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Review: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu)
Finally finished this yesterday. Checked it out from the St. Louis County Library 09 May 2015.
I'm not quite sure what to say about it.
It is interesting. I don't know if I would have picked it up if it hadn't been a Hugo nominee.
It takes place during the Cultural Revolution in China and the present day. Radio Astronomy plays a part, as well as a VR computer game. The alien invasion is not explicit, and is actually only spelled out and confirmed in the last few chapters.
Meh.
4.5 5.5 out of 10
ETA: As I was driving to the library to return it, I realized that in some ways, the writing reminded me of Isaac Asimov. Mostly in that there is not a lot of 'action' but a lot more of the characters talking
I'm not quite sure what to say about it.
It is interesting. I don't know if I would have picked it up if it hadn't been a Hugo nominee.
It takes place during the Cultural Revolution in China and the present day. Radio Astronomy plays a part, as well as a VR computer game. The alien invasion is not explicit, and is actually only spelled out and confirmed in the last few chapters.
Meh.
ETA: As I was driving to the library to return it, I realized that in some ways, the writing reminded me of Isaac Asimov. Mostly in that there is not a lot of 'action' but a lot more of the characters talking