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- glensteinI jumped into the book after hearing all the buzz as it seemed like the big scifi hit of 2025. Killer premise and for the most part the fast pacing works... for the first third or so. But it you can feel the short story anthology vibe as it goes on and becomes practically a disconnected series of vignettes, and even the central idea itself loses cohesion. The Big Bad Thing has so many manifestations that it feels like monster of the week rather than a true full book that holds onto a core sharply executed identity. Less a grand thesis than a series of isolated short form thrills.So the long and short of it is, definitely worth it for the first third and dimishing returns after that.As for the short film, I think it's great for what it is, gets better and better as it goes and is worth the short watch. Fascinating seeing the visual depictions of the stuff the book talks about both foreground and background.
- Kim_BruningOh wow, They filmed it! Twice even!hn discussion about the written versions* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41224225A different version by different director/actors:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IiVeGAydE
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- manfromchina1Reminds me of "Total Rickall"(Rick and Morty: Season 2, Episode 4) which itself is probably a retelling of a retelling of a retelling of a retelling.
- coldteaDid anybody else find the original story mediocre stuff? Interesting premise, but neither novel nor that deep. PKD has done 100x with much less.
- world2vecI just finished the book and it did not live up to all its hype. Quite boring, actually.
- jmcgoughRead this as "antiemetics" (anti-nausea meds like Zofran) and was very confused for a moment.
- lowbloodsugarJasika will always be Astrid from Fringe. In my head, Helen Hunt plays wheeler.
- SideburnsOfDoomWas this authorised by QNTM?