安住紳一郎の日曜天国
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Abu and Obssa continue their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. In Part II, the Wallbreakers arrive, and the hosts argue over how humanity can beat defeatism and whether this book has a villain at all. The summary follows Frederick Tyler and Manuel Rey Diaz as their secret plans are laid bare, while Bill Hines and Keiko Yamasuki build the mental seal (Abu insists on calling it brain CRISPR). Abu's takeaway weighs Luo Ji's family, the Faith Center and Zhang Beihai's fanatical hope as three possible cures for humanity's despair, then asks Obssa which one would actually work on him. Obssa argues that the book hands out evil in small portions to everyone, Trisolarans and ETO included, and that the most villainous act in the section might belong to the character readers love most. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices.…
Abu and Obssa continue their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. In Part II, the Wallbreakers arrive, and the hosts argue over how humanity can beat defeatism and whether this book has a villain at all. The summary follows Frederick Tyler and Manuel Rey Diaz as their secret plans are laid bare, while Bill Hines and Keiko Yamasuki build the mental seal (Abu insists on calling it brain CRISPR). Abu's takeaway weighs Luo Ji's family, the Faith Center and Zhang Beihai's fanatical hope as three possible cures for humanity's despair, then asks Obssa which one would actually work on him. Obssa argues that the book hands out evil in small portions to everyone, Trisolarans and ETO included, and that the most villainous act in the section might belong to the character readers love most. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices.…
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The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu | Part 2
OuvidoAbu and Obssa continue their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. In Part II, the Wallbreakers arrive, and the hosts argue over how humanity can beat defeatism and whether this book has a villain at all. The summary follows Frederick Tyler and Manuel Rey Diaz as their secret plans are laid bare, while Bill Hines and Keiko Yamasuki build the mental seal (Abu insists on calling it brain CRISPR). Abu's takeaway weighs Luo Ji's family, the Faith Center and Zhang Beihai's fanatical hope as three possible cures for humanity's despair, then asks Obssa which one would actually work on him. Obssa argues that the book hands out evil in small portions to everyone, Trisolarans and ETO included, and that the most villainous act in the section might belong to the character readers love most. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices.…
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The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu | Part 1
OuvidoAbu and Obssa continue their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. They work through all of Part I, where the UN hands four Wallfacers nearly unlimited resources and orders them to keep their plans to themselves. Zhang Beihai quickly becomes Abu's favorite character in the book, while Luo Ji spends his new power hunting for a woman he once invented in his head. The hosts also cover the plans of Frederick Tyler, Manuel Rey Diaz and Bill Hines, plus a group of retired neighbors arguing over who deserves a ticket off Earth. In the back half, Obssa asks why one Wallbreaker's reunion with his Trisolaran Lord feels so plausible, connecting it to modern science skepticism and the way cults of personality hold on to their followers. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Get bonus content: patreon.com/scifibookclubpod Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu | Prologue
OuvidoAbu and Obssa begin their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. They cover just the prologue, a short opening that picks up right where The Three-Body Problem left off and introduces the idea of cosmic sociology. Ye Wenjie lays out her two axioms for a skeptical Luo Ji at a graveside, and Abu argues the ant and the spider crawling over the headstone are doing more work than they seem, picking up Da Shi's line about bugs from the end of the first book. Obssa takes up the question Mike Evans puts to the Trisolarans, who broadcast every thought and can't see why the wolf in a children's fable would speak before it eats. He borrows the software idea of lossy communication to ask whether human art exists because no mind can hand a thought to another whole. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Get bonus content: patreon.com/scifibookclubpod Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more…
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The Dog Stars Movie Review
OuvidoIn this bonus episode, Abu and Obssa share their thoughts on the adaptation of The Dog Stars. Obssa caught Ridley Scott's film in theaters and breaks down how it turns Peter Heller's slow, poetic survival novel into a faster, action-driven adventure movie. They dig into how the film expands the Grand Junction sequence into a stranger, more elaborate set piece than the book ever attempts, and how the romance between Hig and Cima gets more room to develop on screen. Abu and Obssa also talk through how Bangley's characterization shifts in ways that surprised them, and weigh whether the movie's shootouts and action beats trade away the book's quieter, interior tone. The film stars Jacob Elordi as Hig alongside Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Allison Janney, and Guy Pearce. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Get bonus content: patreon.com/scifibookclubpod Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn…
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Should You Read The Dog Stars? (Spoiler-Free Review)
OuvidoShould you read The Dog Stars by Peter Heller? Abu and Obssa give their spoiler-free verdict. The Dog Stars follows a lone survivor scraping by a few years after a pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, and it's a book for readers who love nature writing and quiet survival stories more than plot. Abu and Obssa describe the prose as unconventional, a stream-of-consciousness style that takes some patience to settle into before its poetry and heartfelt lines start to land. Readers who loved The Road or I Am Legend will find a kindred, grounded take on the genre, one that earns its place in the man-and-his-dog-after-the-apocalypse canon. JOIN THE CLUB Bookmark the reading schedule: sfbc.netlify.app/schedule Join the conversation in our free Discord: discord.gg/bVrhwWm7j4 Get bonus content: patreon.com/scifibookclubpod Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
