Hugo Best Short Story winner (1967).
Asimov Comments on Neutron Star
For the last dozen years or so, what we might call “hard science fiction” has receded somewhat into the background. By hard...
House of Cards
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It all starts when a man comes to deliver a message to Frank Compton—only to fall dead at his feet. What follows is a suspenseful thriller that only Timothy Zahn, a master of hard SF adventure, could have written.
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The rock of Aegis…
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But with the planet falling victim to an incurable wasting sickness, and...
The discovery of stroon, a drug that confers near immortality on humans, has made Old North Australia rich, so rich that, when Rod McBan has to flee the planet because someone wants him dead, he buys the Earth.Cordwainer Smith is pen name...
The discovery of stroon, a drug that confers near immortality on humans, has made Old North Australia rich, so rich that, when Rod McBan has to flee the planet because someone wants him dead, he buys the Earth.
Cordwainer Smith is pen name...