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For this reason hard science novels are among my favorite.

The uplift cycle by David Brin is amazing.

The comment about Asimov misses reminds of another brin novel, Earth, that is known for envisioning several events and technology that appeared after its publication.



Brin’s Uplift universe is full of mystic psi powers that operate at interplanetary distances. It’s not a great example of hard scifi.


Full is an overstatement but true, there are some phenomenons that escape our knowledge of physics at the moment.

They are not big parts of the plot though, except for faster than light travel, which is necessary to write about a galatic civilization.

Uplift for example is a hard sci concept that is too rarely evoked.




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