I Don’t like Modern Sci-Fi, So Here’s What I’m Excited For

Modern TV gets it wrong more often than not, but I’m always optimistic something unique will slip through.

Odin Halvorson
9 min readMar 29, 2023

It would take a series of detailed and well-researched essays to explain what I don’t like about so many modern science fiction shows, but that’s not what this article is for. This article is about what might be good in the near future.

The Three-Body Problem

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and taking a workshop from Ken Liu (who translated The Three-Body Problem, Liu Cixin’s epic trilogy, into English), so this is one I’m particularly interested in. For one thing, this is in incredibly intelligent sci-fi series, drawing deeply from physics, sociology, and Chine history to weave its tale.

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Odin Halvorson

A futurist/socialist/fantasist writer, editor, and scholar. MFA/MLIS. Free access to my articles at OdinHalvorson.substack.com | More over at OdinHalvorson.com.