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What’s something you couldn’t get into, but feel like you should? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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What’s something that you feel like you should like,, but for some reason can’t get into, no matter how many chances you give it?

For me, it’s The Three Body Problem. It should be right up my alley from everything I’ve heard about it (especially the second book, which looks at the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter!), but for the life of me, I can’t get past the first chapter at all. I even tried reading it in another language to see if it was the translation that kept me from getting into it, and nope.

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[–] nilaus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I am on my second year trying to get through the three body problem. It has drained me, but I refuse to give up.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I read the first book for a book club so I just crunched it, but I'm listening to the audio book of the second and it's annoying the hell out of me.

The characters are horrible, the story is so so. Some of the ideas are interesting, but the books have been a slog.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m hoping the Netflix series will be good, despite the delay due to, um, a murder.

I also heard that there’s a Chinese series of it that’s already been released, and that it’s really good.

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Chinese series is in post-production Hell. It has not yet been released to my knowledge.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I listened to the first book but wasn't hooked enough to carry on.

For me, it was that the science just seemed too out-there at times. I can't explain why it bothered me, I can enjoy science fiction with magical elements, or accept that some shows have bad science.

There was just something about this book that just completely failed to make stuff like the protons sound convincing.

[–] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed the audio books, I'm on Death's End now. If you're into audiobooks I would say try that approach.