Hard science fiction

Hard science fiction, or hard SF, is a subgenre of science fiction characterized by an interest in scientific detail or accuracy. However, there is a great deal of disagreement among readers and writers over what exactly constitutes an interest in scientific detail. Many hard SF stories focus on the natural sciences and technological developments, but many others leave technology in the background.

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An example of a web-based hard science fiction project (where many people contribute different pieces of what becomes a coherent story) is Orion's Arm.

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A Mind Forever Voyaging is a text adventure written by Steve Meretzky while working for the software company Infocom in 1986. The player assumed the role of a sophisticated computer with artificial intelligence tasked with investigating the effects of proposed legal and constitutional reforms in a future American society. The game was clearly intended as a political critique of political and social trends in American society during the Reagan administration.

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A Mind Forever Voyaging - Text adventure - Steve Meretzky - Software - Infocom - 1986 - Computer - Artificial intelligence - Legal - Constitutional - Reforms - American - Society - Reagan

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A fan organization that has grown up around Hard Science Fiction is General Technics, populated by scientists, technical folks, and others with a specific interest in this area. General Technics' name is taken from the organization that created a global-scale computer in John Brunner's novel, Stand on Zanzibar. General Technics, though concentrated in the American Midwest, has a global membership.

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General Technics - John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar

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