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I enjoyed it a lot too, top notch science fiction. Though I do prefer Iain M. Banks' Culture books even more, Three Body Problem was really way up there with the best.

Very, very different kinds of books. The Culture is a wonderful series, and the utopian society depicted in it I find the most appealing in science fiction. My favorite book in the series is, unconventionally, Excession. It is all about the Minds, and their humbling encounter with the entity from the older universe.

The Three Body Problem is more... serious. It's actually made significant cultural impact on science fiction readership as a whole. A couple of years back, some engineer at work went off about the dangers of SETI trying to contact aliens during one of the company's weekly meetings. I asked him after if he had read the series, and indeed he had lol.

As a series, I think the Three Body Problem is better, and packs more of a punch. As a fictional universe, the Culture is unsurpassed. I can get lost thinking about it for hours. But the stories themselves are mid. The Player of Games is probably the most interesting in terms of story, but it is still unexceptional imo.

 

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Audiobooks have changed my life. Listen while doing the shopping, during my commute, waiting at the Dentist office, while at work (depending on job), while cooking dinner, doing chores, etc.. So many books I wouldn't have read, and I love to read, I have listened to as audiobooks.

They are amazing. This thread is great because I have been looking for some new books and I like sci fi. The Meg series also sucked me in pretty quick and I went through all 5 books in about a week while working on a remodel.

 

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