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The Three Body Problem - some of the biggest ideas in sci fi!
The Three Body Problem - some of the biggest ideas in sci fi!
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45 minutes
Released:
Apr 19, 2022
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Podcast episode
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In this episode we review Cixin Liu's Hugo award winning Three Body Problem (the book that made him the first person from Asia to win the award), as well as the sequels. If you haven't read the first book yet, you should - it absolutely deserves all its acclaim, with a huge number of big tech ideas, an incredibly compelling character in Ye Wenjie, and even includes a section set during the Cultural Revolution in China to boot. Unfortunately, the sequels aren't as good - although the second book The Dark Forest does contain the single most disturbing solution to the Fermi Paradox we've ever read! As always, we also recommend and discuss some similar books if you liked Three Body and are looking for more great sci fi to read. This week we recommend the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, Legends of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka, Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and House of Suns by Alastair ReynoldsIf you'd prefer to watch the video version, you can watch it here.
Released:
Apr 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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