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Cheryl asked this question about A Fall of Moondust:
I like stories like this, and like The Martian, in which there are no bad guys, but rather the challenge is from a inhospitable planet, or a virus, or a broken machine. Any recommendations? Doesn't have to be SF. Not sure whether I'm interested in straight up disaster stories like Arthur Hailey's Airport?
Rodzilla I agree! Offhand, Larry Niven has a few of these among his "Known Space" short stories. A common theme in his short stories is how unknowns impact dec…moreI agree! Offhand, Larry Niven has a few of these among his "Known Space" short stories. A common theme in his short stories is how unknowns impact decision making and consequences. As a direct recommendation for what you want is the story "Neutron Star" (in a collection of the same name). Several other stories in the same collection involve human (or other) agency, but still pivot on the impact of nature and our knowledge of it on survival, thus creating suspense. in this way many Niven short stories are mysteries, with science often at the root of the problem/solution. (His novels less so, and have problems of misogyny and other issues far less prevalent in short stories.) Much of the short story collection, "Tales of Known Space" similarly qualifies. (less)
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by Arthur C. Clarke
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