# Suggest some "hard" sci-fi for my hubby **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765 "2004-12-14T10:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765/21 "2004-12-15T06:22:32Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > If _Einstein’s Bridge_ is the one I’m thinking of (a hive mind in another bubble universe threatens all bubble universes it comes in contact with, and beings from another bubble universe are trying to stay one step ahead of the Hive to save the Hive’s potential victims, and the supercollider in Texas has attracted the attention of both species …) then it’s an _extremely_ good book. I’ll have to check out _Twistor_… That’s the one. I liked Twistor even better, but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765/22 "2004-12-15T12:17:15Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Has he read Timescape, also by Benford? No, I do believe _Cosm_ is his first read by this particular author. Wow, guys, I see lots of good jumping-off points. Where to start? Where to start? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765/23 "2004-12-15T14:02:58Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > If _Einstein’s Bridge_ is the one I’m thinking of (a hive mind in another bubble universe threatens all bubble universes it comes in contact with, and beings from another bubble universe are trying to stay one step ahead of the Hive to save the Hive’s potential victims, and the supercollider in Texas has attracted the attention of both species …) then it’s an _extremely_ good book. I’ll have to check out _Twistor_… That sounds interesting. I think my Christmas list just got a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765/24 "2004-12-15T16:17:54Z")
Let me second the Kim Stanley Robinson recommendation. I loved _Red Mars_. My only problem with Robinson is that he sometimes seems to sidestep good dramatic situations, opting instead to provide slightly too-neat wrap ups for his characters. But really, against the incredible scope of the story, that’s just a bitchy nitpick. It’s some of the best hard science fiction since Clarke’s heyday. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765/25 "2004-12-15T17:42:44Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > That sounds interesting. I think my Christmas list just got a little longer. Oh yes, it’s highly interesting. I didn’t think I was going to like it at first, but it turned out to be really cool. I found the second half of the book even better than the first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-hard-sci-fi-for-my-hubby/279765.md?page=1)