Classic Hard Science Fiction

Explore the best classic hard science fiction books—masterpieces of rigorous scientific accuracy and visionary storytelling. Discover must-read titles from legendary authors that defined the genre.

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Lion of Ireland

 

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Rendezvous With Rama

by Arthur Charles Clarke

During the twenty-second century, a space probe's investigation of a mysterious, cylindrical asteroid brings man into contact with an extra-galactic civilization
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner One of The …
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Neuromancer

by William Gibson

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s …
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Ringworld

by Larry Niven

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel Four travelers come to the ringworld. . . Louis Wu: human and old; bored with …
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The Mote in God's Eye

by Larry Niven

Science fiction-roman.
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The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

Mandella feels hopelessly frustrated as a foot soldier in a century-long interplanetary war.
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A Fire Upon The Deep

by Vernor Vinge

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war …