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The name alludes to a book by Cixin Liu, the second in The Three Body Problem trilogy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IQO403K/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IQO403
by andrewljohnson 10y ago
The name alludes to a book by Cixin Liu, the second in The Three Body Problem trilogy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IQO403K/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IQO403K/
This is perhaps the best of a hundred scifi novels I've read in a few years. These novels will make you question the wisdom of sending traceable radio signals into space. Stay quiet, it's a dangerous Dark Forest out there.
- Hates_ 10y agoDefinitely a great book. Eagerly awaiting the final book later this year.
- wyager 10y agoI wasn't aware they'd gotten around to translating the second one! Thanks for the reminder.
- exhilaration 10y agoThank you, I'm downloading the audiobook from Audible right now. Just in time for the evening commute!
- ipsum2 10y agoYou should start with the first one in the trilogy, "Three Body Problem". Both great reads, I'm excited for the third book to be translated in September.
- placeybordeaux 10y agoI was sad when I finally finished the Dark Forest after listening to the three body problem on my walk to/from work.
- gdubya 10y agoCoincidentally I just finished reading this. Highly recommended for anyone interested in sci-fi!
- xgbi 10y agoAnd as usual, Kindle edition is more expensive than paperback :(
- placeybordeaux 10y agoMy kindle is literally covered in dust because of this. Not to mention that with the paperback I own something, while with the kindle version I have a revokable license to download a DRM covered file...
- dmix 10y agoAs usual? I rarely see this... My problem is how many Kindle books I see are $9 in the US store and then $30 in the Canadian store. For the same digital content :/
- lesdeuxmagots 10y agoI am a bit baffled that people think about it so highly. I found three-body highly flawed, but at least moved at a good pace; I could barely get through the first few chapters of dark forest. The characters lacked any depth, the writing and structuring were very poor as well. Unfortunately just having fascinating premise and good story is not good enough for me. I'd almost rather it be an essay, a thought experiment, than a book.
- trungaczne 10y agoI'm in the same boat, I didn't enjoy the writing at all and could not progress very far.
- personjerry 10y agoTo be fair, the version you read is likely translated from chinese.