Don't know the author, but I've just looked her up and will give her a read. I make no claim to categorical knowledge of sci-fi. There's >always< something or someone I've yet to read! The examples I used, though, are authors I'm certain most of us here have heard of before. While I'm speaking of "who knew?'s" let me suggest "The Thr…
Don't know the author, but I've just looked her up and will give her a read. I make no claim to categorical knowledge of sci-fi. There's >always< something or someone I've yet to read! The examples I used, though, are authors I'm certain most of us here have heard of before. While I'm speaking of "who knew?'s" let me suggest "The Three Body Problem" series of Chinese author Cixin Liu: https://us.macmillan.com/series/thethreebodyproblemseries I wasn't even aware there was a Chinese sci-fi tradition! Apparently, Netflix is currently producing a screen-drama version at this time. The series takes a more Stephen Hawking view of first contact. In a weird way, it plays into my whole discussion of toxic competition with respect to social inequality I began with.
Don't know the author, but I've just looked her up and will give her a read. I make no claim to categorical knowledge of sci-fi. There's >always< something or someone I've yet to read! The examples I used, though, are authors I'm certain most of us here have heard of before. While I'm speaking of "who knew?'s" let me suggest "The Three Body Problem" series of Chinese author Cixin Liu: https://us.macmillan.com/series/thethreebodyproblemseries I wasn't even aware there was a Chinese sci-fi tradition! Apparently, Netflix is currently producing a screen-drama version at this time. The series takes a more Stephen Hawking view of first contact. In a weird way, it plays into my whole discussion of toxic competition with respect to social inequality I began with.
Liu's "The Dark Forest" proposition is the connection/parallel with my comment on social inequality.