• NPa [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I am reading the Three Body Problem series rn and

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    one of the main characters tries to ask Bin Laden to form a crack team of atomic bomb suicide space pilots so they can kill the invading aliens, but Bin Laden tells him that ever since the aliens forced Earth to unite, al Qaeda no longer wants to fight, and in fact welcome the destruction of Earth, since it would mean the destruction of America.
    :amerikkka:

      • barrbaric [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I mean the ending kinda sucked, and all that shit about the one dude's ideal dream waifu who ends up being real was pretty weird/gross.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Ah fuck I forgot about the dreamgirl part I just liked the whole dark forest theory.

          • barrbaric [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Ah, yeah, the theory is definitely neat, I mostly didn't like how

            spoiler

            Rey Diaz had basically the same plan of "I will hold the earth hostage" like 1/3 through the book, and that more or less ends up being the solution in the end, if with a different implementation.

            I'm only partway through the sequel and it has some more weird sexism, with

            spoiler

            the Trisolarans instantly attacking earth the moment that a woman is put in charge of the deterrence system because they know that she won't be willing to follow through, and all the future people (described as extremely feminine) being portrayed as weak and utterly incapable of functioning in a crisis.

        • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          My take on the tree body problem trilogy is that conceptually it is 10/10 but the execution leaves a lot to be desired