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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by spupy on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:25AM (#15071052)
Is that a spoiler for "The Three-Body Problem" in the second paragraph? Thanks, QZ!...
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by raverbashing on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:37AM (#15071103)
Kinda.

It's not a major plot point that's being given away

It's more like "there's an Alien in Nostromo"

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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by new299 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:24AM (#15073291)
Errrr... I think it's a bigger give away than that. I came to the three body knowing almost nothing of what it was about... the information in the article would have removed much of the surprise.
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by raverbashing on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @02:10PM (#15074974)
Yes, (without giving too much) but you know about it before knowing how it's called
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by aaron-lebo on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:34AM (#15071092)
Had never heard of it, but it looks really interesting:

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/07653...

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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by xinyhn on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:45AM (#15072871)
I know everyone says it's good, etc. I just want to reinforce the point. It is really really good. Definitely one of the best scifi I have read. The story just gets bigger and bigger as the books progress as well as the imagined tech and physics. I know it's cliche but it definitely caused me to think slightly differently when looking up at a night sky.
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by dankohn1 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @09:59AM (#15072436)
Highly recommended. Sequel is quite good as well.
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by imaginenore on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:37AM (#15071098)
Great book, somewhat unusual sci fi.
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by sriacha on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @03:19PM (#15075527)
Really, really good. I would rank it up in top scifi I've ever read.
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by l5870uoo9y on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @09:06AM (#15071944)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem
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Re:China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash i... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:45AM (#15071132)
It's a minor plot point, and it's not even described accurately.
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