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I don't really disagree with your evidence but your conclusion is flawed. The Three Body Problem seems like a very weird book by the standards of the 21st cent
by AndrewStephens 5y ago
I don't really disagree with your evidence but your conclusion is flawed.
The Three Body Problem seems like a very weird book by the standards of the 21st century but it would feel right at home amongst the "golden age" 50s and 60s sci-fi novels. It is a real throwback to the Big Idea! stories of that era.
I wrote longer reviews of all three novels [0] (to save you the click, I thought the first one was great, the second was OK, and the third actively bad!)
[0] https://sheep.horse/2017/3/book_review_-_the_three-body_problem_by_liu_cixin.html https://sheep.horse/2017/3/book_review_-_the_three-body_prob...
- krispyfi 5y agoHow curious. I thought the first one was good, the second was great, and the last was genius.
- AndrewStephens 5y agoIt is almost like consuming art is subjective experience.
- krispyfi 5y agoReading your review, you call Xin an idiot, but I saw her as an alternative type of hero who rejects Luo Ji's effective but ultimately unsustainable and mutually-destructive masculinity. This felt very fresh to me.
- AndrewStephens 5y agoI will allow that it was a bold choice from Liu Cixin to make someone like Xin the main character. I just really disliked everything about her.