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re: The Three Body Problem or Red Rising for Next Book
Posted on 12/4/17 at 10:23 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Posted on 12/4/17 at 10:23 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Red Rising is a good fun read. Definitely something that will keep you turning the pages. It's not a flawless trilogy by any means. Don't go in expecting Dostoyevsky. I wouldn't even call it substantial sci-fi/fantasy. But if you are looking for some light reading, you should enjoy it.
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Posted on 12/4/17 at 3:29 pm to Methuselah
Red Rising is a fun read.
Three Body Problem is a very difficult read, but very much worth it. It's difficult in the sense that it's a Chinese author, and while the translation is fantastic the thought process can seem a bit "foreign" at times. It's also difficult because there are a lot of concepts that are new to Sci Fi. ie, "Dark Forest Theory", Theoretical Materials science, Radio Astronomy, etc.. TBP is very conceptual.. and is.. absolutely fantastic. I wasn't old enough to experience Arthur C. Clarke's innovative ideas at the time they were written, but reading this gives me an idea of what it was like.
In 20 years, Three Body Problem will be the book everyone remembers, not Red Rising.
Three Body Problem is a very difficult read, but very much worth it. It's difficult in the sense that it's a Chinese author, and while the translation is fantastic the thought process can seem a bit "foreign" at times. It's also difficult because there are a lot of concepts that are new to Sci Fi. ie, "Dark Forest Theory", Theoretical Materials science, Radio Astronomy, etc.. TBP is very conceptual.. and is.. absolutely fantastic. I wasn't old enough to experience Arthur C. Clarke's innovative ideas at the time they were written, but reading this gives me an idea of what it was like.
In 20 years, Three Body Problem will be the book everyone remembers, not Red Rising.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 5:50 am to Methuselah
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Red Rising is a good fun read. Definitely something that will keep you turning the pages. It's not a flawless trilogy by any means. Don't go in expecting Dostoyevsky. I wouldn't even call it substantial sci-fi/fantasy. But if you are looking for some light reading, you should enjoy it.
Agreed. Reading it was interesting, the author has a ton of influences and it felt like he threw them all in a blender and made a book from it. Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Spartacus, Dune, ancient mythology, and others. The only things that felt original were the words "bloodydam" and "gumbubble" and their use got to be annoying.
For a light weight page turner it's very good, and that is fine. Think - action popcorn movie.
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