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  11 2 "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. One of my all time favorites. Jakey answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  6 0 I strongly second the recommendation for Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon -- and he's a local author, too! Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge is another near-future sci-fi novel by a professor of physics. Vinge, the popularizer of the Singularity concept, is a daddy of hard-SF. Two of my other favorites of hard, near-future SF are Earth by David Brin and Timescape by Stephen Baxter; both, again, written by scientists, but very well-told stories as well. Isaac Asimov is one of my favorite authors of all time, but I think his books fail your criteria; they're either too dated to be 'near future,' or they're set in the too-distant future and qualify more as space opera (ala the Foundation series). Bujold and Heinlein fans, sorry, I've gotta disagree with you, too; great authors, lots of good books, but they're not really "hard" sci-fi, in the "emphasis on science" sense. CJ Alexander answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 4 comments by Uplift, CJ Alexander, and Valkyrie… 0 0 Pretty sure Timescape is by Gregory Benford. That said, I want to read it now. Uplift commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Doh! You're right, I meant Benford. Benford, Bear, Brin, Baxter, Bujold... too many B's! :) CJ Alexander commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 cryptonomicon is my favorite book ever, bar none. neal stephenson is an honest to god scientist, too. Valkyrie commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 CJ: it's true. I've noticed the same. Valkyrie: can you elaborate on "honest to god scientist"? Some of my fave sf authors are PhDs (Reynolds, Baxter). Nothing against Stephenson, though - he's clearly a bona fide genius. But I am not aware of his being a practicing scientist. Thanks! Uplift commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  8 2 Try reading Neal Stephenson if you haven't already. Ryan Parrish answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  6 1 I echo the Neal Stephenson comment, and would add in recent William Gibson. Gibson's early work is great, but a bit dated now. His newer books (Spook Country is a good place to start) are set about 5 minutes in the future and examine the impact of technology on social structures. I know you said no space operas, but I would also recommend Ian M. Banks. His Culture novels are set in the far, far future and against a huge background, but are far from the typical space opera stereotype. Charlie Stross is fun too, as is John Scalzi. Both of them are a little less serious lit than the above writers but without straying in to stereotype or camp. Andrew Wright answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by CJ Alexander… 0 0 I posted my own separate answer below, but just wanted to say "hi" and echo that Stephenson, Gibson, Banks, Stross, and Scalzi are a who's-who of my favorite current SF authors (I'd add Vinge, Brin, and a few others). :) Iain (non-M) Banks' "The Business" was sort of near-future Gibson-esque, and absorbing, so maybe that counts. CJ Alexander commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  5 0 I adore John Barnes (try "Mother of Storms" or "Kaleidoscope Century"), dig Jack McDevitt, and Charlie Stross. I've got to say I've been happily reading the "Year's Best SciFi" anthologies (currently up to 14), and find they are a great way to find cool new authors. Highly recommended! Lawrence Winnerman answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 0 I can't recommend Alfred Bester enough. He wrote primarily in the 50s, but with the exception of some women-in-society giveaways, his work could have been written yesterday. He always deals with social scenarios that are laden with real science. And they're ripping good reads. Try The Demolished Man first, and then if you like that The Stars My Destination. MonkeyNose answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Geni… 0 0 The Stars My Destination is one of my all-time favorite books. Geni commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 1 Greg Bear is one of my favorite authors. Try his book Darwin's Radio (and sequel Darwin's Children, although the sequel is not as good). Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy is a good read, with fairly decent extrapolation from known facts (the very definition of hard SF). Larry Niven's Ringworld books. Anything by Greg Egan. Dan Simmons' Hyperion books. Geni answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Mike Nonya… 0 0 i love any woman who has read any thing by Larry Niven. Mike Nonya commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 Iain M Banks (he writes non-science fiction under the name Iain Banks). Good writing, solid on the science and great stories. Amy Smith answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 Almost all the answers so far are "hard SF" but aren't particlarly realistic science based. More along the lines of "cool technology that's theoretically possible if the universe were somewhat different." What you want is stuff that falls under the rubric of Mundane-SF. Charles Stross' Halting State, or Geoff Ryman's Air. For Ryman's Wiscon guest of honor speech, he read from the intro to an anthology he's working on where he paired up an SF writers each with a working scientist to write short stories based on the scientists work. Not sure what it's titled or when it will be out, but that sounds like it will be right up your alley. King Rat answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 This is what you might call new-style space opera. Certainly not near future, but based in science (the author was an astrophysicist with the EU’s version of NASA, until his books started selling): “Revelation Space” by Alastair Reynolds. (Relatively) hard sci-fi — for example, no faster-than-light travel, so there are characters who have been alive for hundreds of years in a rest frame, but only decades in their own frame. The series addresses the Fermi paradox: There should be life out there, and we probably should have seen it by now, so why haven’t we? S. Ben Melhuish answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Robert Heinlein is great, lots of actual science in his books. I am just finishing the future history short stories, which even written in the 1940's are amazing and relatable. and I'd say read some Carl Sagan, but not his science fiction, read his actual science books. Like Boca's Brain or Dragons in the Garden of Eden. You'll learn a lot, and his writing is good enough that you won't be bored. O. Monique answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by douchus and Geni… 0 0 My god yes! Robert Heinlein is a MUST. For a specific work, I recommend 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress'; it is definitely my favorite. douchus commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Moon is a Harsh Mistress is by far my favorite of Heinlein's books. Geni commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I really loved William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition". Not one of his most popular, but it certainly feels contemporary, relevent, & sufficiently science-y. In terms of watching... I am right now enjoying Battlestar Galactica (on dvd) more than I ever thought possible. Jill Blevins answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 1 Greg Bear is awesome... but I'm gonna have to say Stephen Baxter is your best bet. He's a local guy too, good "hard sci-fi". They have a ton of them at half price books. Joe Meitl answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by Uplift and Geni… 0 0 Baxter is local to Seattle? Really? He's so...British. Greg Bear is local though, isn't he? Uplift commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Greg Bear lives on Queen Anne. Geni commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 1 I really enjoy everything written by Greg Egan, an Aussie, although his most recent novels keep getting further and further from human experience. Start with earlier works like Permutation City and his short story collections Axiomatic and Luminous. Uplift answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Uplift… 0 0 Just curious, whoever: why did you thumbs-down this answer? Uplift commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 2 Larry Niven is a good hard science fiction author, the Ringworld stuff really. I'll definitely echo the Neal Stephenson stuff, though. Gitai Ben-Ammi answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 2 Dan Simmons rocks. His ability to create universes set in the far future is unparalleled. olechka answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World. In the spirit of Edwin Abbott's Flatland, a story about present day human contact with a two spacial dimensional world. Considerable effort was taken to be accurate in a physics, biology, chemistry, planetary science, astronomy, and technology sense of what it would really be like for such a world. Of course this is mostly theoretical science, but the ideas were theorized and discussed before hand by many scientists. datajunkie answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I highly recommend the Canadian SF author Robert J. Sawyer. "Illegal Alien", "Calculating God", and his Neanderthal trilogy are great reads. Brandon Bolinger answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Tanya Kitterman… 0 0 I second "Calculating God" as one of my all time favorites, and also "Frameshift" Tanya Kitterman commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 Larry Niven. His shit is hard science AND good story telling. Matt Hickey answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Geni… 0 0 Somebody must really not like Larry Niven. All those of us who recommended his books got a thumbs down. Weird. I always liked him. Geni commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I just wrote two new science fiction books. http://www.lulu.com/content/7604051# Suzanne La Rosa Herlihy answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I've always loved Marge Piercy's He, She and It. Set in about 2050, it involves the creation of a very human-appearing robot created to protect a Jewish settlement in America. The science includes cool stuff about cyberspace, and sociologically, the command of the world by giant corporations. It's also got great character development, with strong females. Also, The Sparrow and Children of God by Mary Doria Russell rocked my world when I read them last fall. Set in the near future, a motley crew travel to a newly-discovered planet and the story is about first contact. Lots and lots of great action, with plot lines that were unpredictable. Not so much science, but more an exploration of what can go horribly wrong with cultural misunderstandings. Thanks for asking this question! I am bookmarking this page so I can also get my good sci fi fix! Jodi Pritchard answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Wow -- no one's mentioned Firefly? Watch the series before the movie Serenity. It's like the wild west in space but better than that sounds, and deals with everything we deal with everyday. And it might be set in the far future, but near enough that Chinese and English are the two dominant cultures. Oh, and there aren't any pesky alien type creatures, b/c we havent' found any out there. It's brilliant. Our problems aren't just going to go away with some fancy technology. Mary Beckman answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 George Alec Effinger; James P. Hogan; Kim Stanley Robinson; Vernor Vince. Effinger's Marid Audran series "When Gravity Fails" Hogan's Giant's series "Inherit the Stars" Robinson's Mars series "Red/Green/Blue Mars" Vince's "The Peace War" Laurence Ballard answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 Iain Banks, Peter F. Hamilton, Alfred Bester, Ken Macleod Scott Jones answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 Adam, if you're looking for hard sci-fi set in the present or near-future, I highly recommend reading James P. Hogan, specifically "Paths to Otherwhere" and "Cradle of Saturn". Though Hogan the writer seems to go perpetually unnoticed by the world-at-large, his stories are extremely thoughtful (and highly addictive). And before I go, I'd also like to recommend Vernor Vinge's "Rainbows End". I don't think I've ever felt as anxious about my own future as I did after reading it. John Currie answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 Arthur C. Clarke, if you want science with your science fiction, he's your man. He came up with the idea of satellite communications back in the 40's. My favorite novels by him are "Imperial Earth" and "The Songs of Distant Earth". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke Marco Gonzalez answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 A couple of recent sci-fi/speculation fiction favorites of mine are: Earth Abides - written in the 40s, it's about what happens to the earth after 99% of its population dies, and how the remaining people would cope. Gateway - humans trying to use a space travel technology to mine/explore the universe, but they can't control the final destination. These explanations are completely lacking, but I really enjoyed both books (the first may be less science-y than you might be looking for, but it does have quite a bit of "Life After People"-type stuff). Julie in Eugene answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Check out Peter Watts' stuff, the Rifters trilogy that begins with Starfish (and even has something of a PNW setting, albeit underwater), and Blindsight (an alien first contact novel). http://rifters.com/ -- he even released his stuff under CC licenses if you don't mind reading on a screen. Watts' work is always engaging. I recommend wholeheartedly. Ryan Mattson answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars triology or 40 Signs of Rain. Stephen Baxter's Evolution. David Brin's Kiln People. Eos Ratatosk answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 2 Second on Asimov, just reread 'Robot Dreams' a few weeks back. Another collection of short stories, some set in the far future, others the not-so-far future. A quick read, and well worth the stimulation. Lukeiscool answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 1 Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan saga. About a dozen novels detailing the adventures of a military genius from the planet Barrayar, world that had to develop through a Time of Isolation, so it's socially only up to the early twentieth century. Miles was the victim of an assassination attempt when his mother was five months pregnant with him. Heroic medicine caused him to turn out with a tetrogenic deformity similar to Osteo-genesis Imperfecta, Type II. He's a little less than five feet tall and has bones that break like glass. So he has to succeed by wit and spirit. While it's a good ole character driven space opera at its core, the science is cool and firm like a high end cell phone. Max Blair answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by ozchick… 0 0 love them myself, Max, but more space opera that science. ozchick commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 1 Loved "Engines of Creation" by K. Eric Drexler. I'm so sorry, I know it's not fiction, but I freaking loved it. It's about the potential of nanotechnology and it's a total head trip and has lots of real science without all those pesky equations. Spooky weird future trippy. M S. answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 2 Larry Niven. His shit is hard science AND good story telling. Matt Hickey answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 1 Ted Chiang, especially "Story of Your Life." MFit answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 2 Today in obscure sci-fi recommendations: The Golden Age by John C Wright He takes our current technology and scientific knowledge and pushes it to the far, far limits. The story is about what happens to society when technology has advanced so far that things like death, food, medicine, and other basics of survival aren't really relevant anymore. Mankind plateaus out and progress seems impossible because there is really nothing left to accomplish. Except for one group of explorers who left the solar system in search of something new. But they were never heard from again, and the one person trying to figure out what happened to them finds himself exiled. It's well written, a good mix of "cool shit" and actual interesting plot, based entirely on real science, and there's 2 more books if you like it (but the first can really stand alone). protosaurus answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 2 I have always enjoyed Arthur C. Clarke, myself... "Cagey" answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 1 Isaac Asimov is amazing Sci-fi Literature. Start with 'The Martian Way and Other Stories' It's short stories and a really quick read. The science behind it is very close to real (no hyper drive warp cores or faster than light drives). Little Red Ryan Hood answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 6 Heinlein bores me to death with his "emphasis on science," so if that's your cup of tea he's probably right up your alley. Personally, I don't need to know the specifics of how, say, a catapault to the moon would operate, but there are pages upon pages of this kind of crap in his books if that's what you're after. I prefer the likes of Ray Bradbury and PK Dick, but if you want more science with your fiction these guys probably won't interest you much. brandon answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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