| 1976-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
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science fiction (1), psychology (1), scientists (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1975-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forever War |
Joe Haldeman |
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military sf (4), space opera (3), science fiction (2), into-board game (1), sub-light speed (1), war with aliens (1), power armor (1), dilatation (1), time travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1975-01-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Life and Times of Multivac |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1), computers (1)
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| 1975-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Shockwave Rider |
John Brunner |
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cyberpunk (1), revolution (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), computers (1), alternating chapter structure (1)
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| 1974-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (2), Albert Einstein (1), artificial language (1), physicists (1), university (1), double planet (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), Tau Ceti (1), philosophy (1), ansible (1), childbirth (1), trains (1), architecture (1), education (1), artificial languages (1), famine (1), Time (1), revolution (1), desert (1), alternating chapter structure (1), ambiguous utopia (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), love (1), celibacy (1), LGBTQ+ (1), mathematics (1), music (1), art (1), leather (1), food (1), into-radio (1), drought (1), anarchism (1), Utopia (1)
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| 1973-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rendezvous with Rama |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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first contact (3), science fiction (3), Big Dumb Object (1), into-video game (1), into-radio (1), exploration (1), robots (1), space travel (1), genetic engineering (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 5-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), hard science fiction (1), sub-light speed (1), mega-starship (1), alien artifact (1), near future (1)
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| 1971-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Occam's Scalpel |
Theodore Sturgeon |
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hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1971-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Cruel Equations |
Robert Sheckley |
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space travel (1), hard science fiction (1), into-tv (1), artificial intelligence (1), military (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1971-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Transit of Earth |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1970-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
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exploration (2), teleportation (1), natural disaster (1), faster than light travel (1), breeding program (1), time stasis (1), luck (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), longevity (1), superconductivity (1), into-game (1), into-video game (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), asteroid (1), mega-engineering (1)
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| 1970-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Tau Zero |
Poul Anderson |
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Big Crunch (1), gender relations (1), Bussard ramjet (1), only humans (1), no faster than light travel (1), galactic clusters (1), galactic superclusters (1), general relativity (1), oscillating cosmological model (1), generation ship (1), team psychology (1), hope (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), dilatation (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
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| 1970-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Waterclap |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (2), hard sf (1), deepsea (1), submersible (1)
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| 1969-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Nine Lives |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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hard sf (1), science fiction (1), cloning (1), interstellar travel (1), mining (1), love (1), famine (1)
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| 1968-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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artificial intelligence (4), ship AI (2), near future (2), into-movie (2), science fiction (2), HAL-9000 (1), saturn (1), alien artifact (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), Earth (1), moon (1), Iapetus (1), hard sf (1), computer (1), first contact (1)
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| 1968-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kyrie |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Planners |
Kate Wilhelm |
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hard sf (1), science fiction (1), animal behavior (1), brain enhancement (1), chimps (1)
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| 1966-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Bookworm, Run! |
Vernor Vinge |
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enhanced intelligence (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1966-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Day Million |
Frederik Pohl |
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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)
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| 1966-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Light of Other Days |
Bob Shaw |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1), scotland (1)
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| 1966-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1962-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Cage of Sand |
J. G. Ballard |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1), mars (1)
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| 1962-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Weather Man |
Theodore L. Thomas |
|
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Merril08 (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1959-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
No, No, Not Rogov! |
Cordwainer Smith |
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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 |
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first contact (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1956-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Prima Belladonna |
J. G. Ballard |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1), music (1), plants (1)
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| 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)
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| 1955-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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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 |
|
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hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1954-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mission of Gravity |
Hal Clement |
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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 |
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X Minus 1 (2), into-tv (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), into-radio (1), into-movie (1), interstellar travel (1), stowaway (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Second Foundation |
Isaac Asimov |
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|
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 |
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miniaturization (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 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)
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| 1952-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Surface Tension |
James Blish |
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X Minus 1 (2), water (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1)
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| 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)
|
| 1950-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Xi Effect |
R. S. Richardson |
|
|
contemporary (1), science fiction (1), cosmology (1), hard sf (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)
|
| 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)
|
| 1935-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Davey Jones' Ambassador |
Raymond Z. Gallun |
|
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undersea civilization (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
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