Robin Edwards answers “Is this Space opera or hard SF?”

Mårten Ericson asked this question about The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1):

Is this Space opera or hard SF?

Robin Edwards It's hard sci-fi and not a space opera (star wars). Cixin was a nuclear engineer (iirc) and make use of whatever degrees and expertise he has on the m…moreIt's hard sci-fi and not a space opera (star wars). Cixin was a nuclear engineer (iirc) and make use of whatever degrees and expertise he has on the matter.

That said, he extrapolates into speculative fiction and it plays a huge role in this story. Toward the end, epistemology comes into play, and then, game theory.

I quite enjoyed the hard aspects. The speculative fiction was interesting to think about. (less)

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