Here are 21 outstanding hard science fiction stories from 2021 that were finalists for major SF/F 🏆awards, included in "year's best" SF/F 📙anthologies, or recommended by prolific 👍reviewers in short fiction (
see Q&A). That's 21 out of 270+ best SF/F stories from
2021. A story's score is the sum of the +
n points in it's "Recommended By" list (click the Details link to see the awards, year's best, and reviewers and the points).
Observations:
Click the links to highlight the stories discussed.
- 17 are free online (highlighted in default view), 5 have podcasts.
- Among 📚publications, Asimov's and Clarkesworld have the most recommended hard SF stories here with 6 stories (29%) and 5 stories (24%), respectively.
- Among ️️✒️authors, only one, Ray Nayler, had more than one story in the list this year.
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