What’s a piece of SF that you just couldn’t get into, even though you feel like you should?
I tried to watch Babylon 5, for instance, and just couldn’t connect to it. I know it’s popular and people love it, but it never hooked me.
Another is The Three Body Problem. I tried reading it after a friend’s glowing recommendation, but I couldn’t get past the first chapter. I even tried reading it in another language in case it was the translation I couldn’t connect with, but the same thing happened.
Both are things I feel like I should like, but just don’t.
The three body problem had a very slow start. It took me several attempts to get past the first section. But it’s definitely worth persevering with. It’s one of my favorite series now.
I’m going to try either the Chinese drama that came out earlier this year, or wait for the Netflix series. I just couldn’t get into the book, and I tried in both English and Japanese. I’d try in Chinese, but my Chinese is nowhere near good enough for that, alas.
Huh, I finished the first book right before checking Lemmy and writing this comment. I read it in German and I have to say that it’s extremely good, but some parts are… weird. The jumping between time is hard. Sentences like “They ate breakfast and 30 million years later they built a space cannon” (not an actual sentence in the book) are just weird :D
I will read the other books as well, though. The story is way too good.
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