• abracaDavid@lemmy.world
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    8 个月前

    Minor spoilers ahead.

    I have no clue what this show will be like.

    I read the trilogy and I’m not really sure that it will translate to the screen very well. The story is absolutely massive and spans from beginning in the Chinese cultural revolution and ends at the literal end of time.

    That being said, it is probably my favorite and what I consider the best sci-fi trilogy out there.

    Incredibly interesting concepts are explored and it also has a really interesting way of telling the story. It’s not just about one guy saving the whole universe. It catalogs all of civilization’s attempts at coming together and protecting humanity from an alien threat. And it also goes into all of the issues that humanity runs into while trying to work together, while also spanning across thousands of years.

    It’s a really fantastic series and I would highly recommend it to just about anyone with an intellectual interest in humanity’s future.

    It’s a big statement to say, but this book changed my outlook on humanity and globalism.

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      8 个月前

      Adrian Tchaikovsky. Three books starting with “Children Of Time.” After centuries of collapse after meltdown, Earth’s last gast is an attempt to terraform dozens of exoplanets. The books do a great job of describing non-Human races

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        8 个月前

        Children of Stuff is incredible, I didn’t expect a whole lot but I was blown away. Very cool story.

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      The series was a really interesting exercise in not giving the protagonists anything like a fair fight. Like, the level of hopelessness is impressive. It made me realize almost every other story I’ve ever seen is like children’s material compared to this, in terms of hand-holding the audience and making sure they’re safe.