 words (11 minutes) · 486 views
Science Fiction Military SF Hard science fiction Analog magazine Military Science Fiction Analog artificial intelligence military
This story was published in Analog in 2013, and tied for fourth place in that year's AnLab reader awards. It's about AI...but it's ultimately also about war.
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Working The High Steel
Published Jan 14, 2020 · 4,770 words (18 minutes) · 1 like · 503 views
Science Fiction Romance plausible science fiction Hard science fiction Science Fiction Romance space elevator orbital worker engineering fiction space fiction
As a woman, Malisse struggles in the male-dominated world of the orbital workers, and struggles with her feelings for a coworker. When the chips are down, however... This was my first published story and was inspired by an exhibit about Mohawk construction workers at the NMAI in DC.
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Too Close for Comfort
Published Jul 11, 2019 · 3,343 words (13 minutes) · 783 views
Science Fiction Hard science fiction Hard SF near-future SF neanderthal
Near-future hard science fiction shows its age very quickly. In fact, one scientific fact in this story was proven wrong between the time it was accepted for publication and when it actually came out. That trend has continued since it was first published in 2010, but I remain fond of this one, largely because I still don't know the answer to the central question: Is a Neanderthal a human or an animal?
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Senseless
Published Oct 31, 2017 · 5,173 words (19 minutes) · 970 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Hard science fiction dystopian post-apocalpytic
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Scienceville
Published Oct 31, 2017 · 7,935 words (29 minutes) · 4 likes · 1481 views
Science Fiction Hard science fiction Strange Parallel universes
Ever since Joel’s mother and fiancé died, he’s been obsessed with drawing maps of the utopia he’d imagined as a child. But what happens when strangers around the world start to recognize it? Enjoy a longer read this weekend by Gary Gibson, a science fiction novelist with several books out by Tor UK, and be sure to tip if you like it!
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