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How to get into hard science fiction genre? Are there any starter guides?

>> No.11757143

>>11757126
Just read Lem.

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By failing a Turing test.

>> No.11757897

>>11757126
There's not much good hard scifi. Blindsight by Peter Watts is the obvious place to start.

>> No.11757902

>>11757126
Just read Egan

>> No.11758004

>>11757126

Saberhagen

>> No.11759299

I've read Dune and Hyperion. Is the Foundation series a good place to go from here?

>> No.11759307

>>11757126
Read Heavy Planet.

>> No.11759332

>>11757126
If you read literary fiction all the time and then try to read today's science fiction, you won't find it enjoyable. It tricks your brain into thinking it looks good, but is actually extremely dull and non-stimulating when you try to read it.

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>>11757126
here you go OP

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>>11759299
There's no reason you shouldn't.

>> No.11762256

>>11757897
i thought this was pretty good, although at times it seemed he was just working his way through a list of neurological deficiencies.