Comments on: Ten Classic Hard Science Fiction Novels featuring Physics and Astronomy http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-141593 Chris Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:21:14 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-141593 The article’s title begins “Ten Classic Hard Science Fiction Novels…”, yet Stross asks, “Would it have hurt to have included one novel from the twenty-first century?” Maybe I’m just old fashioned here, but I think it’s too early for anything published this century–I would even include the 1990′s, for that matter–to truly be considered a “classic” novel.

]]> By: Geek Media Round-Up: November 16, 2012 – Grasping for the Wind http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-137060 Geek Media Round-Up: November 16, 2012 – Grasping for the Wind Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:02:39 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-137060 [...] Ten Classic Hard Science Fiction Novels featuring Physics and Astronomy [...]

]]> By: Morgan Alreth http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136777 Morgan Alreth Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:03:08 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136777 Of course, anything by Asimov.

]]> By: Morgan Alreth http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136776 Morgan Alreth Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:01:27 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136776 Rendezvous With Rama
When Worlds Collide
2001 A Space Odyssey (Or was that a movie that became a book?)
I Am Legend (the first novel I know of to attempt a scientifically plausible, biological explanation for vampires)
(These are dated, but in their day they did not violate known scientific law)
The Lost World
The Time Machine

]]> By: Fly Away http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136758 Fly Away Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:15:17 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136758 Nice list. I’ll only add a suggestion: Clarke’s “A Fall of Moondust”. Some wonderful applied physics there.

]]> By: Karen Anderson http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136751 Karen Anderson Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:06:23 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136751 Good to see Poul cited here! Go read these, everybody. And I agree on the commenters’ additions to the list, especially the rarely-mentioned Campbell title THE MOON IS HELL. Some of these stories will look crude; they were written in the days when authors displayed ideas, rather than showing off with literary fancywork. –Karen Anderson, reader since the 1940′s.

]]> By: steve davidson http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136715 steve davidson Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:32:02 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136715 Wonderful piece! (You couldn’t have waited a few more weeks?)

I’ll add an even older piece by J W Campbell: The Moon Is Hell. A midst all the rocketry and atomics, Campbell gives chemistry its due.

I also wanted to mention that there is a sequel to Mission of Gravity entitled Star Light (and a collection of stories) for those who discover that Clement/Stubbs was a wonderful person and his stories even more so.

]]> By: Hard Science Fiction Novels - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136700 Hard Science Fiction Novels - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:19:58 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136700 [...] Science Fiction Novels Astronomy professor/writer Mike Brotherton picks his Ten Classic Hard Science Fiction Novels featuring Physics and Astronomy. Concise list (the article has a nice intro/outro/brief-description-of-each): 1. Mission of [...]

]]> By: John http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136678 John Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:30:31 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136678 The Heechee Saga by Frederick Pohl is my only addition.

]]> By: William McCabe http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/ten-classic-hard-science-fiction-novels-featuring-the-physics-and-astronomy-mik/#comment-136669 William McCabe Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:32:21 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=29344#comment-136669 It’s funny how all of these have to do with aliens or space travel. Maybe it’s just that the writer is an astronomer.

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