Noun
hard science fiction (uncountable)
(science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on technical detail and scientific accuracy.
Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction ... At best Doctor Who is a fairytale, with fairytale logic about this wonderful man in this big blue box who at the beginning of every story lands somewhere where there is a problem. Neil Gaiman
If you don't care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn't try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want. Frederik Pohl
'Farscape' is not what you call hard science fiction. Ben Browder
Categories Hard science fiction main Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ' by Neuville and Riou 024, one of the earliest examples of hard science fiction. Source: Internet