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Another interesting short story from Liu Cixin, about a civilization of elderly folks who had created Earth, coming home to have someone to take care of them in old age.
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This was only a short story by Liu Cixin but I wanted to read it because I knew that there was a movie based on this short story.. Like his Three Body Problem series, the Wandering Earth was very creative but also very considerate of how people en masse would have reacted to certain events in humanity.
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I really liked this book! I loved how many creative sience fiction concepts Liu Cixin was able to fit in this story, and I also thought the characters in this story were very interesting. I thought it was cool how this book ended on such a finite yet also open ended note. I initially read it as an optimistic end, but I can see how some people can see it as pessimistic as well.
While the Three Body Problem was really good, I think Death's End was a lot more striking in a number of ways. The Three Body Problem was about the discovery of a world outside of the Earth, whereas by Death's End, humanity had already progressed much further beyond that and therefore there were a lot more creative ways to deal with humanity's problems. As well, while both the Three Body Problem and Death's End had undercurrents of dread throughout the story, Death's End had a far more optimistic outlook, and far more optimistic characters.
I know I had my gripes with the Dark Forest, but I've come to accept that that the things I disliked about the book still made sense in the context of the story, and it was a necessary part of the journey, to get from the Three Body problem to Death's End.
Overall, I would highly recommend this series for science fiction and non science fiction fans alike. I was not really a big fan of science fiction, but this book drew me in by how it never forgot to explore the human aspects of these colossal, grand scale cosmic decisions. There was hard science, but it was presented in a way where the readers only needed to understand the basic science.
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While the Three Body Problem was really good, I think Death's End was a lot more striking in a number of ways. The Three Body Problem was about the discovery of a world outside of the Earth, whereas by Death's End, humanity had already progressed much further beyond that and therefore there were a lot more creative ways to deal with humanity's problems. As well, while both the Three Body Problem and Death's End had undercurrents of dread throughout the story, Death's End had a far more optimistic outlook, and far more optimistic characters.
I know I had my gripes with the Dark Forest, but I've come to accept that that the things I disliked about the book still made sense in the context of the story, and it was a necessary part of the journey, to get from the Three Body problem to Death's End.
Overall, I would highly recommend this series for science fiction and non science fiction fans alike. I was not really a big fan of science fiction, but this book drew me in by how it never forgot to explore the human aspects of these colossal, grand scale cosmic decisions. There was hard science, but it was presented in a way where the readers only needed to understand the basic science.
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This book was interesting, but I found it more difficult to grasp than the Three Body Problem. I think that the characters in the Dark Forest were not as likeable as the characters in the Three Body Problem, which was why the book wasn’t as engaging at times. While the Three Body Problem was completely focused on the two main characters, there were times in the Dark Forest when the main characters were mainly in the backseat, which made it difficult for me to understand what I should be paying attention to.
Considering how much information was given to us in the Three Body Problem regarding this world, I don't think that the Dark Forest would be very satisfying if the reader hadn't read the Three Body problem. And while I didn't enjoy the Dark Forest as much as the Three Body Problem, I'm still going to read on.
So my opinion for this book was that it had a lot of interesting concepts, but it didn’t exhibit the qualities that made the Three Body Problem such a great science fiction story, particularly its main characters and their strong values.
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Considering how much information was given to us in the Three Body Problem regarding this world, I don't think that the Dark Forest would be very satisfying if the reader hadn't read the Three Body problem. And while I didn't enjoy the Dark Forest as much as the Three Body Problem, I'm still going to read on.
So my opinion for this book was that it had a lot of interesting concepts, but it didn’t exhibit the qualities that made the Three Body Problem such a great science fiction story, particularly its main characters and their strong values.
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This was a really interesting book. I don't even know where to begin.
The story was solid. I had started this book expecting the science part of the science fiction to be difficult to grasp, but I think that overall, the scientific writing in this book didn't really impede my ability to enjoy the story.
The fiction part of the science fiction was really creative. A little creepy, but creative nonetheless. As for the story itself, I found it very thrilling.
I liked the complexity of the characters. For many of the main characters, we saw both their strengths and weaknesses, and it was interesting to see how their thoughts and actions affected one another.
I am really excited to dive into the next book in the series, The Dark Forest.
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The story was solid. I had started this book expecting the science part of the science fiction to be difficult to grasp, but I think that overall, the scientific writing in this book didn't really impede my ability to enjoy the story.
The fiction part of the science fiction was really creative. A little creepy, but creative nonetheless. As for the story itself, I found it very thrilling.
I liked the complexity of the characters. For many of the main characters, we saw both their strengths and weaknesses, and it was interesting to see how their thoughts and actions affected one another.
I am really excited to dive into the next book in the series, The Dark Forest.
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