quangobaud... completng my huge mechanical steam-powered Analytical Engine to defeat the Sophons ...
-- Charles Babbage
So, I read the three "Three Body Problem" books (there's probably a word for three consecutive linked works of art ... Matrix Resurrections).
The last book is definitely the best for story and storytelling (and the translator deserves an honourable mention (but I won't)).
However, I'm going to recommend that if you are not sure that it's worth reading any of them then you should read the very last part of the third book "Death's End". It's short-story-essay length. Doing that won't spoil your enjoyment of the series but it may even make you smile.
AscendorFür mich ein Plothole von #Trisolaris / #DieDreiSonnen / #3BodyProblem: Warum haben die Sophonen nicht einfach dafür gesorgt, dass die Menschheit sich gegenseitig bekämpft? Wenn sie Wissenschaftler zum Einstellen der Forschung und zum Selbstmord treiben können, können sie auch Staatschefs zur Kriegserklärung treiben.
Zack, wäre bei Ankunft in 400 Jahren nur noch wenig zu tun.
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithinIf the Tri-Solarans realized the #Sophons would be much more effective if they created a #socialmedia with an algorithm that made people anti-intellectual, anti-science, racist, and bigotted, they....
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Nevermind.
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Nevermind.
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Just finished the Chinese "#ThreeBody" series. In some ways it had better depictions than the Netflix version, but wow, the pacing is glacial. Also, the start and end credits are, like, 15 minutes of each 45 minute episode.
Gleb Dolgich
Janie Karma S 🏳️🌈🖖🏿I really like it and can't wait for season 2. Season 1 was 30 episodes and basically all of Book one. While I did like the Netflix series, I liked this version much more.
"But you want to see a five percent fluctuation tonight? Do you realize what that would mean? The universe would flicker like a fluorescent bulb."
DahieFinally finished #ThreeBody and watched the last 3 episodes in one go. Damn good ending, still keeping the dread, horror and suspeense effective without gore.
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾#eydc2024
Day 14: An adaptation I watched
Hands down the most fascinating and cerebral sci Fi I have watched.
#ThreeBody #cixinliu #Cdrama #Cdramas #Scifi
https://dramatea88.wordpress.com/2024/01/21/three-body-chinese-tv-adaptation-a-review/
#ThreeBody is 5 episodes too long and would have needed some condensing between ep 10-20. After ep 20, it finally picks up steam again. 😃