![]() Without spoiling the plot, the story evolves around a crew of humans sent from the Earth to investigate what seems to be a signal from an alien ship. But, hard science fiction tries to do its best to extrapolate from what we know rather than simply invent new stuff that is indistiguishable from magic.īlindsight, by Peter Watts, is an excellent example of great hard science fiction. ![]() Of course, liberties always have to be taken, since, if you are writing about a far-off future or an alien civilization, we don’t know all of the relevant science and one has to invent something. In contrast, hard science fiction tries to base its world building on sound scientific concepts. It is essentially a fantasy story taking place amongst the stars. As has been said, advanced techology might be indistinguishable from magic, and soft science fiction doesn’t even try to distinguish. There is what one might call “soft” science fiction, in which the setting is some futuristic or advanced technological place, but there is no real effort to try to ground the science in, well, science. ![]()
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