Reviews

The Hard SF Renaissance by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

davybaby's review

3.0

So, full disclosure... I didn't finish this. I liked it, but there are just so many great venues for short sci-fi these days: Tor, Lightspeed Magazine, Escape Pod, and many, many more.

When I get a hankering for science fiction, I'm generally more excited by a specific book or author than I am about the next story in a collection. What I read was good, but I was ready to move on.

markyon's review against another edition

5.0

Even if you don't like every story in the collection, the weight and range of this volume makes it another winner. A great cross-section of the subgenre. See also The Ascent of Wonder.

jamietr's review against another edition

4.0

Here are the stories that most stood out:

* "Beggars In Spain" by Nancy Kress
* "Marrow" by Robert Reed
* "Sexual Dimorphism" by Kim Stanley Robinson
* "Into the Miranda Rift" by G. David Nordley
* "The Shoulders of Giants" by Robert J. Sawyer
* "For White Hill" by Joe Haldeman
* "A Career in Sexual Chemistry" by Brian M. Stableford
* "Reasons to be Cheerful" by Greg Egan
* "Understand" by Ted Chiang

whax's review against another edition

4.0

Oh man, this is the sort of sci-fi I adore. Best $8.98 I ever spent (work out to about a penny a page).

robinleysen's review

3.0

Lots of stories inside, some a bit long. Some I skipped, others were wonderful. Wouldn't link hard scifi to politics myself though, as I vaguely recall this is how the authors define hard scifi.

I wish I'd written down some feedback per story, for myself. Would've made a review more proper.