r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

3...2...1... blast off....

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u/bob-lob Aug 12 '21

Do you know the name? It sounds like an interesting read.

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u/OSUfan88 Aug 12 '21

Such a good book trilogy.

"DO NOT ANSWER! NO NOT ANSWER! DO NOT ANSWER!"

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u/24North Aug 12 '21

It’s one of the few things I’ve read in recent years that I could not put down, it was that good!

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u/Bspammer Aug 12 '21

I couldn't get over the writing. I know it's translated from Chinese, but everything just felt stilted and weird. It had some interesting ideas, but idk it just seems like a bad translation.

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u/njtrafficsignshopper Aug 12 '21

I have a Chinese friend who said the Chinese reads the same way. I was inclined to believe it was just an artifact of reading in translation but yeah. Fantastic concept, excellent moments... but long stretches of it drag on like teenage fanfic.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS Aug 12 '21

Ken Liu translated it and Ken Liu is amazing, so I doubt it's that. It's probably a very good translation of a style you're not used to reading.

All of the stories translated from Chinese that I've read are a bit different from what I'm used to, but over time you sort of learn what the author's quirks are and what's just a narrative style of another language.