Starship troopers is a pretty good movie but it’s another example of a movie that has little to do with the source

The show was not bad though.

Blindsight by Peter Watts.

Everything gets fucked up on physical, emotional, and existential levels.

Ha? Cake is no the same as pie.

Bruh.

Mercedes from Count de Montecristo

What went wrong?

It seems to be Sustainable and working just fine with pretty much everyone being happy vast majority of the time.

It’s not that dystopian.

The world seems pretty good. Overpopulation problem is solved. And everyone seems generally happy.

Even dissidents are simply sent to islands to hang out

The Pearl by Steinbeck has 118 pages

Karamazov Brothers

War and Peace

I don’t want to say never never, but definitely not any time soon.

I would like to see more depth. For example: Use of fantasy novel to explore political and philophical ideas relevant to the modern world.

Le Guin was a master of this. But there was a scarcity of this done in non-cringe manner.

Thermonuclear rocket

No.

Both novels are not traditional “hero’s journey” where the hero and villains are clearly defined.

Instead the books are closer to “feigned history” - where invented historical events are described from multiple points of view in a fantastic worlds.

History rarely has “villains” and “heroes” (with some rare exceptions). Just different people, clashing with different agendas and motivations.

Whether someone is a villains or a hero is up to interpretation. It’s like asking whether Napoleon or Alexander are villains or heroes. They are neither.

I don’t know.

I found them insufferable. The humor just passed me by.

When there is deep insight intro intricacies of a culture I was not previously familiar with.

Indian culture in Midnight’s children.

Chinese culture in Three body problem.

It really draws me in.

Determinism is not a barrier to meaningful free will.

You should read some philosophers who are proponents of compatabilism (philosophy that determinism and Free Will are compatible).

I would recommend “Freedom Evolves” by Dennet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Evolves

Determinism does not have to mean doom and gloom and lack of personal responsibility.

Karamazov Brothers have some unexplainable breaks in the narrative.

I almost gave up when Dostoyevsky decided to take a break in a middle of a murder mystery and chase down life and adventures of a kid of a teriarry character (Kolya Krastonkivov). This takes up entire book 10.

No version without morphine trips is acceptable!

War and peace for pretty much every charter, but especially Pierre.

We sorely need HIGH QUALITY mini series.