Hard Sci-Fi Primer

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Revelation Space (GOLLANCZ S.F.)
1.  Revelation Space (GOLLANCZ S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds
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  "Alistair Reynolds is probably one of te most accomplished and accessible of the harder sci fi authors. This is a personal favourite but any of his books deliver on storytelling."
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Time
2.  Time by Stephen Baxter
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  "Stephen Baxter delivers with hard sci fi her, but is equally good in his other trilogies. Look out for the Xeelee sequence as well."
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Foundation (The Foundation Series)
3.  Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
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  "Probably the godfather of sci-fi, but often overlooked for the great reads that he can deliver. Check out the "Robot" series too."
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The City And The Stars (S.F. Masterworks)
4.  The City And The Stars (S.F. Masterworks) by Arthur C. Clarke
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  "Still bets known for the 2001 film, but he delivered some great books in a long career."
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
5.  Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson
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  "Classic colonisation of Mars story. Politics and scientific struggle, reality may find it hard to beat."
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Neuromancer
6.  Neuromancer by William Gibson
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  "Hard sci fi and dak techno thriller. A modern classic and the original cyberpunk novel."
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Consider Phlebas (The Culture)
7.  Consider Phlebas (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
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  "Softer sci-fi, but the Culture books should beread by any sci fi reader as a matter of course."
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Snow Crash
8.  Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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  "More cyberpunk, softer than Neuromancer but well worth the read."
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