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Amazon Plans Blockbuster TV Series Based On Chinese Sci-Fi Trilogy 'The Three-Body Problem' (medium.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you dept.

hackingbear writes from a report: Amazon is reportedly likely to earmark $1 billion for a television series (Warning: source paywalled, alternative source) based on the ultra-popular Chinese science fiction trilogy The Three Body Problem. The American video subscription service will likely acquire the rights to the Yugo-winning, extremely popular trilogy of novels written by Liu Cixin and produce three seasons of episodes. The rights to the trilogy are currently owned by Lin Qi, the chairman of Youzu Interactive, a Chinese developer and publisher that typically focuses on online and mobile games.

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  1. HUGO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Three Body Problem won a HUGO award: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/

    1. Re: HUGO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Every author has jumped on the #metoo bandwagon.

      Characters now pull a Star Wars and completely forget they were capable of something unless directed by a female.

      Terrible straw men and pointless virtue signaling.

      For examples of all of this just read the latest way of kings. Even worse is clearly these were very late changes. There is little rhyme or reason for random SJW nonsense that shows up. Characters become schizophrenic in their behevior.

      I can't say it's unique and I'm not sure how much these authors really believe in their own narrative. That might explain why they can't build convincing arguements. It's more like let me throw in some virtue signaling and then poof I'm hot shit.

      Anyhow, writers are free to burn their fan base. I want be entertained and not read a bunch of sjw nonsense.

  2. Will Amazon whitewash? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Main protagonist characters are Chinese. The antagonists are not Chinese.

  3. Re: What Now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yes, the alien conspiracy was discovered and people rallied against Hillary.

  4. Agree with nearly 100% of you said by aepervius · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The only thing I would remove is this : as opposed to "a "Literary" faction" and puppies I view both puppies : the left puppies and the right puppies both pushing an agenda of their own. Both have at time applauded literary work for reason other than pure literature, be it gender promotion or whatever. If you ignore both of them and judge work on their own literary merit, you are better off.

    After having read the some of the controversial "book" the right puppies accused the left puppies of pushing, I could agree at least on some point, that some were obviously pushed for reason other than literature, I can remember one about transgender issue I found the writing so poor I could not see why this book was promoted for Hugo novel. But the same way hold the other way around the right puppies having so obnoxious agenda pushing that you gotta vomit.

    In the end my recommendation is : ignore both puppies, ignore the gender or sexuality of an author, enjoy the story and writing. Only the story content should matter. Which is why I am still reading Orson scott card in spite of its view , I just refuse to pay money for it and loan it from library ;-), and this is why I am still enjoying call of cthulhu in spite of lvoecraft ebing an obnoxious mysoginistic racist.

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  5. Re:First "The Martian" then this! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd love to see a billion dollars spent on The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.