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 e12e on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:22AM (#27927784)

Many good suggestions here - I definitely recommend to check out Vernor Vinge. I've heard a lot of praise for The Expanse series (James S. A. Corey / pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) - but I've only seen the TV series, not read the books.

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by e12e on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:30AM (#27928495)

I would kind of consider the stand alone books Black Man/Thirteen, Thin Air (two books, same universe) and the Altered Carbon trilogy by Richard Morgan "hard" sci-fi to an extent - and be aware that the TV series, while entertaining, butchered much of the political content in the books.

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by BLKNSLVR on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:37AM (#27929181)

If you like the "Takeshi Kovacs / Altered Carbon" trilogy, you'll almost definitely like the "Greg Mandel / Event Horizon" trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton.

And they're not bible sized tomes like some of PFH's later space operas (some of which I own, but am too intimidated by their size to have considered starting the journey).

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by e12e on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:23AM (#27930978)

True, I was considering mentioning Hamilton, but it's been so long since I read those books - so wasn't quite sure if I'd call them hard sci-fi or not :)

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