I’m looking to get inspiration for my own writing. I need a hard sci fi series where earth (and earthlike worlds) are too rare, inaccessible, and/or previously spoiled beyond ability to sustain life. Bonus points if it is set on a multi-generational space station or starship without any other options and goes into detail about life support, living space, mineral mining and expansion of the station to accomodate a growing population, and daily life of it’s residents.

If anyone remembers Drifter Colonies from Titan A.E., that’s what’s in my head.

I’m looking for The Martian levels of realism, and I’m fine with a bit of “Unobtanium” clichés if they’re not core to the story.

  • TheaoneAndOnly27
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    35 months ago

    I really enjoyed the first and could not get into the second in the children of time series

    • @gears
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      35 months ago

      There’s a third now, I need to read it still. I liked the second, though

      • TheaoneAndOnly27
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        35 months ago

        It’s possible Just wasn’t the flavor I was looking for at the time. I’ll give another go at some point. I hear great things from people so it’s probably just send me a thing

      • @[email protected]
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        4 months ago

        I loved the first two, but I had a hard time getting through the third. It has interesting concepts but it takes a long time to make its point. Plot structure spoilers:

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        The main reveal should have happened half way through, not at the end.

        Apologies for mobile formatting