Ah, yeah, the theory is definitely neat, I mostly didn't like how
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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
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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.
The Dark Forest is one of the best sci fi books I've read.
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.
Ah fuck I forgot about the dreamgirl part I just liked the whole dark forest theory.
Ah, yeah, the theory is definitely neat, I mostly didn't like how
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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.
My take on the tree body problem trilogy is that conceptually it is 10/10 but the execution leaves a lot to be desired