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A story idea I just submitted. I've never used the journal before, here or on the other site, and I never thought to do this with submitted stories, (in case they get rejected, I won't lose the submission).
Although at times science fiction stories need to take liberties with physical law to advance a story, there are many instances where writers remain consistent with the current understanding of physics and astronomy. Andrew Fraknoi has assembled a nice list over at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific of 270 science fiction stories that portray the science accurately. The list is nicely broken down into 40+ subtopics and is intended to be used as a teaching resource, so for example if you are teaching about neutron stars, you could include Stephen Baxter's Flux as recommended reading.
If you know a good example that isn't on the list, Fraknoi would like to hear about it.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by fliptop on Thursday March 20 2014, @04:02PM
Under the category "Life Elsewhere" I'd include Niven and Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye, a look at alien life forms and the physiology they developed for specialized purposes (workers, rulers, warriors, etc.).
Also, I wonder why there's no category for "Collapse of Civilization?" Science fiction doesn't always have to be about something in outer space, does it? A good one that comes to my mind on this topic is Battle Circle by Piers Anthony.
To be oneself, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity