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Ask HN: Modern Hard SciFi

5 points by codedrome ↗ HN
Are there any contemporary hard sci-fi authors comparable to Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke and others of their era? I have recently been reading Stephen Baxter and Kim Stanley Robinson and would like to find other comparable authors. The problem I have with modern sci-fi is that it is blurred with Tolkien-style fantasy and it's often difficult to know where a particular book fits on the spectrum.

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posix_me_less
Check out Liu Cixin, The three-body problem.
codedrome
I've seen that, first of a trilogy I think. I'll give it a go, thanks.
markus_zhang
I second this. Very fun and many interesting ideas.
code_Whisperer
I would heartily recommend "Children of Time" (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Another one that stands out over the last couple of years (for me) is "The Book of Strange New Things" by Michael Faber, which has a mix of hard sci-fi with some very thought provoking philosophy/religion.
codedrome
Thanks, I'll look out for those.