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After I finished this book, I needed a nap, a hug, and a warm plate of brownies.

Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #3) by Cixin Liu, transl. by Ken Liu

March 2, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Whoa, Nelly, I have such mixed feelings about this book. Part of me wants to give it five stars for sheer scope and ballsiness, and the magnitude of the ideas he’s working with here. (Also, Ken Liu is back as the English translator, and I vastly prefer his work to the guy who did book two.) The other part of me wants to plant my feet in the middle of the room, cross my arms, and just bellow the word “NO” into the air so […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, chinese literature, Cixin Liu, transl. by Ken Liu, death's end, ken liu, narfna, remembrance of earth's past, sci-fi, space opera, three-body

narfna's CBR12 Review No:31 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, chinese literature, Cixin Liu, transl. by Ken Liu, death's end, ken liu, narfna, remembrance of earth's past, sci-fi, space opera, three-body ·
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The Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy – well, books 2 and 3

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

Death's End by Cixin Liu

May 24, 2019 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

The first book in the series, The Three-Body Problem, is one of the most popular books in Chinese according to wikipedia.  The Three-Body Problem was the first Asian novel to win the Hugo Award for best novel.  I read it at the end of last year and waited a few months for the next two to become available.  I was able to listen to books 2 and 3 back-to-back which was really nice. So this trilogy is science fiction, but what I would consider hard-SF. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cixin liu, death's end, fermi's paradox, the dark forest

thewheelbarrow's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cixin liu, death's end, fermi's paradox, the dark forest ·
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