Tau Zero is often touted as one of the best hard science fiction novels of all time, and in fact the best hard science fiction story ever. I personally do not count it as either, but whatever it is, it is one darn good yarn in the hard SF tradition that takes a passable and very unique shot at a deep-space/lost-in-space story with a healthy dash of social engineering. Where it does really succeed is in evoking a from-the-gut "WOW!" over its eye widening scope and idea. I give this three stars o[...]
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