I admit I'm a little ashamed how much I'm enjoying it because part of me is saying "Why are you listening to some dude talk about books instead of reading the books?" But I'm old and kinda lazy and lost interest in character development arcs and relationships and just want to know about the cool high-concept sci-fi ideas and storylines. This guy does a great job of giving me all the sci-fi I'm jonesing for in a short, and visually interesting format.
I heard so much about the Three Body Problem series but just don't have the time to invest in book series' the way I used to. But I found his channel and in about 4 20-30m videos got a really good impression of the series' ideas and stories and just really enjoyed watching. Dude has a great voice for this too and is just a great ambassador of nerddom in general.
If you've fallen behind in your reading and don't expect to have time to catch up- you should check this guys channel out.
I very much agree. I had read the original Dune novel but had not bothered with the rest of the series because it struck me as just another old scifi white savior story. It was Quinn's Ideas that got me to read the full original 6 books and I was not dissapointed
I really like his content as well, and even though there are lots of spoilers if you haven't read the books, he has convinced me of reading (when i get the time) quite a few books I wouldn't otherwise have known about or noticed.
I have to admit that you admission of not having the room in your life for reading books but enjoying their concepts summarized irks me, but yeah I see the appeal.
Because part for me about consuming media is having the artist's intent come through and exploring the ideas they put on the paper, slow or fast buildup and character development etc. When you have it summarized you really can't catch it all.
That being said I still don't think this is a bad thing, it's just my personal problem. Any artist should appreciate their art being consumed at any level and if the hooks are good enough summarization like this might even turn the viewer into a reader.