Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds (2019)

jnovek wrote: post #6

I just finished Deaths End this morning so I'm experiencing that ponderous glow that you get after reading something thought provoking. Without going into spoilers, Death's End makes everything so... huge. It really made me feel tiny in our universe. These are good books with some flaws. You should read them.

I absolutely loved the whole series. I have never been as disappointed at a screen adaptation as I was at the netflix show. I couldn't get past episode 2. Terrible.

Re: Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds (2019)

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Post by bsnnkv » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 7:11 PM UTC

tb1989 wrote: post #5

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> I just feel that it is very tragic if a person cannot choose his own nationality and destiny. The really miserable people, such as North Koreans and many Chinese, if you are willing to help them, you should say no to the visa system and let the national borders cease to exist.

I think you would enjoy reading the Terra Ignota series[1].

[1]: https://www.adapalmer.com/series/terra-ignota/

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Post by perihelions » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 7:12 PM UTC

mvdtnz wrote: post #7

jnovek wrote: post #6

I just finished Deaths End this morning so I'm experiencing that ponderous glow that you get after reading something thought provoking. Without going into spoilers, Death's End makes everything so... huge. It really made me feel tiny in our universe. These are good books with some flaws. You should read them.

I absolutely loved the whole series. I have never been as disappointed at a screen adaptation as I was at the netflix show. I couldn't get past episode 2. Terrible.

You haven't watched many Netflix adaptations! If the sensation of being banished from 10-dimensional cosmological heavens down into dead 3-dimensional purgatories could be meaningfully be experienced by humans, that ineffable tragedy, it would be the sensation of being forced to watch the Netflix flattening of a book you once dearly enjoyed.

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Post by jitl » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 7:13 PM UTC

mvdtnz wrote: post #7

jnovek wrote: post #6

I just finished Deaths End this morning so I'm experiencing that ponderous glow that you get after reading something thought provoking. Without going into spoilers, Death's End makes everything so... huge. It really made me feel tiny in our universe. These are good books with some flaws. You should read them.

I absolutely loved the whole series. I have never been as disappointed at a screen adaptation as I was at the netflix show. I couldn't get past episode 2. Terrible.

Huh, what were your complaints? I thought they did a pretty decent job - although I finished Death’s End in 2019 so it’s been a while. They preserved the most important parts in my mind, and otherwise the compromises seemed acceptable. I had low expectations and was pleasantly surprised.