Linda Nagata (https://mythicisland.com/ https://mythicisland.com/) has consistently produced some of the best hard SF available today, and in my opinion, her no

Linda Nagata (https://mythicisland.com/ https://mythicisland.com/) has consistently produced some of the best hard SF available today, and in my opinion, her novels far surpass many of the entries in that list... Maybe it's because she's self-published? (Publicity is hard.) Or is hard science fiction a niche in its genre? Here are two of my favorites: https://mythicisland.com/the_last_good_man.php https://mythicisland.com/the_last_good_man.php https://mythicisland.com/lov.php https://mythicisland.com/lov.php She deserves recognition: great ideas, moral quandaries, and humane protagonists. After I first discovered her work, I binge-read everything, then had to wait months for her next novel. And it's great that one of my favorite SF authors is actually still living! (And healthy, and writing ;-)