Yeah, I’m afraid your understanding of what the “hard” part of hard SciFi is not correct.
Most people who use the term refer to SciFi that does not exceed the bounds of what we know to be physically possible, e.g., no FTL, not sapient AIs, etc.
Although I can see how you might misinterpret it to indicate anything that might be possible.
Ohhh so Hard scifi as a term means hard limited to the scientific knowledge of the time. I was thinking it was more like a mature category where it’s less fantasy more “The fantasy part of this story is the exotic metals and technology beyond the knowledge of a sub type 1 civilisation (hey that’s us!)”
Yeah, I’m afraid your understanding of what the “hard” part of hard SciFi is not correct.
Most people who use the term refer to SciFi that does not exceed the bounds of what we know to be physically possible, e.g., no FTL, not sapient AIs, etc.
Although I can see how you might misinterpret it to indicate anything that might be possible.
Ohhh so Hard scifi as a term means hard limited to the scientific knowledge of the time. I was thinking it was more like a mature category where it’s less fantasy more “The fantasy part of this story is the exotic metals and technology beyond the knowledge of a sub type 1 civilisation (hey that’s us!)”
Cheers for the knowledge
By your initial definition, the Culture series would certainly qualify!