Yeah. That’s the point. Having said that I always wanted to be Porthos when I grew up. It doesn’t seem to have worked.

Slippery Jim diGriz

Every character in the Three Body Problem trilogy.

Piers Anthony, Terry Pratchett and James S A Corey. Fun, fun and awesome fun.

Social context is everything with Wodehouse. If you are oblivious to the tropes of the inter-war years of Great Britain, then it will be an opaque mystery.

I feel you. All three were terrible, essentially butchering a fantastic concept. It also triggered my reading slump, a slump from which I have not recovered. I’ve never seen so much love for a trilogy that is just horrible to read, difficult to immerse oneself in and has literally no payoff at the end. Sunk cost fallacy and a bunch of respected authors and reviewers mean you feel like an idiot for not finding it a decent read. That and a bunch of people suggesting you’re not a real sci-fi fan if you don’t rave about it.