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I recommend "Blindsight" by Peter Watts, who was a marine biologist before he was an author. He's the only author I can think of who uses academic style citatio

by mrob 10y ago

I recommend "Blindsight" by Peter Watts, who was a marine biologist before he was an author. He's the only author I can think of who uses academic style citations for hard scifi credibility. You can read Blindsight online or download ebook versions here: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm He also shared his Rifters trilogy, which I enjoyed although it's not as good as Blindsight, as well as several short stories: http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts.htm http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts.htm

shagie 10y ago
Robert Forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward In the preface to Timemaster (which features time travel and various paradoxical events), he states anyone who wishes to argue against his hard science use of time travel must first have a published article in a peer reviewed journal refuting a particular paper.
wyager 10y ago
> He's the only author I can think of who uses academic style citations for hard scifi credibility. Greg Egan. He writes mostly "one big lie" hard sci-fi, but it is always grounded in hard science or math and often extensively cited.
danthewireman 10y ago
You might enjoy "Echopraxia", his sequel to "Blindsight."
jstelly 10y ago
I usually agree with other posts here that too much science makes for fiction that I enjoy less. Blindsight was an exception for me. I liked the science ideas and the fiction. If you like this kind of thing you may also like Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear. He wrote an article about the science ideas here: http://gregbear.com/pages/newbiology.php http://gregbear.com/pages/newbiology.php I didn't enjoy this one as much, but the hard-science part was done fairly well.
outworlder 10y ago
+1 for Blindsight. However, as a non-native English speaker, I found it to be hard to follow at times.

by mrob 10y ago

shagie 10y ago

Robert Forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward In the preface to Timemaster (which features time travel and various paradoxical events), he states anyone who wishes to argue against his hard science use of time travel must first have a published article in a peer reviewed journal refuting a particular paper.

wyager 10y ago

> He's the only author I can think of who uses academic style citations for hard scifi credibility. Greg Egan. He writes mostly "one big lie" hard sci-fi, but it is always grounded in hard science or math and often extensively cited.

danthewireman 10y ago

You might enjoy "Echopraxia", his sequel to "Blindsight."

jstelly 10y ago

I usually agree with other posts here that too much science makes for fiction that I enjoy less. Blindsight was an exception for me. I liked the science ideas and the fiction. If you like this kind of thing you may also like Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear. He wrote an article about the science ideas here: http://gregbear.com/pages/newbiology.php http://gregbear.com/pages/newbiology.php I didn't enjoy this one as much, but the hard-science part was done fairly well.

outworlder 10y ago

+1 for Blindsight. However, as a non-native English speaker, I found it to be hard to follow at times.