Liu Cixin's “The Three-Body Problem” Is Published in the US
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Re: Liu Cixin's “The Three-Body Problem” Is Published in the US
#2I began reading this last night, and was struck by how the analogies and metaphors the author uses make the book feel much different than the American/European science fiction that I'm use to reading. I'm enjoying it a lot.
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#3I grew up reading SciFi in both Mandarin and English. In my impression, though not flawless, this series is the only long-form novel produced in China that can stand among the best SciFi literature in the west.
It deserves to reach a larger audience :)
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#4I grew up reading SciFi in both Mandarin and English. In my impression, though not flawless, this series is the only long-form novel produced in China that can stand among the best SciFi literature in the west. It deserves to reach a larger audience :)
As a native English speaker fluent in mandarin, I agree.
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#5As a Chinese working in U.S.. I really enjoyed reading the Chinese version. Now I have another good options to give gifts to my U.S. friends.
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#6I bought it for my upcoming trip. I also bought stars & empire which contains 10 "galactic tales" from popular indy authors. At $.99 it's tough to go wrong on that one. And I have 78 hours of flying and airports, so I need the length...
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#7It's a great story told by a not-so-great story teller. Hope the translation helps.
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#8I read Liu's short story collection "The Wandering Earth" recently, and rather liked it. My roots are in Clarke, Baxter, Niven, etc, and Liu fits right into that denomination. His stories are often a little less refined than in contemporary western SF - plots are often obvious and straightforwardly developed - but the scope and detail of his imagination is fantastic.
I would definitely say Liu's writing has a different feel to it than western SF - it feels like the story is always really about the society rather than the individuals who may happen to be the protagonists. However, i knew as i was reading it that he was Chinese, so i can't rule out the possibility that this is confirmation bias. Or, er, racism i suppose.
Anyway, i thought "The Wandering Earth" was well worth reading, and highly recommend it.
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#9> The series is likely to be a change of pace for science-fiction fans in the United States, where many leading contemporary writers in the genre are rejecting classic alien-invasion plots in favor of those that take on real-world issues like climate change or shifting gender roles.
Does anyone know what books the author is referring to?
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#10I was just looking into this book recently; these links may be of interest to everyone:
* An essay by the author on Chinese science fiction and his trilogy's place in it (in English):
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/05/the-worst-of-all-possible-u...
* A very interesting review by a blogger:
http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2014/09/review-of-three-bod...
* A couple professional reviews:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cixin-liu/the-thr...