Hardsciencefiction Stories

40 Stories

Icarus Born by LysanderMacleod
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Icarus Bornby Lysander MacLeod
Amidst a world teetering on the brink of collapse, Dr. Jackson, a brilliant geneticist, convenes a clandestine assembly of minds. The purpose? To deliberate a chilling p...
Her Brother's Keeper: A Story of Alpha Centauri by arkham71
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Her Brother's Keeper: A Story of A...by John McDonald
Christiana is currently facing an incredibly hard decision, the most agonizing choice of her young life. Because of laws preventing males from receiving any formal educa...
Echo-1 The Whale by JeffreyVonHauger
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Echo-1 The Whaleby Mr. Jeffrey Von Hauger
An epic adventure, an unreliable narrator, an intense cast of characters. Follow a digital subroutine from a 21st century Earth VR simulation that uploads himself into a...
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The Isolation of Sybil Evans by Dreamsofanja
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The Isolation of Sybil Evansby Anja Swift
Sybil, an isolated genius, creates Earth's first superintelligent A.I to quell her loneliness and regain purpose. She dedicates her existence to its development, focusin...
The Inferno of The Sun by RyanFlowers
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The Inferno of The Sunby Ryan Flowers
By the time a System Administrator learns the truth behind the scientist he's been working for, it's all too late.
Tellus | ONC 2020 by Brochmann
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Tellus | ONC 2020by Brochmann
When Polaris was a little girl, she watched the first space probe reach the star system of Alpha Centauri. Growing up, she dreams of one day being able to travel to its...
Not So Alone by StanElliot
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Not So Aloneby Stan Elliot
After waking from stasis, security officer Alex Vasquez finds out that there had been a catastrophic accident on the colony ship he had been aboard. Alex was the sole su...
Project Genesis by kai01pendragon
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Project Genesisby Brown Bird
They were never supposed to wonder. In a sealed lab buried beneath layers of red tape and ambition, microbiologist Lyla Mycayster spent three years crafting evolution in...
Waves of Mind and Alloy by techtime7788
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Waves of Mind and Alloyby
Fantastic short story retelling of developments in Biological Computing. Written as a basis for further development and world building, submitted as a university project...
Realities by CciskerHoshi
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Realitiesby Cisker Hoshi
Different realities. Different time. More parts coming along the way.
What the Stars May Bring by arkham71
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What the Stars May Bringby John McDonald
A young officer must work with her teammates to find out which of the six will become the captain of the very first starship.
The Pilot by RegalHorse
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The Pilotby RegalHorse
*** A work in progress, that will likely be heavily edited as I go. An attempt at "Hard Science-Fiction" *** A colony ship is en route to a habitable world 49...
And the Suns Never Rise: A Story of Alpha Centauri by arkham71
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And the Suns Never Rise: A Story o...by John McDonald
Christiana is facing a truly agonizing choice. Her Sister Haruhi has been the victim of a horrific accident and it has left her with a terrible decision. Let Haruhi-nee...
Digital Consciousness - a Short Science Fiction by RiannaStahl
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Digital Consciousness - a Short Sc...by Rianna Stahl
Given near immortality by advanced technology, what does it mean to be human? As we invent technology that can repair our bodies, simulate our brains, and allow us to pl...
Twenty Minutes and the AI by jgottwig
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Twenty Minutes and the AIby Jeremy M. Gottwig
Tiggy and Bernard are researching artificial intelligence and its relationship to memories. They have just had a breakthrough, but there might be a problem. This story...
The Gateway by DarkRainOfficial
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The Gatewayby Rain Edenia
They said it was safe. They were wrong. Rain Eden is a genius with numbers and a mind built for impossibilities. It was buried below the desert floor in Arizona-miles fr...
Findings from Jupiter by Tj365w
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Findings from Jupiterby 33 Tejash Agarwalla
In the dark solar system, as Mars aids Earth in rebelling against Jupiter, a polymath was smuggled to collect data from Jupiter. The sun was captured to harness all of i...