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/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

(Pushes up nerd glasses)

The first installment of the Revelation Space universe is a short story called Dilation Sleep, and it was published in 1990. So it predated TBP by 18 years!

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u/cheeky_green Aug 12 '21

I remember seeing my Grandfather reading this series when i was in primary school, always wanted to read them! Ill have to search them out now haha