Hard science fiction is a captivating genre that blends scientific principles with imaginative storytelling. It explores scientific concepts in a realistic and plausible manner, often pushing the boundaries of our current understanding of the universe. If you're a fan of hard science fiction or looking to delve into this exciting genre, there are several acclaimed authors and must-read novels worth exploring. One of the pioneers in hard science fiction is Isaac Asimov, who paved the way with his Foundation series. This epic space opera combines politics, powerful characters, and an intricate plot that spans thousands of years. Asimov's meticulous attention to scientific detail and his ability to predict future technologies have made the Foundation series a timeless classic. Another highly regarded author in the genre is Arthur C. Clarke, known for his masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey." This novel, later adapted into a groundbreaking film, explores humanity's relationship with advanced artificial intelligence and extraterrestrial life. Clarke's storytelling prowess and his knack for scientific accuracy make this novel a must-read for any hard science fiction enthusiast. If you're interested in hard science fiction that delves into the complexities of time travel, "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells is a classic choice. Published in 1895, this novel explores the futuristic concept of time travel and the potential consequences it poses. Wells' vivid imagination and his ability to merge science with captivating storytelling make "The Time Machine" a foundational work in the genre. For those seeking a more contemporary take on hard science fiction, the work of Alastair Reynolds is highly recommended. His "Revelation Space" series combines intricate world-building, breathtaking space opera themes, and realistic scientific concepts that will leave readers in awe. Reynolds' ability to balance complex scientific concepts with compelling narratives has made him one of the foremost authors in the genre today. As a fan of hard science fiction, you may also find it worthwhile to explore online communities and websites dedicated to the genre. Websites like Reddit's r/printSF and the Hard SF subreddit offer platforms for discussions, recommendations, and interaction with fellow enthusiasts. The opportunity to engage in conversations about your favorite hard science fiction novels and authors can deepen your appreciation and understanding of the genre. In conclusion, hard science fiction is an enthralling genre that blends science and storytelling in a compelling way. Whether you're intrigued by Asimov's Foundation series, Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey," or the contemporary works of Alastair Reynolds, there's a wealth of must-read novels waiting to be explored. Supplement your reading with online communities, websites, and discussions, to enhance your enjoyment and connect with fellow fans of hard science fiction. Happy reading!
Main World: Primordial World Identity: Witch Clan Period: Just before the Hongjun Enlightenment, when the Demon Clan established the Demon Court and the Witch Clan dominated the land, on the eve of the second immeasurable catastrophe. Transcended Worlds: High Martial (completed), Concealing the Heavens (completed), Grave of the Gods (completed), Inch of Radiance (completed), Perfect (ongoing...)
78.79 Million words | 2022-12-22 01:49Update
Yahan scoffed and silently insulted, 'I come from a high-tech society where people can fly in the sky with airplanes and even go to space. I've seen all sorts of amazing things. If you were on our planet, your eyeballs would really get crushed by others. What's the use of strength? Can it even withstand missiles?' Suddenly, he stopped and his face turned grim. 'It's hard to say whether missiles can destroy these creatures. The people here are tough and resilient, and they have immense strength despite such gravity. If it was in Earth's environment, they would be like superheroes.' As he thought to himself, Yahan forcefully swallowed the meat in his mouth and then haphazardly stuffed several grape-shaped fruits into his mouth, crunching the skin and seeds, swallowing them. Then, with a fierce expression, he thought, 'If all else fails, then nuclear bombs. Drop a few nuclear bombs, and everything turns to ashes, clean and clear.'
77.74 Million words | 2023-03-30 09:33Update
Exclusive dual-wearing doors, the only extraordinary, a physical embodiment of invincible military forces and various modern weapons.
76.89 Million words | 2023-04-25 15:20Update
The Ultimate Foodie System: A Female Fugitive's Ultimate Counterattack! Ever since Tang Yiyi failed to awaken her special abilities, her life has been completely turned upside down. Her status plummeted, she was imprisoned for murder, and she also carried an 'unknown father' child in her belly. While being escorted, she was secretly attacked, infected with a zombie virus, and thrown into a garbage mountain. At the brink of death, she heard a chilling mechanical voice — "The Ultimate Foodie System has been successfully activated. Would you like to bind with it?"
76.52 Million words | 2021-05-04 12:56Update
Lan Xia is just an ordinary college graduate. Little did she expect that the end of the world actually exists. As the apocalypse strikes, she is far away from her hometown, separated from her dear friend in the city. Having experienced life-and-death separation and hardship together, she deeply understands the cruelty of the end of the world. With the all-round development of supernatural powers and the injection of T-virus antibodies, she becomes immune to all zombie virus infections. Witness how an ordinary college student survives step by step, transforming from ordinary to extraordinary. As the end of the world approaches, watch how she becomes the ultimate champion! The apocalypse has arrived, and the game has just begun. Are you ready for the frenzy of the end times? Who will have the last laugh amidst the evolution of various types of zombies? Is it the constantly evolving zombies? Or is it the humans who possess both wisdom and courage? Or maybe it will be a journey towards destruction... P.S. In fact, this is the bitter and tearful story of a tomboy who is forced to grow into a queen in the apocalypse. Currently, a new chapter is released every day at midnight. If you enjoy this type of story, please
76.15 Million words | 2022-01-31 06:06Update
The Opening of the Era, a white light envelops the Earth. The sudden appearance of this light plunges humanity into a state of unconsciousness. Upon awakening from their slumber, humans are horrified to find that the entire Earth has transformed into a hellish landscape. Amidst cries and screams, limbs and flesh are scattered relentlessly. The white sky and blood-red earth bear witness to the tragic aftermath strewn with corpses. However, all of this is merely the beginning of a new era...
75.58 Million words | 2022-01-06 18:06Update
"Mummy~" "Mummy?" A chubby little hand gently poked the woman lying in bed, with big eyes blinking and a hint of panic in them. Wen Qing looked up at the snow-white ceiling that was impossible to appear in the world of cultivation. She couldn't believe that not only had she failed in her ascension as a deity, but also became an unwed mother who now had to help her cheap son find his biological father. Wen Qing decided not to dwell on these unhappy thoughts for now. "My dear son, let me get some food for your mummy first," she said. "I'll eat enough and then continue to cultivate. Watch me start anew and live an extraordinary life of my own. Our goal is the vastness of the starry sea!"
74.99 Million words | 2023-03-13 14:27Update
In the future, almost everything in the world can be encapsulated. Cars become capsules the size of peanuts, fit in pockets, luxurious mansions fit in
74.36 Million words | 2022-04-29 17:06Update
The new book "The Last Humans" is now available. I hope everyone can show their support for "The Last Humans" - please collect it and, if you have any recommendation votes, please consider voting for the new book. **************** Join the readers' group for this book - group number: ******************* Also, check out my completed work "The Divine Beast Breeding Farm", with tens of thousands of words.
73.00 Million words | 2021-05-10 17:31Update
Have you heard of it? If, in the silence of the night, you open your music player, put on headphones, shrink into your blankets, cover your head, and listen to a repeating song...
70.87 Million words | 2022-10-03 04:51Update
Bai Qingyu traveled from the apocalypse to the future and found this place to her liking. She decided to change her tomboyish image and become a lady. However, she accidentally ended up going down a path of violence and became increasingly obsessed with it. As a background character who never showed her face in the original text, she unexpectedly gained a strong presence and caused the storyline to collapse, overshadowing both the female lead and the supporting character in the novel. Despite being the most useless guard among the superpowered individuals, she broke through her own limitations, fought back, and humiliated countless illusionists. Bai Qingyu: "This illusionist is good, and that one is good too, but
69.42 Million words | 2023-04-27 23:58Update
The new book is an oriental fantasy novel about a wandering toad. After graduating from university and being unemployed for three years, he had to take the postgraduate entrance examination. After obtaining a master's degree and still not finding a job for another three years, he had to pursue a doctorate. Every year, there were classmates who couldn't handle the pressure and jumped off buildings without completing their doctorate. Under such brutal mental stress, he finally survived the last period of his academic career. As an unlucky PhD-level otaku, just when he was about to get his first decent job, he was abducted by aliens for human experimentation. What's even unluckier is that after being toyed with by the aliens, he was abandoned on an unknown planet... Although some books have already ended, as long as I'm still crawling on the internet, I will forever remember these groups.
68.89 Million words | 2021-12-16 19:02Update
Folklore mystery, soul realm, group running experience. Zhou Bala entered a text-based running group game called "Society" and unexpectedly discovered that the rewards obtained in the game can be brought to reality. Various bizarre and peculiar things began to appear in reality. Feng shui divination, facing the yin in reverse, driving away zombies and dispelling evil spirits, primitive skills of illness treatment, mountain wanderers and waterway walkers, mothers of bed bugs, silk spinning and salt boiling, the five thunders can eliminate curses, invoking celestial troops with Hu Huang lime, raising little ghosts with Lord Duang, witch doctors performing exorcism dances, a bowl of talisman water for dealing with collisions, a yellow paper talisman received from a celestial master, the river god not accepting last year's sacrifice, the river currents bringing disaster, no rest at the foot of the mountain god's temple, the earth god doesn't ask in front
68.04 Million words | 2022-09-18 13:32Update
Escape from All, My Inventory Can Combine is the latest science fiction and supernatural novel by the unromantic writer, Xiaobing. For the latest chapters of Escape from All, My Inventory Can Combine, and the full text of the novel, visit Xiaobing's website.
67.75 Million words | 2023-05-29 13:50Update
On the day of my birth, the global gods awakened and everyone transformed from ordinary humans into divine beings... "Ding, Heroic Invincible System binding." "Please, host, no need for explanations. Quickly choose a faction, develop kinship, collect beliefs, ignite divine fire, gather divine essence, and become a deity." Reader group:
66.10 Million words | 2022-04-10 00:24Update
Breathing level, moving level, excreting level, sweating level, playing awkward level... No matter what you do, you can accumulate proficiency and continuously upgrade your skills to become stronger. Many years later, when people asked Mo Xun how to become powerful...
65.37 Million words | 2022-11-03 21:40Update
Wasteland Scavenging and Farming: There's no deception or deep grudges in this post-apocalyptic story. It's simply the tale of a working-class individual who, amidst the wasteland's downfall, gradually builds their own abode and rediscovers themselves. Other works by the author, the Dragonfruit Tycoon: Dragon Clan: The Return of Lone Wolf, Road Mingfei.
64.16 Million words | 2023-06-02 12:47Update
For the obligatory protected Wind Xiao Lazy, the apocalypse is just a refreshed scenery outside the window. Even during the end of the world, the supermarket doesn't stop making money! For the people in the safe zone, just lie down and relax! Wow, that supermarket boss lady is amazing! For Lian Hua, by the way, I'm the supermarket boss, she's just a lousy cashier! Wind Xiao Lazy: Can I quietly be a cashier, please?
63.43 Million words | 2021-11-07 06:55Update
In the future world, genes reign supreme. Various gene modification drugs developed by Yunyang have become popular throughout the universe. Want superpowers? Take the gene modification drug. Want to successfully lose weight? Take the gene modification drug. Want to transform into a beautiful woman? Take the gene modification drug. Want to become a handsome man? Take the gene modification drug. Want to reverse aging? Take the gene modification drug... Yunyang believes that anything in the world that can be solved through genetic technology is not a problem.
63.10 Million words | 2021-11-23 04:45Update
As Chen Yi, the UP main of the handmade area, suddenly discovered that the items he made had attribute interfaces that could adjust the properties of the items. From then on, the art style of human technology changed. Flying high in the sky are unmanned drones that crack open space. Handmade, nuclear-powered smart mechanical dogs with long battery life. Gaming on a smartphone as powerful as Tianhe-1, network lagging. Independent wisdom, a tsundere super artificial intelligence that loves gossip. A liquid water drop with a fully reflective mirror surface, traveling at the speed of sound. And a lightspeed spaceship that can only shoot machine guns. One day, an extraterrestrial civilization visited Earth and, after observing for a while, came to a conclusion. This civilization is strong, but the tech tree is a bit crooked...
61.05 Million words | 2021-08-08 08:11Update
Due to a strange assessment, Bai Lin inexplicably entered the Holy Language Academy of the three major universities of the Federation. After awakening the power of "Nothing" inexplicably, his life underwent tremendous changes. The power of "Nothing" is like a certain kind of contract, regardless of who the other party is. As long as the words regarding borrowing are spoken, a two-way contract can be established. The contract is two-way and once established, it is permanent. Borrowing power comes at a cost. For every time he borrows someone else's power, he needs to fulfill an absolute request from others without violating his own interests and bottom line. "So... this is your reason for hiding from your creditors with me?" Gloria looked at Bai Lin, who was lying in front of her, with a smile on her face. "Last time, you borrowed my alchemy ability. It's time to pay back. How about dating me?" The contract is absolute. "Do you know why I came here to hide?" "Why?" "Because among the creditors behind me... there's my sister. Her requests are the same as yours." (ps: This book lacks all shame and will try not to poison the farmers.┑(￣Д￣)┍)
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