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Sci-fi you couldn’t get into? (kbin.social)
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What’s a piece of SF that you just couldn’t get into, even though you feel like you should?

I tried to watch Babylon 5, for instance, and just couldn’t connect to it. I know it’s popular and people love it, but it never hooked me.

Another is The Three Body Problem. I tried reading it after a friend’s glowing recommendation, but I couldn’t get past the first chapter. I even tried reading it in another language in case it was the translation I couldn’t connect with, but the same thing happened.

Both are things I feel like I should like, but just don’t.

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[–] RheingoldRiver@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Foundation. I read I, Robot and loved it, but I couldn't get into Foundation.

[–] sethw@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

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

[–] effingjoe@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Raised by Wolves was pretty bizarre. I loved the first season, up until the weird flying worm thing, and second season just seemed off-the-rails batshit insane. haha

I was definitely intending to watch season 3, though I didn't really understand what was going on. I'm not completely surprised it was canceled.

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