The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how science fiction works

Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by Herodotus38 on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:11AM (#27927442)

Peter Watts has a good biology background so his books are pretty accurate when it comes to sci-fi advances with biology. Definitely better than most authors who usually focus more on physics/engineering.

I liked “Blindsight” and “The Freeze-Frame Revolution”

I would also appreciate any recommendations for hard sci-fi authors with a biology focus, I’m sure there are many more I don’t know.

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by BLKNSLVR on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:45AM (#27928242)

Blindsight was great, Echopraxia not as good, but I still enjoyed it. I'll be searching out "The Freeze-Frame Revolution" for sure, thanks.

Hard sci-fi / biology crossover: https://www.gregegan.net/TERANESIA/TERANESIA.html

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by PicassoCTs on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:59AM (#27928984)

https://www.tor.com/2014/07/29/the-colonel-peter-watts/

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by arethuza on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:23AM (#27929468)

Ken MacLeod has a zoology degree - which is presumably where names like "The Stone Canal" came from...

I like most of his novels, particularly "Learning the World" - which I guess is a reverse first contact novel.

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by kryptn on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:34AM (#27927554)

I really enjoyed Blindsight, I'll have to check out your other suggestion. Thanks!

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