Hard Science Fiction Literature Headquarters

Grading Science Fiction for Realism

A suggested rating scale for science fiction regar more...1 point

A suggested rating scale for science fiction regarding the scientific realism of the setting of the work in question. "This place really nails down what qualifies as hard science fiction, in my opinion. It even divides the sub-genre further into categories with labels like 'Ultra-hard', 'Plausibly hard', etc..."1 point

Hard science fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Wikipedia has a well developed article about the genre.1 point

Hard SF: The hardsf.org site & index

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This site is devoted to the genre. Lots of info about Hard Science Fiction authors, books, etc...0 points

Article Abstracts: #60 (Special Section: Hard Science Fiction)

A little dry reading...But, there's an extensive l more...0 points

A little dry reading...But, there's an extensive list of novels and authors that fit into the genre.0 points

SF Citations for OED

A wide variety of other people's attempts to defin more...0 points

A wide variety of other people's attempts to define "Hard Science Fiction". Includes entries by Frederick Pohl, Ben Bova, and others.0 points

The Cambridge Companion To Science Fiction

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Time Travel - the Proof?

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a more...0 points

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists that sweeps away one of the key objections to...0 points

Robert A. Heinlein : Science Fiction Master

His name evokes awe and reverence among science fi more...0 points

His name evokes awe and reverence among science fiction fans and writers alike. I read my first book by Robert Heinlein (pronounced hineline...0 points

Directory of Authors on Twitter

I recently joined Twitter and started searching fo more...0 points

I recently joined Twitter and started searching for interesting people to follow. As an avid reader, I thought it would be great to find som...0 points

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton's Imagination Running Wild!

As a former marine biologist as well as someone wh more...0 points

As a former marine biologist as well as someone who studied tropical reptiles in graduate school--crocodiles, sea turtles, and monitor lizar...0 points

Spider Robinson: Callahan's Saloon and More

"If one were given the task of creating Spide more...0 points

"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, fo...0 points

What's on My Bookshelf?

A glimpse inside one author's private book collect more...0 points

A glimpse inside one author's private book collection. Find new books you haven't read before as well as books to help you write. This len...0 points

Legendary SF Writer - Robert Heinlein

Robert Heinlein (pronounced Hine-line) passed away more...0 points

Robert Heinlein (pronounced Hine-line) passed away back in 1988 at the grand old age of 80, but he left a lasting legacy in the science fict...0 points

Fantasy Art on Swag!

Years ago I started a T-Shirt Company. I had all t more...0 points

Years ago I started a T-Shirt Company. I had all these designs. Unfortunately, I wasn't much of a salesman and didn't know how to sell T-S...0 points

The Year's Best Science Fiction

Gardner Dozois is best known in science fiction ci more...0 points

Gardner Dozois is best known in science fiction circles for two things. He was the editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, which...0 points

H.G. Wells - Novelist

Some of the first books I read when in Junior High more...0 points

Some of the first books I read when in Junior High--and those that kept me awake at night turning pages--were from the imagination of H.G. W...0 points

John Varley - Science Fiction Author

John Varley was one of the first writers to be cal more...0 points

John Varley was one of the first writers to be called "The New Heinlein." "This flattered and troubled him, since the Old Hei...0 points

Jules Verne - Novelist and Futurist

From the first time I read Jules Verne's 20,000 Le more...0 points

From the first time I read Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, I was hooked. Much of his imaginative ideas in his writings have com...0 points

E. E. "Doc" Smith

One of the original "space cowboys" of t more...0 points

One of the original "space cowboys" of the 1930's & 1940's* E. E. Doc Smith started his career not with the Lensman boo...0 points

John Carter of Mars

If you're a science fiction lover, and are particu more...0 points

If you're a science fiction lover, and are particularly interested in early science fiction, then have I got an author for you. 'Member th...0 points

Lazarus Long

One of Robert A Heinlein's most lovable characters more...0 points

One of Robert A Heinlein's most lovable characters is undoubtedly Lazarus Long. This man is a rugged individualist and an eccentric non-com...0 points

Clive Cussler - Adventure Novelist

Clive Cussler's books have it all! Fast reading, f more...0 points

Clive Cussler's books have it all! Fast reading, fun reading, and a thrill on every page. It's fun to occasionally find a character in his...0 points

The Revelation Space Universe

The Revelation Space Universe was created by scien more...0 points

The Revelation Space Universe was created by science fiction author Alastair Reynolds. It is the setting for most of his novels and short st...0 points

Hugo Awards - Novels - 1970s

Ursula K. LeGuin was the only author to win the Hu more...0 points

Ursula K. LeGuin was the only author to win the Hugo Award twice in the 1970s. Grandmasters Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke each won a Hug...0 points

Michael Crichton - MD, Archeology, Dinosaurs, and Time Travel

Whether it's bioengineered and cloned dinosaurs, i more...0 points

Whether it's bioengineered and cloned dinosaurs, intelligent nanoparticles, space-borne mutating viruses, diamond-mines guarded by mutant g...0 points

James Rollins - Novelist with a Scientific Bent

James Rollins is a prolific science fiction writer more...0 points

James Rollins is a prolific science fiction writer who lives in Sacramento, California and is a practicing veterinarian.His books keep folks...0 points

Allen Steele

Allen Steele is a science fiction author born  Ja more...0 points

Allen Steele is a science fiction author born  January 19, 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been a staff writer for newspapers in M...0 points

Kevin J. Anderson, Novelist

Kevin J. Anderson brings a lot of background to hi more...0 points

Kevin J. Anderson brings a lot of background to his writing. I met him when we were working as technical editor-writers at Livermo...0 points

Hugo Awards - Novels - 1990s

Lois McMaster Bujold won three Hugos and Connie Wi more...0 points

Lois McMaster Bujold won three Hugos and Connie Willis won two. Women just missed the 50% mark due to Willis tying with Vernor Vinge in 1993...0 points

William Gibson

Wiliam Gibson came to widespread attention with hi more...0 points

Wiliam Gibson came to widespread attention with his 1984 novel NEUROMANCER, winning both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.  The word and conc...0 points

Arthur C. Clarke, Novelist

Arthur C. Clarke wrote many inspirational and fant more...0 points

Arthur C. Clarke wrote many inspirational and fantastic science fiction novels and stories--among the most famous being "2001: A Space Odys...0 points

Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling is described less and less as a &qu more...0 points

Bruce Sterling is described less and less as a "science fiction writer" and more and more as a "futurist."  He firs...0 points

Keith Laumer

A lens about my favorite author and quiet possibly more...0 points

A lens about my favorite author and quiet possibly the greatest science fiction writer of all time.0 points

Hugo Awards - Novels - 2000s

Harry Potter and the Gobet of Fire, the only one o more...0 points

Harry Potter and the Gobet of Fire, the only one of J. K. Rowling's books about the young wizard-in-training to win a Hugo or Nebula, was a...0 points

Hugo Awards - Novels - 1980s

C. J. Cherryh, David Brin and Orson Scott Card eac more...0 points

C. J. Cherryh, David Brin and Orson Scott Card each won two Hugos in the 1980s. Grandmasters Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke were also win...0 points

James Retief

James Bond in outer space. By far the greatest sci more...0 points

James Bond in outer space. By far the greatest sci-fi series ever written. Follow James Retief and Ben Magnun on their action packed, tongue...0 points

M. Andrew Sprong -- Author

I love to write just about everything, but for yea more...0 points

I love to write just about everything, but for years I had a story idea sitting in the back of my mind. When the idea about gateways to othe...0 points

Philip K. Dick

This lens aims to bring together everything on one more...0 points

This lens aims to bring together everything on one of the truly great masters of scifi: Philip K. Dick.0 points

James P Hogan

His books are always a good read with action fille more...0 points

His books are always a good read with action filled plot lines and characters that I can identify with. I have 17 of his books in my science...0 points

Robert J Sawyer

If you like science fiction that is believable, en more...0 points

If you like science fiction that is believable, entertaining, and thought provoking all at the same time - then check out the works of Rober...0 points

Philip K Dick

The first time I encountered Philip K Dick was in more...0 points

The first time I encountered Philip K Dick was in the 10th grade when I was working at the local library as a clerk. I spent most of my time...0 points

The Case For Life On Mars

For over a hundred years, thoughts of possible Mar more...0 points

For over a hundred years, thoughts of possible Mars biology have flourished, and been dashed. It's a cycle of euphoria and disappointment t...0 points

The Search For ET, What Does The Drake Equation Say?

Charles Drake is a long time proponent for scienti more...0 points

Charles Drake is a long time proponent for scientific research into the existence of extraterrestrial life. His inspirational work has certa...0 points

Poul Anderson : Science Fiction from the Golden Age

Anderson is probably best known for adventure stor more...0 points

Anderson is probably best known for adventure stories in which larger-than-life characters succeed gleefully or fail heroically. He also wro...0 points

Hard Science Fiction Literature Headquarters

Hard Science Fiction HQ Welcome to the group that more...0 points

Hard Science Fiction HQ Welcome to the group that focuses on fictional works that focus on the word SCIENCE when it comes to science ficti...0 points

Why Hard Science Fiction Can be Relevant to Life Today

Books that allow you to see the relevance of Scien more...0 points

Books that allow you to see the relevance of Science Fiction in today's changing world.  Titles willl change periodically as I find th...0 points