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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Three Body problem by Cixin Liu

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've had this one recommended to me recently. How do you find it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just getting into it. It's an interesting premise so I'm looking forward to digging deeper.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just finished it! It really is a great novel. The translation is great and the footnotes are pretty enlightening, considering my lack of deep knowledge on recent Chinese history.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's good. If you can find enjoyment in a book that's more about it's fascinating premise than it is about it's characters then it's especially good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same, as I read it I've been thinking of it as Chinese Michael Crichton, but overall it's been very good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This makes sense to me, I just finished Jurassic Park for the first time a little over a month ago. Lots of similarities, cool premise, I don't care much for the characters so far.