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  • Recent Si-fi writers (hard)

    From Alan Beck@1:229/426.36 to all on Saturday, October 10, 2020 08:47:46
    So, who are the current in the last 25 years popular Hard Sci-fi writers?

    I have not been able to read due to a medical condition, I have lost the last 25 years.

    Now I can read a novel in 3-4 days and I am very glad for it.

    I am only interested in Hard Science Fiction, no Fantasy.

    Alan

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Alan Beck on Saturday, October 10, 2020 20:21:36
    On 10/10/2020 1:47 a.m., Alan Beck : to all wrote:


    So, who are the current in the last 25 years popular Hard
    Sci-fi writers?

    I have not been able to read due to a medical condition, I
    have lost the last 25 years.

    Now I can read a novel in 3-4 days and I am very glad for
    it.

    I am only interested in Hard Science Fiction, no Fantasy.

    A few suggestions..

    Ringworld - Larry Niven (1970) ..a little outside your date range.
    Pandora's Star - Peter F Hamilton (2005)
    Revelation Space - Alistair Reynolds (2000)
    The Martian - Andy Weir (2012)
    Mars trilogy: Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), and Blue Mars
    (1996) - Kim Stanley Robinson

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Alan Beck on Sunday, October 11, 2020 08:18:00
    Alan Beck wrote to all <=-

    So, who are the current in the last 25 years popular Hard Sci-fi
    writers?

    Not sure where he falls on your Hard spectrum, but Neal Stephenson's
    Seveneves was an entertaining read about how mankind recovers from an
    extinction-level event.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to August Abolins on Sunday, October 11, 2020 08:18:00
    August Abolins wrote to Alan Beck <=-

    Mars trilogy: Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), and Blue Mars
    (1996) - Kim Stanley Robinson

    Seconded.



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