Hard science-fiction (cu sensul de științifico-fantasticul dur sau științifico-fantasticul tare sau științifico-fantasticul hard) este un gen al științifico-fantastic-ului în care se pune accentul pe detaliile științifice sau tehnice, ori pe acuratețea științifică, sau pe ambele. Termenul a fost folosit pentru prima data în format tipărit în 1957 de către P. Schuyler Miller într-o recenzie a Islands of Space de John W. Campbell, recenzie publicată în Astounding. Termenul complementar de soft science fiction (științifico-fantasticul moale sau științifico-fantasticul soft, format prin analogie cu științifico-fantasticul tare) a apărut pentru prima oară la sfârșitul anilor 1970.
Exemple Romane
Robert A. Heinlein, The Rolling Stones (1952) Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity (1953) John Wyndham, The Outward Urge (1959) Arthur C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust (1961) Stanislaw Lem, Solaris (1961) Arthur C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust (1961), Rendezvous with Rama (1972) Stanislaw Lem, Invincibilul (1964) Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain (1969) Poul Anderson, Tau Zero (1970) Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (1974) James P. Hogan, The Two Faces of Tomorrow (1979) Robert L. Forward, Dragon's Egg (1980) Some editions also inclide a preface by Larry Niven, admitting that "I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics" & Starquake James P. Hogan, The Two Faces of Tomorrow (1979) Robert L. Forward, Dragon's Egg (1980) Some editions also include a preface by Larry Niven, admitting that "I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics" F.M. Busby The Star Rebel (1984) Charles Sheffield, Between the Strokes of Night (1985) The World at the End of Time de Frederik Pohl (1990) Kim Stanley Robinson, Trilogia Marte (Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), Blue Mars (1996)) Review by Rich Horton] Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (1990) Robert Silverberg (editor), Murasaki (1992) Ben Bova, Seria Grand Tour (1992-) Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (1993) Catherine Asaro, Primary Inversion (1995, 2012) Linda Nagata, The Nanotech Succession (1995-1998) Stephen Baxter, Ring (1996) Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder (2002)Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan Gwyneth Jones, Life (2004) Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space (2000) Revelation Space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder (2002) Alastair Reynolds, Pushing Ice (2005) Cixin Liu, "The Three Body Problem" (2006) Paul J. McAuley, The Quiet War (2008) Charles Stross, Spațiul singularității (2003), Răsărit de fier (2004) Andy Weir, The Martian (2011) Neal Stephenson, Seveneves (2015)
Povestiri
Hal Clement, "Uncommon Sense" (1945) James Blish, "Surface Tension" (1952), (Cartea a 3-a a The Seedling Stars ) Tom Godwin, "The Cold Equations" (1954) Poul Anderson, "Kyrie" (1968) Informații despre această povestire Frederik Pohl, "Day Million" (1971) Larry Niven, "Inconstant Moon" (1971) și "The Hole Man" (1974) Greg Bear, "Tangents" (1986) Frederik Pohl, "Day Million" (1971) Larry Niven, "Inconstant Moon" (1971) și "The Hole Man" (1974) Geoffrey A. Landis, "O plimbare prin Soare" (1991) Vernor Vinge, "Fast Times at Fairmont High" (2001)
Filme
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Marooned (1969) The Andromeda Strain (1971) Silent Running (1972) Solaris (1972) Dark Star (1974) Stalker (1979) Blade Runner (1982) 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) — sequel to 2001 Contact (1997) Gattaca (1997) Primer (2004) Sunshine (2007) The Man from Earth (2007) Moon (2009) Robot and Frank (2012) Gravity (2013) Her (2013) Europa Report (2013) Interstellar (2014) Ex Machina (2015) The Martian (2015)
Televiziune Black Mirror (2011) Westworld (2016)
Anime / Manga Yukinobu Hoshino, 2001 Nights (1984, 1986) They Were Eleven (1986) Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) Makoto Yukimura, Planetes (1999, 2004) Flag (2006) Pale Cocoon (2006) Dennō Coil (2007) Moonlight Mile (2007) Rocket Girls (2007) Eden of the East (2009)
Romane grafice Policenauts (1994) YU-NO (1996)
Benzi desenate Robot ("The Sanatorium of Dr. Vliperdius"/Mortal Engines); Timof Comics (based upon stories by Stanislaw Lem) (2013) Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One (2014) & Part Two (2015) Russians on the Moon! (2016)
Jocuri video
Note
Bibliografie suplimentară On Hard Science Fiction: A Bibliography , originally published in Science Fiction Studies #60 (July 1993). David G. Hartwell, "Hard Science Fiction," , Introduction to The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction, 1994, ISBN 0-312-85509-5 Kathryn Cramer's chapter on hard science fiction in The Cambridge Companion to SF, ed. Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James.
A Political History of SF by Eric Raymond The Science in Science Fiction by Brian Stableford, David Langford, & Peter Nicholls (1982)
Legături externe Kheper Realism scale The Ascent of Wonder by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. Story notes and introductions. Hard Science Fiction Exclusive Interviews The Ten Best Hard Science Fiction Books of all Time , selected by the editors of MIT's Technology Review, 2011