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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories (Volume 1)

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories (Volume 1)

Hard Sci-FiScience Fiction
Pages
222
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

This anthology collects the best hard science fiction stories of the year, showcasing tales that blend rigorous scientific accuracy with imaginative storytelling. Readers will find themselves immersed in speculative futures and distant worlds, exploring the boundaries of technology and human understanding. Each story offers a unique vision of what's possible when science meets the unknown.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

IntellectualThought-ProvokingAdventurous
First Contact

Genres

Hard Sci-Fi Science Fiction Space Opera

Authors

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Alex Irvine

Alexander Christian Irvine (born March 22, 1969) is an American fantasy and sci-fi author.

C
Craig DeLancey

Craig DeLancey is the author of Loosed Upon the World, a collection of speculative fiction. His stories explore the intersection of technology and the human condition.

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Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford (Gregory Albert Benford) is an astrophysicist and science fiction author who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine. Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, a series that postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life. Greg was born in Mobile, Alabama. He received his Bachelor of...

G
Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones is an author known for her contributions to science fiction, especially within the hard science fiction genre. Her works include entries in "The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories" series and the collection "Myth-understandings." She also wrote a critical study on fellow author Joanna Russ.