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|    August Abolins to Alan Beck    |
|    Recent Si-fi writers (hard)    |
|    10 Oct 20 20:21:36    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5f81ed9a       REPLY: 1:229/426.36 d9c2978b       PID: JamNNTPd/OS2 1.3 20200711       TID: GE/2 1.2       CHRS: UTF-8 4       TZUTC: 0300       On 10/10/2020 1:47 a.m., Alan Beck : to all wrote:                      AB> So, who are the current in the last 25 years popular Hard        AB> Sci-fi writers?               AB> I have not been able to read due to a medical condition, I        AB> have lost the last 25 years.               AB> Now I can read a novel in 3-4 days and I am very glad for        AB> it.               AB> I am only interested in Hard Science Fiction, no Fantasy.              A few suggestions..              Ringworld - Larry Niven (1970) ..a little outside your date range.       Pandora's Star - Peter F Hamilton (2005)       Revelation Space - Alistair Reynolds (2000)       The Martian - Andy Weir (2012)       Mars trilogy: Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), and Blue Mars       (1996) - Kim Stanley Robinson              --- TB(Stealth)/Win7        * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 123/131 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 452 664 1016 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200       PATH: 221/360 1 280/464 229/101 426           |
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