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   August Abolins to Alan Beck   
   Recent Si-fi writers (hard)   
   10 Oct 20 20:21:36   
   
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   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   
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