[shmageggy]

I'm going to go against the grain here regarding The Three Body Problem, not because it's a bad book, but because it fails to live up to its billing in a subtle but disappointing way. The book is often touted as a "hard sci fi" masterpiece, and to me (and wikipedia and most definitions I've seen), "hard" means remaining faithful to the boundaries of plausible physics. T3BP almost entirely respects these limits, even while exploring daring and fascinating ideas, but (without spoiling anything) the author does make one very common concession. It's disappointing because he does so well otherwise that it feels very authentic and convincing. Then when the violation is revealed, it totally spoils the illusion and feels like such a let down.

[edanm]

Can you Rot13 what you're talking about? It's been a while but not sure what you're referring to.

[shmageggy]

I guess it doesn't spoil anything to say it was FTL. Sorry, but nothing can travel faster than light, not even information, and no, quantum entanglement doesn't help.

[edwinksl]

I am guessing they are referring to the fbcubaf (ROT13).