Started reading this book in support of my sons school project. Turns out as an interesting collection of documents about Chinas "Cultural Revolution". Going to read that ...
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Falko finished reading Death's End by Cixin Liu
Death's End by Cixin Liu
Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …
Falko wants to read China's Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969 by Michael Schoenhals
Falko started reading Death's End by Cixin Liu
Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese …
This is going to be exciting. Reading this for the third time now.
Falko finished reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
This was marvelous again. A bit sluggish at the beginning, but got better with everything page. Now off to the last part of the trilogy "Death's end".
Falko quoted The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
The historical facts of the Middle Ages and the Great Ravine prove that a totalitarian system is the greatest barrier to human progress. Starship Earth requires vibrant new ideas and innovation, and this can only be accomplished through the establishment of a society that fully respects freedom and individuality.”
— The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Page 441)
I'm a little surprised this passed Chinese editors ;)
Falko quoted The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
He had been sent to the largest hospital in the city, where expert psychiatrists had been powerless to help him, although they had proposed a novel idea, which Luo Ji and the suburban officials helped carry out. As in Daudet’s “The Siege of Berlin,” or the old Golden-Age film Good Bye, Lenin!, why not fabricate a fictional environment in which humanity had failed?
— The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Page 436)
Wow, a reference to a German movie.
Falko quoted The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
“I wouldn’t usually bother the girls I liked. I believed in what Goethe said: ‘If I love you, what business is it of yours?’” Xizi laughed.
— The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Page 412)
Falko rated Female Choice: 5 stars
Female Choice by Meike Stoverock
Wie Männer sich die Macht über Frauen nahmen und warum das jetzt aufhört.
Falko quoted The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
“Bird flu?” Luo Ji said in alarm. “No. Bed flu. That’s what the media’s calling it. It started going around in a nearby city a week ago. It’s infectious, but symptoms are light. There’s no fever, just a runny nose, and some patients get a sore throat. There’s no need for medication, and it goes away on its own in three days or so after a little bed rest.”
— The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Page 231)
Oh oh... a flu
Falko quoted The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
He now understood that the Wallfacers had a mission far weirder than any in history, its logic cold and twisted, yet unyielding as the chains that bound Prometheus. It was an unliftable curse impossible for the Wallfacers to break under their own strength.
— The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Page 116)
Falko quoted The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
One consequence of nuclear technology was that it allowed a country of just a few million people to pose a substantial threat to one with a hundred million, something that at one time had been practically impossible. One of his key points was that the advantages of a large country were only truly advantageous in low-technology eras and would ultimately be weakened by the swift pace of technological progress, which would meanwhile enhance the strategic weight of small countries.
— The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Page 101)
Falko started reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by …
Third time reading this one. Can't wait
Falko finished reading Female Choice by Meike Stoverock
Female Choice by Meike Stoverock
Wie Männer sich die Macht über Frauen nahmen und warum das jetzt aufhört.
Falko finished reading The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien …
Even on the third read-through I discovered (or re-discovered) new aspects and details. Still one of the most amazing books for me. Unputdownable