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The Dark Forest – Cixin Liu

On May 22, 2021October 16, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

The second part of the trilogy opened with The Three-Body Problem is even more impressive in its sheer scale. Cixin Liu slowly but firmly divorces himself from the confines of current times and takes us deftly into the future. That is anything but bright. As with the previous one I got this book from my …

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The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu

On May 19, 2021May 21, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

I’m no expert on sci-fi, but for me, this was one of the eeriest reads recently. Pushing me out of my comfort zone and making me consider other, foreign to me perspectives. I always believed that good sci-fi asks the question about what does it mean to be human. This one asks many even bigger …

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