Bookstodon 7/2023 Hard Sci-Fi Recommendations Public

Created by Courts

A list in no particular order of the book recommendations from a Mastodon thread I started on 6 July 2023, asking for hard sci-fi. I tried to add all the books mentioned, but I cannot guarantee that I saw everything, so check out the original replies, too (there are also more generic recommendations for authors to look up):

infosec.exchange/@courts/110665477247655771

I also added the books I already read and mention in the thread. Also, if it is a series, I only added the first book. Unfortunately, many entries here are lacking the proper metadata regarding their series, so please check for yourself if one of the listed books is part of a series or a standalone novel.

Not all books are strictly "hard sci-fi", but as always, defining a genre is not easy, so I added them all anyways.

Happy reading!

  1. Lady of Mazes by 

    3 stars

    Karl Schroeder is one of the new stars of hard SF. His novels, Ventus and Permanence, have established him as …

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  2. Stealing Worlds by 

    4 stars

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  3. Singularity Sky by 

    4 stars

    Singularity Sky is a science fiction novel by author Charles Stross, published in 2003. It was nominated for the Hugo …

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  4. Halting State (Halting State, #1) by 

    4 stars

    Halting State is a novel by Charles Stross, published in the United States on 2 October 2007 and in the …

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  5. The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) by ,

    4 stars

    A breathtaking joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people who …

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  6. The Diary of Nicholas Oldman by 

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    Nicholas Oldman goes to bed after his fortieth birthday party, and wakes to find himself alone and naked in a …

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  7. Wool by 

    4 stars

    In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a …

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  8. Mara and Dann: An Adventure by ,

    4 stars

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  9. Sparrow, The by 

    4 stars

    The Sparrow is a novel about a remarkable man, a living saint, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, who undergoes …

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  10. Earth Abides by 

    4 stars

    The story of rebuilding civilization after a plague nearly wipes out the human race.

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  11. Blue Remembered Earth by  (Poseidon's Children, #1)

    3 stars

    BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand …

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  12. Helliconia Spring by 

    4 stars

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