Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
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#2I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
Re: Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
#3I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
Some may call it self preservation, I would consider it to be a good business move. It is also possible that he was pressured by his publisher to include the postscript to alleviate potential pressure from governmental stakeholders.
It has been established that the author's own political views, no matter how incorrect, will have an impact on the story. This is evident in 3BP.
Re: Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
#4There is nothing worse than a writer pumping out pro CCP propaganda talking about bringing together humanity. The Chinese have no shame, even though shame is something they can certainly afford and definitely could use.
Re: Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
#5I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
Communist party/politics aside, I agree that the beginning of the book had seriously next-level sci-fi creativity, but the last third of the book really rushed the plot. 3bp also would've benefitted from a smaller cast with more character development. Still, great material overall. Can't wait to see an eventual 3bp movie.
Re: Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
#6I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
Communist party/politics aside, I agree that the beginning of the book had seriously next-level sci-fi creativity, but the last third of the book really rushed the plot. 3bp also would've benefitted from a smaller cast with more character development. Still, great material overall. Can't wait to see an eventual 3bp movie.
> 3bp also would've benefitted from a smaller cast with more character development.
Maybe it was because of my non familiarity with Chinese names or lack of detail to a lot of characters, that I had to constantly look back to see names if they appeared again after a while. I am not sure why this happened as I have read Manga or Manhwa in the past and have been able to hold a lot more characters in memory.
Re: Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
#7I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
Some may call it self preservation, I would consider it to be a good business move. It is also possible that he was pressured by his publisher to include the postscript to alleviate potential pressure from governmental stakeholders. It has been established that the author's own political views, no matter how incorrect, will have an impact on the story. This is evident in 3BP.
With his current profile if he wished to renounce his support and seek asylum, he could. It would be a stinging betrayal for the party, more effective than any protest that was ever waged for HK... And it wouldn't endanger him or his fortune.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some may call it self preservation, I would consider it to be a good business move. It is also possible that he was pressured by his publisher to include the postscript to alleviate potential pressure from governmental stakeholders. It has been established that the author's own political views, no matter how incorrect, will have an impact on the story. This is evident in 3BP.
With his current profile if he wished to renounce his support and seek asylum, he could. It would be a stinging betrayal for the party, more effective than any protest that was ever waged for HK... And it wouldn't endanger him or his fortune.
He might be happy and content there. Also, leaving your homeland is a tough decision and he would lose his home audience potentially if he is vocal.
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#9I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
I hope you have read the sequels. The Dark Forest is I believe the most mind-expanding of them and Deaths End goes pretty wild but is still very interesting.
I had the luxury of finding out about the problematic CCP leanings after finishing them all. But can’t bring myself to pick up anything other by him.
Re: Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem”
#10I really love the 3bp minus the last 100 pages. Even more troublesome than the disappointing ending to the book is CL's warm stance towards the CCP and it's authoritarianism. Of course it doesn't rest on me to decide for others to sacrifice their lives for principles, but given the text there's no way to interpret it but cynical self-preservation. If nothing else it ruins the book for me.
I didn't get that from it at all. The theme of the last book is a conflict between values and survival. What's the point of survival if you sacrifice all values to do so?
Liu is Chinese just like most of HN are American so there will be different default stances on international politics, but the books did not read as jingoistic to me.