Comment on A Rant About “Technology” (2005)parentComments−ghusto1moI think the critical factor that makes sci-fi hard isn't known physics, exactly, but early on establishing a known set of rules and letting them play out as they willNo that's just competent writing. Hard sci-fi is very much about real science.−rpearl1moClockwork Rocket by Greg Egan is specifically about physics which does not exist here."Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang deals with a world in which god, heaven and hell are unambiguously real.Both are definitely "hard sci fi"
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No that's just competent writing. Hard sci-fi is very much about real science.
Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan is specifically about physics which does not exist here.
"Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang deals with a world in which god, heaven and hell are unambiguously real.
Both are definitely "hard sci fi"