Whatās a piece of SF that you just couldnāt get into, even though you feel like you should?
I tried to watch Babylon 5, for instance, and just couldnāt connect to it. I know itās popular and people love it, but it never hooked me.
Another is The Three Body Problem. I tried reading it after a friendās glowing recommendation, but I couldnāt get past the first chapter. I even tried reading it in another language in case it was the translation I couldnāt connect with, but the same thing happened.
Both are things I feel like I should like, but just donāt.
Foundation. I read I, Robot and loved it, but I couldnāt get into Foundation.
This is me. And speaking as someone who tends to love his writing otherwise. It took me several tries to get through Foundation and once I finally finished it I was left with zero desire to read any other books in that series.
Foundation is probably the best harder scifi going right now, just the idea of the clone kings dawn dusk and day is worth it let alone the prime radiant and foundation itself.
Raised by wolves is a good one in a similar style, but it got cancelled before it was able to answer the bigger questions of the world building which is frustrating
Wow I had no idea there was a tv adaptation of it! I was talking about the books haha
ha funny, Iām not a reader so it never even crossed my mind that you werenāt talking about the show. well still, I highly recommend the show!
hey I watched the tv show last night thanks to your accidental recommendation and itās great!! I was under the mistaken impression that s1 and 2 were all out and s3 was being released so now iām devastated but Iāll binge s2 as soon as this season is finished and then wait for more haha
Funny people are saying the book is so hard to like, I have to assume the show is only as good as it is because it has the depth of the source material to draw from! Also when youāre done with foundation do Raised by Wolves for a similar vibe, and for a very different vibe the best new series of 2017: Blood Drive. Itās not directly comparable to foundation, but I tell everyone to watch it anyway. give it at least until the Suck Bus episode!