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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
1968-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Planners Kate Wilhelm     hard sf (1), science fiction (1), animal behavior (1), brain enhancement (1), chimps (1)
1968-07-00 SHORTFICTION English There Is a Tide Larry Niven     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), Known Space (1), alien encounter (1), neutronium (1)
1967-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Fifteen Miles Ben Bova     hard sf (1), only humans (1), rescue (1), exploration (1), science fiction (1)
1967-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Flatlander Larry Niven     hyperspace (1), matter transmission (1), hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), antimatter (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), exploration (1)
1967-04-00 SHORTFICTION English The Ethics of Madness Larry Niven     interstellar travel (1), slower than light travel (1), hydrogen ramscoop fusion drive (1), revenge (1), paranoia (1), hard sf (1), automated medical machinery (1), longevity (1)
1967-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Handicapped Larry Niven     interstellar travel (1), first person (1), sentience (1), xenobiology (1), hard sf (1), mind control (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
1967-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The Last Command Keith Laumer     military hardware (1), artificial intelligence (1), hard sf (1), first person point of view (1), veteran (1), artificial intelligence point of view (1)
1967-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Soft Weapon Larry Niven     hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), war with aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), into-tv (1), force fields (1), time distortion (1), Beta Lyrae (1), time stasis (1)
1966-12-00 SHORTFICTION English A Relic of the Empire Larry Niven     space pirates (1), interstellar travel (1), hard sf (1), xenobiology (1), science fiction (1), revenge (1), beards (1)
1966-11-00 SHORTFICTION English At the Core Larry Niven     hyperspace (1), hard sf (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
1966-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Bookworm, Run! Vernor Vinge     enhanced intelligence (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
1966-02-00 SHORTFICTION English Day Million Frederik Pohl     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), distant future (1), transsexuals (1), cyborgs (1), interplanetary travel (1), Body modification (1), marriage (1), uploaded personalities (1), sex (1)
1966-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Defence Mechanism Vincent King     hard sf (1), far future (1), decayed metropolis (1), science fiction (1)
1966-04-00 SHORTFICTION English In the Temple of Mars Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), space war (1), war with machines (1), berserker machine (1), ship AI (1), death cult (1), mind control (1)
1966-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Light of Other Days Bob Shaw     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), scotland (1)
1966-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Mr. Jester Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), war with machines (1), berserker machine (1), ship AI (1), social commentary (1)
1966-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Neutron Star Larry Niven     hyperspace (1), neutron star (1), hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), first person (1), tides (1), aliens (1), Doppler effect (1), science fiction (1)
1966-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Six Cubed Plus One Douglas R. Mason     artificial intelligence (1), contemporary (1), hard sf (1), into-tv (1)
1966-09-00 SHORTFICTION English The Face of the Deep Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), berserker machine (1), war with machines (1), FTL travel (1), ship AI (1), black hole (1)
1966-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told Arthur C. Clarke     science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1966-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Pen and the Dark Colin Kapp     hard sf (1), alien visitation (1), alien artifact (1)
1965-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Masque of the Red Shift Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), ship AI (1), social commentary (1), berserker machine (1), war with machines (1), science fiction (1)
1965-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Patron of the Arts Fred Saberhagen     art (1), space combat (1), artificial intelligence (1), extrastellar travel (1), hard sf (1), berserker machine (1), ship AI (1), war with machines (1)
1965-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Sign of the Wolf Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), ship AI (1), berserker machine (1), war with machines (1), pastoral society (1)
1965-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Stone Place Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), interstellar warfare (1), war with robots (1), ship AI (1), berserker machine (1)
1965-04-00 SHORTFICTION English What T and I Did Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar war (1), ship AI (1), berserker machine (1), war with machines (1), first person (1), split brain (1)
1964-06-00 SHORTFICTION English Men of Good Will Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis     Merril10 (1), laws of physics (1), moon (1), cold war (1), hard sf (1), near future (1)
1964-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Single Combat Joseph Green     Merril10 (1), hard sf (1), interstellar warfare (1), tribal culture (1)
1964-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Life Hater Fred Saberhagen     hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), space war (1), war with machines (1), berserker machine (1), ship AI (1)
1963-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Fortress Ship Fred Saberhagen     learning algorithms (1), berserker machine (1), ship AI (1), hard sf (1), space war (1), artificial intelligence (1), alien animals (1), war with machines (1), FTL travel (1)
1963-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Goodlife Fred Saberhagen     berserker machine (1), ship AI (1), space war (1), hard sf (1), war with machines (1), interstellar travel (1), FTL travel (1)
1963-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Hot Planet Hal Clement     Mercury (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1962-06-00 SHORTFICTION English The Cage of Sand J. G. Ballard     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), mars (1)
1962-09-00 SHORTFICTION English The Snowbank Orbit Fritz Leiber     hard sf (1), solar system travel (1), war with aliens (1)
1962-06-00 SHORTFICTION English The Weather Man Theodore L. Thomas     Merril08 (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1961-11-24 SHORTFICTION German Das Geheimnis der Zeitgruft Clark Darlton     space warfare (1), science fiction (1), psychological warfare (1), war with aliens (1), FTL communication (1), FTL travel (1), hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), humanoid aliens (1), artificial intelligence (1), Perry Rhodan (1), telepaths (1), telekinetics (1), remote viewing (1), Reptilian aliens (1), ancient technology (1), fifth dimension (1), immortality (1), psychic mutants (1)
1960-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Combat Unit Keith Laumer     Merril06 (1), nonhuman point of view (1), first person point of view (1), war (1), hard sf (1), artificial intelligence (1), military sf (1), science fiction (1), artificial intelligence point of view (1), war with aliens (1)
1960-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Deadly Moon Fritz Leiber     hard sf (1), global disaster (1), science fiction (1)
1960-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Trouble with Tycho Clifford D. Simak     science fiction (1), moon (1), hard sf (1), aliens (1)
1959-02-00 SHORTFICTION English No, No, Not Rogov! Cordwainer Smith     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), invention (1), neurology (1), telepathy (1), far future (1), dancing (1), espionage (1), cold war (1), russia (1), Earth (1)
1958-08-00 NOVEL English The Enemy Stars Poul Anderson     first contact (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
1957-00-00 NOVEL English The Black Cloud Fred Hoyle     first contact (2), climate change (2), science fiction (2), england (2), cosmic disaster (1), philosophy (1), hard sf (1), UK (1), scientist (1), scientists (1), astronomer (1), astromomers (1), astronomy (1), alien intelligence (1), Alien Communication (1), politics (1), politicians (1), genius (1), radio astronomy (1), nebula (1), higher intelligence (1), music (1), interstellar travel (1), astronomers (1), computers (1)
1956-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Prima Belladonna J. G. Ballard     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), music (1), plants (1)
1956-11-00 SHORTFICTION English The Last Question Isaac Asimov     artificial intelligence (1), computers (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), heat death of the universe (1), reboot (1), hyperspace (1), Entropy (1), End of the Universe (1), immortality (1), overpopulation (1), interstellar travel (1), loss (1), last human (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1)
1955-11-00 SHORTFICTION English The Star Arthur C. Clarke     religion (2), science fiction (2), supernova (2), Family Theatre (1), into-tv (1), hard sf (1), alien artifacts (1), aliens (1), nebula (1), astrophysicists (1)
1954-02-00 SHORTFICTION English Beep James Blish     hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
1954-01-00 NOVEL English Mission of Gravity Hal Clement     hard sf (2), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), high gravity (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
1954-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Cold Equations Tom Godwin     X Minus 1 (2), into-tv (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), into-radio (1), into-movie (1), interstellar travel (1), stowaway (1)
1954-05-00 ANTHOLOGY English The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction Oscar J. Friend and Leo Margulies     hard sf (1)
1953-00-00 COLLECTION English Second Foundation Isaac Asimov     science fiction (2), space opera (2), spaceport (1), psychohistory (1), strong female character (1), coming of age (1), librarians (1), navigation (1), stowaway (1), stutter (1), space war (1), calendar (1), psychology (1), mind control (1), interstellar travel (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), female protagonist (1), mutant (1), psychic ability (1), empathy (1), hard sf (1), galactic empire (1)
1953-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Indefatigable Frog Philip K. Dick     miniaturization (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1953-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Scavengers James White     hard sf (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), military (1)
1952-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Dumb Waiter Walter M. Miller, Jr.     hard sf (1), cybernetics (1), science fiction (1)
1952-00-00 COLLECTION English Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov     empathy (1), psychic probe (1), world city (1), bribery (1), underground city (1), mutants (1), tidally locked planet (1), nuclear power (1), bureaucrats (1), ray guns (1), birds (1), clown (1), psychologist (1), assassination (1), flying cars (1), enhanced intellilgence (1), tobacco (1), interstellar trade (1), music (1), science fiction (1), space opera (1), galactic empire (1), hard sf (1), library (1), psychic ability (1), mutant (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), psychohistory (1), mind control (1), interstellar travel (1), strong female character (1), space war (1), force fields (1), microfilm (1), hyperwave (1)
1952-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Ricochet on Miza Gordon R. Dickson     hard sf (1), aliens (1), hunting (1), telepathy (1)
1952-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Surface Tension James Blish     X Minus 1 (2), water (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1)
1952-09-00 SHORTFICTION English The Snowball Effect Katherine MacLean     X Minus 1 (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), sociology (1), research (1), university administration (1), organizations (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
1951-00-00 COLLECTION English Foundation Isaac Asimov     archaeology (1), surveillance (1), world city (1), nuclear power (1), nuclear weapons (1), scientists (1), transmutation (1), symbolic logic (1), gold (1), courtroom drama (1), time capsule (1), force fields (1), hyperwave (1), diplomacy (1), ray guns (1), iron (1), interstellar trade (1), empire (1), computers (1), encyclopedia (1), mathematics (1), interstellar travel (1), antigravity (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), religion (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Fix up (1), galactic empire (1), space opera (1), psychohistory (1)
1951-00-00 NOVEL English Prelude to Space Arthur C. Clarke     hard science fiction (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), space travel (1), moon (1), engineering (1)
1951-00-00 NOVEL English Seetee Ship Jack Williamson     hard sf (1), asteroid (1), asteroid belt (1), time paradox (1), alien artifacts (1), antimatter (1), mining (1), science fiction (1), time in reverse (1)
1951-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Situation Thirty Frank M. Robinson     interstellar travel (1), interspecies warfare (1), hard sf (1), psychological warfare (1)
1950-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Pallas Rebellion Donald A. Wollheim     interplanetary travel (1), robot rebellion (1), hard sf (1), artificial ignorance (1)
1950-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The Xi Effect R. S. Richardson     contemporary (1), science fiction (1), cosmology (1), hard sf (1)
1949-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Enchantress of Venus Leigh Brackett     venus (1), hard sf (1), planetary romance (1), science fiction (1)
1949-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Fireproof Hal Clement     espionage (1), orbital military launch platforms (1), hard sf (1), near future (1), science fiction (1)
1949-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Hide and Seek Arthur C. Clarke     hard sf (1), interplanetary travel (1), space combat (1), first person (1), Phobos (1), science fiction (1), story within a story (1)
1948-01-10 SHORTFICTION English The Black Pits of Luna Robert A. Heinlein     hard sf (1), juvenile (1), first person (1), humans only (1), luna (1), near future (1), moon (1), science fiction (1)
1947-07-26 SHORTFICTION English "It's Great to Be Back!" Robert A. Heinlein     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), moon (1), Earth (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1946-02-00 SHORTFICTION English Forgotten World Edmond Hamilton     science fiction (1), interplanetary travel (1), hard sf (1)
1944-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Desertion Clifford D. Simak     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), enhanced intelligence (1), assimilation (1), Jupiter (1), dogs (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), enhanced sensation (1)
1942-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Wabbler Murray Leinster     hard sf (1), artificial intelligence (1), war (1), nonhuman point of view (1), science fiction (1)
1940-06-00 SHORTFICTION English The Sun Maker Jack Williamson     hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
1936-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Frictional Losses John W. Campbell, Jr.     alien invasion (2), heat ray (2), atomic power (1), population decimated (1), survival (1), hard sf (1), post apocalypse (1), science fiction (1), New York (1), war with alien (1)
1935-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Blindness John W. Campbell, Jr.     Solar power (1), atomic power (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), Space ship (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1935-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Davey Jones' Ambassador Raymond Z. Gallun     undersea civilization (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1931-03-00 SHORTFICTION English The Meteor Girl Jack Williamson     Librivox (1), cometary properties (1), theory of relativity (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1882-11-18 SHORTFICTION English Into the Sun Robert Duncan Milne     hard sf (1), comet (1), global catastrophy (1)
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