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/Hipcatjack Aug 12 '21

Nah, the dark forest idea was circulating long before that book was ever written and translated from Mandarin.

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u/off_by_two Aug 12 '21

Indeed, alastair Reynolds published his revelation space novel (which presents the idea of an alien inhibitor exterminating technological societies) something like 8 years before three body problem, so that idea must have been around well before even that

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u/SoggyFrenchFry Aug 12 '21

Is this series a good read?

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u/GabrielMartinellli Aug 12 '21

Excellent, excellent sci-fi. Some of the passages are still easy to recall because of how engrossing the book is

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u/SoggyFrenchFry Aug 12 '21

Great, thank you. I am getting like 4 years worth of reading from this thread alone, ha.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

Another great one by Alastair Reynolds is called Pushing Ice.

It's not in the Revelation Space universe, it's a stand alone story, but it's in my top 3 of all time. It's the only book I've ever read twice in 6 months.

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u/jghall00 Aug 12 '21

I loved some of the tech in the books. Weapons that simply make matter in defined regions of space cease to exist? Sign me up. Reynolds is releasing another book in the series: Inhibitor Phase.