Re:Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python
by servercobra on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @11:11AM
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The Three Body Problem series is probably my favorite fiction I've listened to in the past couple years.
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Re:Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python
by ConfusedDog on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @11:48AM
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Same here... it's hard to surpass that level of grandness, but I read it in Chinese. English translation of Chinese character names are not very easy for me to digest, but I heard the translation was really good. I bought both versions.
Re:Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python
by DanFeldman on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @04:19PM
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I read the trilogy English translation. I sometimes had trouble following individual characters with similar names, but it didn't impede my comprehension. Fantastic series, 11/10.
Re:Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python
by qnsi on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:02AM
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For me it was dissapointing. I dont read scifi that much, but Blindsight was way better
Re:Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python
by ConfusedDog on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @10:07AM
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They are very different. Three Body trilogy keeps humanity as-is, time morphs the society and culture, but humanity more or less the same regardless. In that regard, I think Blindsight is better at exploiting the internal conflict within the humanity.
But the Three Body trilogy has many advantages over Blindsight in terms of time (it literally takes you on a journey from 1950s to the end of universe); dimensions (very concept that I haven't seen anywhere else); society (very acute transitions).
But really, they are both good. I also recommend Bobiverse series. Though it's not as good, sorry Dennis, but it's very enjoyable, every software engineer's wet dream that is. Haha.