What are some good hard science fiction books?

Readers who prefer their science fiction with a side of accuracy will appreciate these hard science fiction novels. ... read more

As we announced earlier, Technology Review will publish TR: SF, a collection of original science fiction stories, in the fall. The stories will all be near-future, hard science fiction, inspired by the kinds of emerging technologies we see in our coverage at Technology Review. read more

These are science fiction classics and excellent examples of hard scifi. They are also the reason why I don’t consider stuff like Star Wars science fiction (they are space opera, but unlike most I don’t consider it a subgenre of science fiction). Descriptions were taken from Wikipedia. read more

Mission of Gravity is considered one of the first real hard science fiction stories, and one of the definitive examples of worldbuilding. Mesklin is a vast, inhospitable, disc-shaped planet, so cold that its oceans are liquid methane and its snows are frozen ammonia. read more