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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.