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I found these parts of the book completely fascinating, but also the most "scientifically hand-waved" stuff in the whole series. I've never been a big stickler
by agentwiggles 7y ago
I found these parts of the book completely fascinating, but also the most "scientifically hand-waved" stuff in the whole series. I've never been a big stickler for "hardness" in my sci-fi, but I'd have liked to see the ideas expanded on more. Death's End is a hell of a book, really goes places.
- kyriakos 7y agoAt some point the technology and physics described are so far from our levels that I don't think the author could go into much detail. Really though just when you thought the story's scale has reached its maximum the next one comes up.
- agentwiggles 7y agoYeah, that's what made it such a fun read to me, like you said it just continually gets more and more out there. It explores some really interesting ideas that I haven't seen touched on in much of the sci-fi I've read. Another personal favorite is Iain M. Banks Culture series, which is much different than Liu's work but does the same thing - exploring these really interesting ideas of a far future society and how humans fit into that world.
- jerf 7y agoIf you want universes that run on alternate topologies taken seriously, I mean, like, the maximum level of serious possible, you want Greg Egan. For instance, Greg Egan seriously considering the nature of 2+2 universe, that is, two space, two time dimensions: https://www.gregegan.net/DICHRONAUTS/DICHRONAUTS.html https://www.gregegan.net/DICHRONAUTS/DICHRONAUTS.html (Don't miss the interactive simulation: https://www.gregegan.net/DICHRONAUTS/02/Interactive.html https://www.gregegan.net/DICHRONAUTS/02/Interactive.html ) He's got a few others, too.