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Whenever I talk about the Three Body Problem, a book I abhorred, someone always mentions that the first book is just exposition for the next 2 in the series and
by schwartzworld 5y ago
Whenever I talk about the Three Body Problem, a book I abhorred, someone always mentions that the first book is just exposition for the next 2 in the series and I should stick with it.
Hell no, a first book in a series should stand alone.
- blueboo 5y agoThe second book is markedly worse. Maybe it redeems itself in the end? I chucked it 2/3 of the way through. I do appreciate being introduced to the dark forest hypothesis. Maybe it’s the translation but Liu Cixin’s characterisations make Andy Weir look like David Mamet. Maybe it should’ve been a comic
- schwartzworld 5y agoEven the name is wrong.