What's the word for realising, eighty-five percent of the way through the book, that this is the first part of a trilogy, a fact not indicated anywhere on the cover
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I'm going to call it "getting Three-Bodied" after The Three-Body Problem, which I just finished, which has two sequels and no substantial conclusion of its own and also isn't very good
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The Three Body Problem is mediocre, and its praise is merely due to the modern fascination with China, a sort of new Orientalism
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It's trading in some interesting ideas, like what would a mostly human-like civilisation look like if it evolved under a chaotic, unpredictable star system, but it's so simplistically written
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Three body problem was the worst professionally published SF book I've read since Green Earth
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The second book is amazing, and can serve as an ending to the story started in the second book. I often tell friends who do not enjoy reading to stop at the second book; the third book has a few great ideas and a handful of good scenes, but ends badly.
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How much of that is in the translation? Books 1 and 3 are translated by Ken Liu, book 2 is someone else. I haven't read that series, but I did read Chen Quifan's "Waste Tide", also translated by Ken Liu, and enjoyed it.
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I did this once, except I read the second part first without noticing (Same universe, different characters situation) and discovered not having the knowledge of the universe and mythology already established made it WAY better.
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Book 2 and 3 are better cos they have some crazy mind bending ideas
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If it makes you feel better, the sequels are even worse!
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