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词条 Hard science fiction
释义

  1. Scientific rigor

  2. Representative works

     Short stories  Novels   Films    Television   Anime / Manga  Visual novels 

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. References

  6. Further reading

  7. External links

{{short description|Science fiction with concern for scientific accuracy}}Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic.[1][1][2] The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell's Islands of Space in the November issue of Astounding Science Fiction.[3][4][5] The complementary term soft science fiction, formed by analogy to hard science fiction,[6] first appeared in the late 1970s. The term is formed by analogy to the popular distinction between the "hard" (natural) and "soft" (social) sciences. Science fiction critic Gary Westfahl argues that neither term is part of a rigorous taxonomy; instead they are approximate ways of characterizing stories that reviewers and commentators have found useful.[7]

Stories revolving around scientific and technical consistency were written as early as the 1870s with the publication of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in 1870 , among other stories. The attention to detail in Verne's work became an inspiration for many future scientists and explorers, although Verne himself denied writing as a scientist or seriously predicting machines and technology of the future.

Scientific rigor

Hugo Gernsback believed from the beginning of his involvement with science fiction in the 1920s that the stories should be instructive,[9] although it was not long before he found it necessary to print fantastical and unscientific fiction in Amazing Stories to attract readers.[10] During Gernsback's long absence from SF publishing, from 1936 to 1953, the field evolved away from his focus on facts and education.[11][13] The Golden Age of Science Fiction is generally considered to have started in the late 1930s and lasted until the mid-1940s, bringing with it "a quantum jump in quality, perhaps the greatest in the history of the genre", according to science fiction historians Peter Nicholls and Mike Ashley.[12] However, Gernsback's views were unchanged. In his editorial in the first issue of Science-Fiction Plus, he gave his view of the modern sf story: "the fairy tale brand, the weird or fantastic type of what mistakenly masquerades under the name of Science-Fiction today!" and he stated his preference for "truly scientific, prophetic Science-Fiction with the full accent on SCIENCE".[13] In the same editorial, Gernsback called for patent reform to give science fiction authors the right to create patents for ideas without having patent models because many of their ideas predated the technical progress needed to develop specifications for their ideas. The introduction referenced the numerous prescient technologies described throughout Ralph 124C 41+.[14]

The heart of the "hard SF" designation is the relationship of the science content and attitude to the rest of the narrative, and (for some readers, at least) the "hardness" or rigor of the science itself.[15] One requirement for hard SF is procedural or intentional: a story should try to be accurate, logical, credible and rigorous in its use of current scientific and technical knowledge about which technology, phenomena, scenarios and situations that are practically and/or theoretically possible. For example, the development of concrete proposals for spaceships, space stations, space missions, and a US space program in the 1950s and 1960s influenced a widespread proliferation of "hard" space stories.[16] Later discoveries do not necessarily invalidate the label of hard SF, as evidenced by P. Schuyler Miller, who called Arthur C. Clarke's 1961 novel A Fall of Moondust hard SF,[3] and the designation remains valid even though a crucial plot element, the existence of deep pockets of "moondust" in lunar craters, is now known to be incorrect.

There is a degree of flexibility in how far from "real science" a story can stray before it leaves the realm of hard SF.[17] HSF authors scrupulously avoid such technology as faster-than-light travel (of which there are alternatives[18] endorsed by [https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/warp.html nasa]), while authors writing softer SF accept such notions (sometimes referred to as "enabling devices", since they allow the story to take place)[19]

Readers of "hard SF" often try to find inaccuracies in stories. For example, a group at MIT concluded that the planet Mesklin in Hal Clement's 1953 novel Mission of Gravity would have had a sharp edge at the equator, and a Florida high-school class calculated that in Larry Niven's 1970 novel Ringworld the topsoil would have slid into the seas in a few thousand years.[7] The same book featured another inaccuracy: the eponymous Ringworld is not in a stable orbit and would crash into the sun without active stabilization. Niven fixed these errors in his sequel The Ringworld Engineers, and noted them in the foreword.

Films set in outer space that aspire to the hard SF label try to minimize the artistic liberties taken for the sake of practicality of effect. Factors include:{{cn|date=March 2019}}

  • How the film accounts for weightlessness in space.
  • How the film depicts sound despite the vacuum of space.
  • Whether telecommunications are instant or are limited by the speed of light.
{{See also|Soft science fiction#Films set in outer space|l1=Outer space in soft science fiction films}}

Representative works

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Arranged chronologically by publication year.

Short stories

  • Hal Clement, "Uncommon Sense" (1945)
  • James Blish, "Surface Tension" (1952), (Book 3 of The Seedling Stars (1957)[20][21]
  • Tom Godwin, "The Cold Equations" (1954)[20]
  • Isaac Asimov, "Evidence" (1946)
  • Poul Anderson, "Kyrie" (1968)[20]
  • Frederik Pohl, "Day Million" (1971)[20]
  • Larry Niven, "Inconstant Moon" (1971) and "The Hole Man" (1974)[20] and "Neutron Star" (1966)
  • Greg Bear, "Tangents" (1986)[20]
  • Geoffrey A. Landis, "A Walk in the Sun" (1991)[22]
  • Vernor Vinge, "Fast Times at Fairmont High" (2001)[22]

Novels

  • Robert A. Heinlein, The Rolling Stones (1952)
  • Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity (1953)[20]
  • Harry Martinson, Aniara (1953)
  • John Wyndham, The Outward Urge (1959)
  • Stanisław Lem, Solaris (1961)
  • Arthur C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust (1961)[5], 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Rendezvous with Rama (1972)
  • Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain (1969)
  • Poul Anderson, Tau Zero (1970)
  • James P. Hogan, The Two Faces of Tomorrow (1979)[5]
  • Robert L. Forward, Dragon's Egg (1980)[23]
  • Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (1990)
  • Robert Silverberg (editor), Murasaki (1992)
  • Kim Stanley Robinson, The Mars trilogy (Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), Blue Mars (1996)),[24][25] Aurora (2015)
  • Ben Bova, Grand Tour series (1992–2009)
  • Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (1993)[22]
  • Linda Nagata, The Nanotech Succession (1995–1998)
  • Stephen Baxter, Ring (1996)
  • Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder (2002)[26]
  • Alastair Reynolds, Pushing Ice (2005)
  • Paul J. McAuley, The Quiet War (2008)
  • Neal Stephenson, Seveneves (2015)

Films

  • Frau im Mond (1929)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)[27]
  • Marooned (1969)
  • The Forbin Project (1970)[28]
  • The Andromeda Strain (1971)
  • Silent Running (1972)[27]
  • Solaris (1972)[27]
  • Dark Star (1974)[27]
  • Blade Runner (1982)[29]
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) – sequel to 2001
  • Contact (1997)[27]
  • Gattaca (1997)[27]
  • The Man from Earth (2007)
  • Moon (2009)[27]
  • Robot & Frank (2012)
  • Europa Report (2013)
  • Autómata (2014)

Television

  • Men into Space (1959–1960)
  • Star Cops (1987)
  • ReGenesis (2004–2008)
  • Mars (2016–present)

Anime / Manga

  • Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
  • 2001 Nights (1984, 1986)
  • They Were Eleven (1986)
  • The Wings of Honnêamise (1987)
  • The Movie (1993)
  • Planetes (1999, 2004)
  • Flag (2006)
  • Pale Cocoon (2006)
  • Dennō Coil (2007)
  • Moonlight Mile (2007)
  • Rocket Girls (2007)
  • Space Brothers (2007–present)
  • Eden of the East (2009)

Visual novels

  • Policenauts (1994)
  • A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (1996)

See also

  • Hard fantasy
  • Hard and soft science
  • Hypothetical technology
  • Interstellar travel in fiction
  • Mundane science fiction
  • Soft science fiction

Notes

1. ^{{cite book|last=Nicholls|first=Peter|editor1-last=Clute|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Nicholls |editor2-first=Peter|title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcwnQAAACAAJ|year=1995|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-13486-0}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Wolfe|first=Gary K.|authorlink=Gary K. Wolfe|title=Critical terms for science fiction and fantasy: a glossary and guide to scholarship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StxZAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-22981-7}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/1674|title=hard science fiction n.|accessdate=2007-10-07|date=2005-07-25|work=Science fiction citations|publisher=Jesse's word|quote=Earliest cite: P. Schuyler Miller in Astounding Science Fiction ... he called A Fall of Moondust "hard" science fiction}}{{dead link|date=March 2019}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Hartwell|first1=David G.|authorlink1=David G. Hartwell|last2=Cramer|first2=Kathryn|authorlink2=Kathryn Cramer|title=The Hard SF Renaissance: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2XHHpukOfYC|year=2003|publisher=Tom Doherty Associates|isbn=978-1-4299-7517-9|chapter=Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Westfahl|first=Gary|authorlink=Gary Westfahl|title=Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKpZAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29727-4|page=2|chapter=Introduction|quote=hard science fiction ... the term was first used by P. Schuyler Miller in 1957}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/1843|title=soft science fiction n.|accessdate=2007-10-07|date=2005-07-25|work=Science fiction citations|publisher=Jesse's word|quote=Soft science fiction, probably a back-formation from Hard Science Fiction}})
7. ^{{Cite book|last=Westfahl|first=Gary|authorlink=Gary Westfahl|editor-last=Seed|editor-first=David|chapter=Hard Science Fiction|title=A Companion to Science Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiphRocVYRwC&pg=PA187|date=June 9, 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-79701-3|pages=195–8}}
8. ^Ashley (2005), p. 381.
9. ^Ashley (2000), p. 50.
10. ^Ashley (2000), p. 54.
11. ^Ashley (2004), p. 252.
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/golden_age_of_sf|title=Golden Age of SF|last=Nicholls|first=Peter|last2=Ashley|first2=Mike|date=April 9, 2015|website=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|publisher=Gollancz|access-date=June 15, 2016}}
13. ^Lawler (1985), pp. 541–545.
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Plus_v01n01_1953-03_Gorgon776|title=Science Fiction Plus v01n01}}
15. ^{{cite journal |last=Samuelson |first=David N. |date=July 1993 | title=Modes of Extrapolation: The Formulas of Hard Science Fiction | journal=Science Fiction Studies | volume=part 2 | issue=60 |series=20 | url=http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/abstracts/a60.htm | accessdate=2007-10-07 }}
16. ^{{cite journal |last=Westfahl |first=Gary |date=July 1993 |title= The Closely Reasoned Technological Story: The Critical History of Hard Science Fiction |journal=Science Fiction Studies |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=141–142}}
17. ^{{cite journal |last=Westfahl |first=G. |date=July 1993 |title='The Closely Reasoned Technological Story': The Critical History of Hard Science Fiction |journal=Science Fiction Studies |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=157–175 |jstor=4240246 |publisher=SF-TH Inc}}
18. ^{{cite web | title=Methods of Interstellar Propulsion | url=https://tauzero.aero/making-progress/propulsion-ideas/ | accessdate=2018-07-10 }}
19. ^{{cite web |last=Chiang |first=T. |title=Time travel is one of the trickiest SF/F tropes to use well |date=April 15, 2009 |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/04/mind-meld-time-travel/ |accessdate=2009-04-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422143721/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/04/mind-meld-time-travel/ |archivedate=April 22, 2009 |df= }}
20. ^{{cite book |editor1-last=Hartwell |editor1-first=David G. |editor2-last=Cramer |editor2-first=Kathryn |title=The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF |url=http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/exper/kcramer/anth/Part1.html |isbn=978-0-312-85509-3 |year=1994 |publisher=Published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. |location=New York |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509182634/http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/exper/kcramer/anth/Part1.html |archivedate=2008-05-09 |df= }}
21. ^The short story "Surface Tension" has also been described as an exemplar of soft science fiction. ({{cite book|title=Fiction 2000|first=Carol|last=McGuirk|section=The 'New' Romancers|editor1-first=George Edgar|editor1-last=Slusser|editor2-first=T. A.|editor2-last=Shippey|publisher=University of Georgia Press|year=1992|isbn=9780820314495|pages=109–125}})
22. ^{{cite book|last1=Hartwell |first1=David G. |authorlink1=David G. Hartwell |last2=Cramer |first2=Kathryn |authorlink2=Kathryn Cramer |title=The Hard SF Renaissance |year=2002 |isbn=0-312-87635-1 |publisher=Tor |location=New York}}
23. ^{{cite web |last=Aylott |first=Chris |title=The Humans Were Flat but the Cheela Were Charming in 'Dragon's Egg' |url=http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/books/dragons_egg_000330.html |accessdate=2009-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611100632/http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/books/dragons_egg_000330.html |archivedate=2008-06-11 |df= }} Some editions also include a preface by Larry Niven, admitting that "I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics"
24. ^{{cite web |last=Alyott |first=Chris |title=The Vanishing Martian |date=2000-06-20 |url=http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/mars_three_visions_991130.html |accessdate=2008-07-20 |publisher=SPACE.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818141216/http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/mars_three_visions_991130.html |archivedate=2000-08-18}}
25. ^{{cite web |last=Horton |first=Richard R. |title=Blue Mars review |date=1997-02-21 |url=http://www.sff.net/people/richard.horton/bluemars.htm |accessdate=2008-07-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511164344/http://www.sff.net/people/richard.horton/bluemars.htm |archivedate=2008-05-11 |df= }}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gregegan.net/SCHILD/SCHILD.html|title=Schild’s Ladder|publisher=}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2014/11/17/hard-science-fiction-films/|title=Contemplate Your Place in the Universe with Hard Sci-Fi Film Classics!|date=17 November 2014|publisher=}}
28. ^{{cite web |title=Colossus, the Forbin Project |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/colossus_the_forbin_project |website=SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |publisher=Site ©2011 Gollancz, SFE content ©2011-2019 SFE Ltd. |accessdate=February 6, 2019}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://best-sci-fi-books.com/23-best-hard-science-fiction-books/|title=23 Best Hard Science Fiction Books – The Best Science Fiction Books|date=28 February 2015|publisher=}}

References

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Further reading

  • On Hard Science Fiction: A Bibliography, originally published in Science Fiction Studies #60 (July 1993).
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509054556/http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/exper/kcramer/anth/Hartwell.html David G. Hartwell, "Hard Science Fiction,"], Introduction to The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction, 1994, {{ISBN|0-312-85509-5}}
  • Kathryn Cramer's chapter on hard science fiction in The Cambridge Companion to SF, ed. Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James.
  • {{cite book |last=Westfahl |first=Gary |title=Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) |publisher=Greenwood Press |date=1996-02-28 |isbn=0-313-29727-4}}
  • A Political History of SF by Eric Raymond
  • The Science in Science Fiction by Brian Stableford, David Langford, & Peter Nicholls (1982)
  • David N. Samuelson, "Hard SF", pp. 194–200, The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction, 2009.

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207221618/http://hardsciencefiction.rogerdeforest.com/ Hard Science Fiction Exclusive Interviews]
  • Kheper Realism scale
  • Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060828072213/http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/exper/kcramer/aow.html The Ascent of Wonder] by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. Story notes and introductions.
  • The Ten Best Hard Science Fiction Books of all Time, selected by the editors of MIT's Technology Review, 2011
  • "Low-Level Science fiction: Sci-fi with hard science and a literary slant"
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