Sunday, September 1, 2024

Outstanding Hard Science Fiction of 2023

Here are 30 outstanding hard science fiction stories from 2023 that were finalists for major SF/F ๐Ÿ†awards, included in "year's best" SF/F ๐Ÿ“™anthologies, or recommended by prolific ๐Ÿ‘reviewers in short fiction (see Q&A). That's 30 out of 250+ best SF/F stories from 2023. 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), 3 have podcasts.
  • Among ๐Ÿ“špublications, Analog has the most recommended hard SF stories here with 19 stories (68%).
  • Among ️️✒️authors, only one, Adam-Troy Castro, had more than one story in the list this year.

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