Seconded for Ringworld. It is a gateway into some deep world building.
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One of my first Scifi books was Greg Bears Forge of God. Finished it and hated it. Felt specifically designed to depress the reader. Found mil SF shortly after
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David Drake is always a hoot
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May I suggest the The Hidden Truth, 3 book series by Hans G. Schantz? An alternate history technothriller with a hard focus on physics and engineering complete with equations and diagrams and all wrapped up in a centuries old conspiracy and liberally drenched with action scenes!
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I was thinking Heinlein, and noticing his "hard" sf novels are generally his juveniles. Depending on how you want to classify a few things. But I stand by "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel" regardless. Anything by Iain M. Banks, but especially Player of Games
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I don't know how "hard" a portal that people just walk through and step onto a planet light-years away is, but speaking of his juveniles, "Tunnel in the Sky" is still one of my favorite classic SF novels.
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The Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward.
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Those, plus Protector by Niven and Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.
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If Ringworld (the "big dumb object" novel par excellence, with maybe Rendezvous with Rama as a peer) then perhaps Bowl of Heaven (and Shipstar, those two make one book…), the "big smart object" novel by Niven & Benford.
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