LogFAQs > #932175679

I love Jordan and Sanderson's concrete, consistent rule systems, but half of why I love Three Body so much is how unapologetically it relies on that magic space wizard trope. "Soft" series like Star Trek tend to use science in their setting as plot devices of convenience, generally fundamentally incidental to the story and present in the form of meaningless technobabble. The Three Body Series acknowledges this trend and rather than apologetically mumble when it makes shit up or confidentally lampshade and handwave away its bullshit, it instead just goes balls to the fucking wall with cool science fiction. I guess I equate it tosequences of Jedi or wizard duels, but with technology instead of action. Like, unfolding a proton to turn it into a computer? That makes no sense at all but it's fucking awesome. I'd much rather have that than mealymouthed nonsense about reversing the polarity of the reflector shields to magically solve whatever issue the heroes face after they resolve the diplomatic part of the plot.

Plus the sophons (unfolded proton) did play a role in the story, mostly in fucking with scientists, spying, and preventing particle research from being conducted.

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