Space Sci-Fi Recommendations

Users recommend classic science fiction books, short stories, and articles by authors like Asimov, Clarke, and Sagan, often related to space exploration, alien encounters, cosmic events, and future human expansion.

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nikanj Sep 28, 2015 View on HN

You might enjoy reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants

ISL Sep 21, 2014 View on HN

Isaac Asimov's Nightfall:https://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/nightfall.pdf

perl4ever Jan 24, 2020 View on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Machine

jodrellblank Jun 28, 2025 View on HN

Might be Charles Stross’s blog post The High Frontier: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the-high...

p1mrx Dec 20, 2021 View on HN

If these ideas interest you, check out Andy Weir's book Project Hail Mary. I can't clarify why without spoilers.

irrational Jan 4, 2023 View on HN

And Dragon's Egghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Egg

avmich Nov 12, 2023 View on HN

For space nerds, Bradbury wrote this: https://metallicman.com/laoban4site/r-is-for-rocket/ - one of his works, in some sense similar to the anticipation of these months.

pronoiac Jun 14, 2018 View on HN

I'll just link this short story: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/jon-rogers-a-martian-goes-hunt...

friendly_fren Feb 3, 2020 View on HN

This reminds me of The Pale Blue Dot by Karl Sagan

b112 Nov 13, 2025 View on HN

David Brin thinks so:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres