Cixin Liu

  • Everything is as fleeting

    This is a quote from the book The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin, translated from the Chinese by Joel Martinsen. The Dark Forest is the second book in the trilogy titled Remembrance of Earth’s Past, or commonly known as the The Three-Body Problem series. I should note that I do not support this author, due…

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  • It’s worse than I imagined

    Excerpt from The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin This is an excerpt from the book The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin, translated from the Chinese by Joel Martinsen. The Dark Forest is the second book in the trilogy titled Remembrance of Earth’s Past, or commonly known as the The Three-Body Problem series. I should note…

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  • Five books that may make you question reality

    We are not entering spooky season, as we get close to Halloween and immerse ourselves in the fall spirit. In honour of spooky season, I’ll be sharing a variety of books that could be considered “spooky” either by having supernatural elements or having thriller/horror elements. Enjoy! For this week, I wanted to share some fiction…

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  • Peerless splendor

    This is a quote from the book The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here. The Three-Body Problem – Summary Here is the book summary: Set…

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  • Strange things have been happening

    Excerpt from The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu This is an excerpt from the book The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu. “Fine. I’ll tell you what little I know.” Da Shi pointed to the shore of the moat around the Forbidden City. The two found a spot and sat down. It…

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