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itâs a huge series spanning thousands of years and itâs beautifully written. The parallels of our own history play well on different worlds, and the rise of AI in the story is an interesting perspective. You donât need to have watched the Battlestar series to understand, but it helps.
Also, theyâre free! Amazing books and totally free. Worth it no matter what!
Also, theyâre free! Amazing books and totally free. Worth it no matter what!
Jul 12, 2025
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đWith the Netflix series coming out, I can't recommend the book trilogy enough.
It's the approachable sort of hard sci-fi that delves into complicated concepts without getting too deeply into the weeds. Everything is really well set up and explained, and like all the best trilogies, every book in the series gets better than the one that came before.
It was also written by a Chinese author (Cixin Liu) in the early 2000s, so it offers a unique perspective and gives you a glimpse into how someone from a country like China (the world's second largest economy, but with dramatically different economic/political processes and historical/cultural development than the US or Europe) views the realities of the present and the possibilities of the future (spoiler: its way more optimistic than a lot of Western authors... to an extent).
But most importantly, the series is full of some really interesting ideas and concepts, especially in regard to the Fermi Paradox. It makes you think, imagine, and philosophize, which is what I love about reading sci-fi. Anyway, it's definitely worth reading the series before having your idea of it tainted by the TV show, which will inevitably butcher certain aspects, and tarnish what your imagination could have dreamt up on its own.
It's the approachable sort of hard sci-fi that delves into complicated concepts without getting too deeply into the weeds. Everything is really well set up and explained, and like all the best trilogies, every book in the series gets better than the one that came before.
It was also written by a Chinese author (Cixin Liu) in the early 2000s, so it offers a unique perspective and gives you a glimpse into how someone from a country like China (the world's second largest economy, but with dramatically different economic/political processes and historical/cultural development than the US or Europe) views the realities of the present and the possibilities of the future (spoiler: its way more optimistic than a lot of Western authors... to an extent).
But most importantly, the series is full of some really interesting ideas and concepts, especially in regard to the Fermi Paradox. It makes you think, imagine, and philosophize, which is what I love about reading sci-fi. Anyway, it's definitely worth reading the series before having your idea of it tainted by the TV show, which will inevitably butcher certain aspects, and tarnish what your imagination could have dreamt up on its own.
Mar 24, 2024
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đThe show for the Expanse is good, but when i tell you, the booksâŚ
There is like 10 of them, but itâs so worth it. It truly has everything
World building? out the wazoo
in depth and well thought out characters? Literally every single one
A believable and incredibly in depth political situation that also comments on todayâs society and the effects that it may have on our future? fucking hell yeah, itâs got it
There is like 10 of them, but itâs so worth it. It truly has everything
World building? out the wazoo
in depth and well thought out characters? Literally every single one
A believable and incredibly in depth political situation that also comments on todayâs society and the effects that it may have on our future? fucking hell yeah, itâs got it
May 3, 2025
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đThis trilogy is one of the most interesting and ambitious things Iâve ever read. The scale of the story consistently expands, and there is unique profundity to the concepts that the author introduces. It leaves you contemplating the depth of our place in the universe, and the philosophies upon which we entrust ourselves to evolve further into the unknown. It's going to be a Netflix series soon, so read it before it gets ruined by Corporate Money Goblins!
May 30, 2023
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đWhenever I see the posts like âhey old people, give your best piece of adviceâ and people are giving like, financial advice and cleaning advice and relationship advice and then I come stomping in yelling, âDRESS SLUTTIER, YA GONNA REGRET NOT DRESSING SLUTTIERâ
Yeah, thatâs my advice. I dressed pretty slutty, but man I wish I had dressed sluttier. More strings and cloth scraps called shirts, more skirts that showed my butty cheekies, more TIGHT FUCKING DRESSES, thatâs what I wish I had done. Wish Iâd worn my tight red pleather pants more often instead of chickening out. Wish I had worn just ONE string bikini in my early twenties. Just one.
Live ur life, but thatâs what I wish I was about. Baddie dreams on a cowardâs budget.
Yeah, thatâs my advice. I dressed pretty slutty, but man I wish I had dressed sluttier. More strings and cloth scraps called shirts, more skirts that showed my butty cheekies, more TIGHT FUCKING DRESSES, thatâs what I wish I had done. Wish Iâd worn my tight red pleather pants more often instead of chickening out. Wish I had worn just ONE string bikini in my early twenties. Just one.
Live ur life, but thatâs what I wish I was about. Baddie dreams on a cowardâs budget.
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Sometimes I forget I can literally just add anything I want to my ramen noodles. Today I added peanut butter and fresh garlic. Yesterday I added chunks of brie cheese. Some people add egg, not my favorite but many love it. Some green onions and a squirt of hoisin, yum.
Like, you can add anything you want. a little ranch dressing, sure! Literally any cheese, oh yes. You can sweeten it up with some honey and fried onions. Dice up a tomato and mix it in, or even just some tomato sauce. Treat yourself today, and donât let your imagination hold you back.
Like, you can add anything you want. a little ranch dressing, sure! Literally any cheese, oh yes. You can sweeten it up with some honey and fried onions. Dice up a tomato and mix it in, or even just some tomato sauce. Treat yourself today, and donât let your imagination hold you back.