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Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon - now a major Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.

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  Jackson on 30/11/2024 - 00:35

  +1

  Is it better to get the 3 books in a set?

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    carlJack on 30/11/2024 - 03:07

    Yes

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  azngamer on 30/11/2024 - 00:58

  +1

  Amazing Trilogy! I think I read it over a few months since the only time I had was on public transport. I could not stop thinking about it between each breaks.

  Books get criticised as being bad with characters. I love them though, the characters are pretty static but it's like watching a massive chess game (like million by million square)played out.

  The pacing of it was just so good. Small science info dump, see it run its course and then BOOM sinking feeling/mindblow/existential dread. What an emotional roller-coaster.

  Without spoiling, the quality of each book gets better and it is soo worth getting to the end.

  The sequel dark forest - omg, so good

  Deaths end - omg, mind blown. How does the author even come up with these kinds of stuff??

  Anyone can recommend me a book series similar to this?

  PS: D.B. Weiss and David Benioff…oof. So far, not impressed by the netflix series. Feels like it's an entirely different genre compared to the book. Dialogues like "it must be deep fakes!" So bad. I feel like the changes they made are going to bite them as series progress such as sophon capabilities.

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    BoltThrower on 30/11/2024 - 03:36

    +1

    Read the first page of Triplanetary and see if that interests you.

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  BoltThrower on 30/11/2024 - 03:35

  Spoilers…..
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  ….
  The only solution to a 3 body problem is to make it a 2 body problem.
  If an alien race is able to shrink a planet-sized computer down to the size of a sub-atomic particle, why can't they use their technology to remove one of their suns?
  They have the technology to alter/interfere with nuclear fission/fusion reactions; they can move, shrink, remove pieces of one of their suns…and make 2 Dyson spheres.
  Alternatively, they can colonize another solar system.
  This race has technology to the level of that in books such as the Lensmen series.
  Do the books differ from the TV series?

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    drprox on 30/11/2024 - 16:33

    +1

    They differ a lot (not least because it actually finishes the story off and there's plenty more to it.)

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  ForkSnorter on 30/11/2024 - 07:31

  +1

  One of the most badly written novels I’ve ever read. Some of the sections that discuss physics are interesting, and the overall concept is interesting. But the writing is so bad, it felt like a chore to keep reading, Character development is almost non-existent. Only one character seemed slightly different from the rest of the characters. The dialogue is unnatural, cheesy, and uninteresting. Probably part of this is a result of the inept translation, but surely not all of it.

  I much preferred the TV series, which has more fully developed characters and better dialogue.

  I’m not alone in my opinion. After finishing the book I read some negative reviews that highlighted the very points I mentioned above.

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    pichxlonco on 30/11/2024 - 07:40

    I liked the books, but have to admit you are right that the writing is not excellent, same with character development.

    I think the main reason stems from the book not being written by your usual American author, therefore the style and the things it focuses on is different. I enjoy reading science fiction and sometimes read some books by authors from different countries or cultural backgrounds, and you can really tell there is a difference in how the explore some concepts (just look at European cinema, it doesn't follow the same patterns as American cinema).

    The book can be fun, i would recommend people to give it a try, but try not to get overhyped

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      ForkSnorter on 30/11/2024 - 07:46

      I liked the books, but have to admit you are right that the writing is not excellent, same with character development.
      I think the main reason stems from the book not being written by your usual American author,

      Isn’t this a little patronising? I’ve read books by British, Australian, German, Japanese, Indian, Russian, Spanish authors that were absolutely brilliant, including the character development and dialogue.

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        llllllllllllll on 30/11/2024 - 16:40

        It's more along the line of the book is not written in the usual style of other US authors, but in a conversational manner, I can see how I would say those words the same way so don't take it as a personal attack.

        However, I agree that the style of those books are written is similar to how an Asian movie / series screenplay would be.
        So I also find it's a bit hard to read it the same way as other sci-fi books.
        I go through them more or less just for the interesting concepts.