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Feb 2022
11:27am, 16 Feb 2022
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GregP
I know several people who have similar taste in Sci Fi to me who have damned Three-Body Problem with the very faintest of praise.
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Feb 2022
11:37am, 16 Feb 2022
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McGoohan
Gave after the bore-fest book 1
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Feb 2022
12:43pm, 16 Feb 2022
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KPM
GregP I read the first book last year and thought it was a bit boring. I had no interest in a cultural revolution in China, which was the main part of the first book; it wasn't really my bag. For whatever reason though, I think a few of the novel ideas that are threaded into the story that stuck with me, i decided to read it again and must say the second time through I thought it was brilliant. Went straight onto book 2 and then book 3 and am powering through it as we speak. The scope of the first book seems very small, but it is insane how far it goes. Book 1 Book 2 - this is where it kicks off for me Book 3 - still all in |
Feb 2022
1:14pm, 16 Feb 2022
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GregP
Hmm. Maybe it's me and mine. We were equally underwhelmed by the Tchaikovsky books with the spiders.
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Feb 2022
1:15pm, 16 Feb 2022
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GregP
In terms of Big Ideas, while we're here, I'm thoroughly enjoying Pandora's Star thus far.
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Feb 2022
2:53pm, 16 Feb 2022
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KPM
Yeah we all have our own preferences, i'm just saying that the second time around it clicked for me - this is quite rare as i've tried to re-read a few things before and newarly always have the same opinion (Dune - dense and boring!) Peter F Hamilton, I keep getting tempted by his stuff and then put off as i've read him classed as 'Space opera', making me imagine Coronation Street, in space. |
Feb 2022
2:55pm, 16 Feb 2022
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GregP
I read The Reality Dysfunction a few years ago and liked it a lot. Pandora's Star is, so far, altogether better. The Expanse series are space opera. What's not to like? |
Feb 2022
3:06pm, 16 Feb 2022
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KPM
I do have The Expanse series queued up as i'm enjoying the TV show, but when it comes to books I usually prefer reality-shifting/psychological Sci-Fi (I can't get enough Dick) and find it hard to spend time on other things, though I have loads queued up. The other issue with those types of books is the size. They're usually the size and weight of weapons, those books, so it's a lot of time to invest. |
Feb 2022
5:01pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Badger
I liked Pandora's Star and the concluding book, disliked the Reality Dysfunction as magical fantasy dressed up as SF, and hated the end of Great North Road so much that I've never read another word by Hamilton.
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Feb 2022
5:02pm, 16 Feb 2022
14,845 posts
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Badger
(Channelling my inner McG there I think )
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