Arthur Clarke commented that while he found Star Trek enjoyable, it is basically fantasy rather than science fiction since the whole thing depends on faster-than-light travel, and he wanted to write something in response. Hard SF is about what is within the range of what is believed to be scientifically possible (or at least not yet known to be impossible). But unlike Star Trek, for example, there is no warp drive or hyperspace: it is a "hard science fiction" take on interstellar travel. The Songs of Distant Earth is about interstellar travel. (book first published 1986, based on his earlier short story of the same title, 1958)
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