Bookstodon 7/2023 Hard Sci-Fi Recommendations Public

Created by Courts

A list in no particular order of the book recommendations from a Mastodon thread I started on 6 July 2023, asking for hard sci-fi. I tried to add all the books mentioned, but I cannot guarantee that I saw everything, so check out the original replies, too (there are also more generic recommendations for authors to look up):

infosec.exchange/@courts/110665477247655771

I also added the books I already read and mention in the thread. Also, if it is a series, I only added the first book. Unfortunately, many entries here are lacking the proper metadata regarding their series, so please check for yourself if one of the listed books is part of a series or a standalone novel.

Not all books are strictly "hard sci-fi", but as always, defining a genre is not easy, so I added them all anyways.

Happy reading!

  1. Revelation Space by  (Revelation Space, #1)

    Revelation Space is a 2000 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel (but not …

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  2. The Many-Colored Land by 

    When a one-way time tunnel to Earth's distant past, specifically six million B.C., was discovered by folks on the Galactic …

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  3. Ringworld by  (Sf Masterworks)

    The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its …

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  4. The End of Eternity by 

    The End of Eternity is a 1955 science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov with mystery and thriller elements …

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  5. Hyperion by  (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

    On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …

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  6. De lange namiddag van de aarde by 

    Hothouse is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, composed of five novelettes that were originally serialised …

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  7. The City and the Stars / The Sands of Mars by 

    Omnibus

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  8. The Ministry for the Future by 

    The Ministry for the Future is a cli-fi novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. …

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  9. Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga #1) by 

    Shards of Honor is an English language science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in June 1986. It …

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  10. On Basilisk Station by  (Honor Harrington, #1)

    This is the first novel in the Honor Harrington series. Honor Harrington is in trouble: having made a Senior Admiral …

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  11. Marrow by 

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  12. Corsair by 

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  13. A Darkling Sea by 

    On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the …

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  14. Contact by 

    In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …

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  15. A Fire Upon The Deep by  (Zones of Thought, #1)

    Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …

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