withphysics、ChemistryBiologyastronomy、Psychology, medicine, etc“Hard science”BasedThe science fiction works that are strictly technical deduction and development path prediction, and describe the impact of new technologies and inventions that are extremely likely to be realized on human society are called hard science fiction.CorrespondingSoft science fiction。Some people in the science fiction world have also tried to reset this definition: hard science fiction is based on science and technology or scientific conjecture to promote the plot.
The core idea of hard science fiction is to respect and esteem the spirit of science. In terms of technique, hard science fiction is characterized by the pursuit of scientific (possible) details or accuracy, focusing on the development of natural science and technology
The common feature of hard science fiction is that the story depends on technology to promote and solve.The author will also try to keep the science and technology in the story consistent with that known at the time of publication. This is the main view of the science fiction world, especially the readers, on hard science fiction.
In history, another word Hardcore was used when talking about "hard science fiction"SFAccording to the interpretation of the science fiction world, this word is different from Hard SF, and it often refers to those who "follow the creation of the golden age of science fictionGenre StyleAnd repeat the science fiction works with certain themes "- from the perspective of theme limitation, it is similar to the above hard science fiction, while from the perspective of" genre style "limitation, it actually refers to a narrative way - that is, the above reset definition is closer to this definition
The so-called soft science fiction refers to the science fiction works that focus on humanity and life with the imaginable future/past technology as the background;Hard science fiction is a kind of technology that requires a complete deduction of the possible future/past based on the existing scientific and technological achievementsnatural environmentOfsignificant impact And interactive science fiction
Science fiction writers with science and engineering backgrounds usually pay more attention to scientific basis, and their descriptions and explanations of science fiction factors are also more detailed, which makes readers can't help believing. This is the so-called hard science fiction school, of which the hardest（Please note that "hard" does not mean "stiff" here）It is the "Mechanism Set School".On the contrary, if a science fiction writer has not received the training in science and engineering, he will avoid the heavy and take the light when describing the scientific and technological content, and try to use the story plot, moral andCharacterTo win, their works naturally belong to "Soft science fiction」。Like the Stargate, especially the StargateSG1The first few quarters in are hard science fiction.However, its subsequent works, SGA, including the later quarters of SG1, have become less and less hard science fiction, and gradually become soft science fiction.
