Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society receives these messages and makes plans to invade Earth.
A good hard fiction novel that explores the question of making first contact. It's a quick read that has decent character development, a smooth flowing plot, and asks deep philosophical science questions.
Ich hab innerhalb von zwei Tagen "Die Drei Sonnen" von Cixin Liu gelesen. Das hatte ich schon sehr lange auf meiner Liste und erfreulicherweise waren alle drei Bände der Trilogie in der Stadtbücherei vorrätig.
Die knapp 550 Seiten haben sich schnell und angenehm gelesen. Das Meisterwerkgefühl bliebt bei mir jedoch leider aus.
Die Geschichte ist nett, aber jetzt nichts neues, vieles wirkt eher konstruiert und anstatt Entdeckung wird eher präsentiert.
The story is fresh, imaginative. A very cool concept about humanity, control and faith.
Narratively speaking, I don't know if it's because of the writer or the translator, but the narration and dialogues are dull. Another thing to consider, this is a heavily plot-driven book. Take that as a warning, since most characters are plain and just serve the story purpose.
Even with that wooden words, it was very enjoyable, I liked that the narration went back and forth while dealing with the secrets. If this gets a movie it'd be pretty cool.
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Update: Lo volví a leer, esta vez en español. Mejoró mi experiencia de lectura por mucho, la traducción es directa del chino al español y fue bastante agradable. Los diálogos me parecieron muy falsos, forzados, pero se entiende que todo es para que la trama avance. Los únicos dos personajes que tienen personalidad son Ye Wenjie …
The story is fresh, imaginative. A very cool concept about humanity, control and faith.
Narratively speaking, I don't know if it's because of the writer or the translator, but the narration and dialogues are dull. Another thing to consider, this is a heavily plot-driven book. Take that as a warning, since most characters are plain and just serve the story purpose.
Even with that wooden words, it was very enjoyable, I liked that the narration went back and forth while dealing with the secrets. If this gets a movie it'd be pretty cool.
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Update: Lo volví a leer, esta vez en español. Mejoró mi experiencia de lectura por mucho, la traducción es directa del chino al español y fue bastante agradable. Los diálogos me parecieron muy falsos, forzados, pero se entiende que todo es para que la trama avance. Los únicos dos personajes que tienen personalidad son Ye Wenjie y Da Shi. Ya todo listo para seguir con "El bosque oscuro".