12th July 2023, 12:28 AM
Ah remember earth? I can see it now... like a lovely painting in exquisite detail.
Well, it's also a book trilogy I've been reading through and it's about to become a TV series. Funny thing is, in reading this very dark sci-fi trilogy, I'm reminded of A Link Between Worlds of all things.
There's a concept in this book series called the "Dark Forest". It's a solution to the fermi paradox that basically says that yes, there's aliens out there everywhere, and all of them are hiding, because if they reveal themselves, SOME civilization is going to destroy them at the speed of light. So, you know, on a galactic scale that's tens to hundreds to thousands of years. The reasoning is that while civilization expands, the number of resources in the universe remains the same. Further, survival trumps all other concerns, such as morality. Thirdly, there is no way to resolve the chain of suspicion in a timely manner when cut off by time scales that mean whoever you even made an alliance with is dead and whole new generations that may have wholly different values will almost certainly "change the agreement". So, in this dark forest, the moment you hear a sound whether from a rabbit or a lion, shoot immediately and hide always. No Federation can form in this universe.
There's also a weapon described through a fairy tale. A painter from a farwaway land can paint anyone they've seen, turning them into a lovely painting but the original is gone, now painted. This was meant to secretely convey a weapon called a two dimensional foil which pulls in spacetime around it at the speed of light forcibly compressing everything into two dimensions, a vast painting on the scale of a star system.
I ended up thinking of Link Between Worlds not just because of Yuga painting everyone into paintings in the same way as that fairy tale, (and that impossible to defend against weapon), but because Princess Hilda is absolutely treating Hyrule the way aliens treat the discovery of other civilizations, as a dark forest problem. Sneak in, take, save your realm at the expense of the other for survival is all.
Also, for some reason the cover of these books says "As recommended by BARACK OBAMA", as if I care about book recommendations from politicians.
Well, it's also a book trilogy I've been reading through and it's about to become a TV series. Funny thing is, in reading this very dark sci-fi trilogy, I'm reminded of A Link Between Worlds of all things.
There's a concept in this book series called the "Dark Forest". It's a solution to the fermi paradox that basically says that yes, there's aliens out there everywhere, and all of them are hiding, because if they reveal themselves, SOME civilization is going to destroy them at the speed of light. So, you know, on a galactic scale that's tens to hundreds to thousands of years. The reasoning is that while civilization expands, the number of resources in the universe remains the same. Further, survival trumps all other concerns, such as morality. Thirdly, there is no way to resolve the chain of suspicion in a timely manner when cut off by time scales that mean whoever you even made an alliance with is dead and whole new generations that may have wholly different values will almost certainly "change the agreement". So, in this dark forest, the moment you hear a sound whether from a rabbit or a lion, shoot immediately and hide always. No Federation can form in this universe.
There's also a weapon described through a fairy tale. A painter from a farwaway land can paint anyone they've seen, turning them into a lovely painting but the original is gone, now painted. This was meant to secretely convey a weapon called a two dimensional foil which pulls in spacetime around it at the speed of light forcibly compressing everything into two dimensions, a vast painting on the scale of a star system.
I ended up thinking of Link Between Worlds not just because of Yuga painting everyone into paintings in the same way as that fairy tale, (and that impossible to defend against weapon), but because Princess Hilda is absolutely treating Hyrule the way aliens treat the discovery of other civilizations, as a dark forest problem. Sneak in, take, save your realm at the expense of the other for survival is all.
Also, for some reason the cover of these books says "As recommended by BARACK OBAMA", as if I care about book recommendations from politicians.