![]() ![]() ![]() In Seveneves a cataclysm will happen in a couple of years, in The Dark Forest the apocalypse is 4 centuries away. This is reinforced by having the individual characters have lots of meetings and conferences with the United Nations and similar organizations that speak for the human race as a whole.) In a way, the premise of this book is similar to Seveneves: it looks like civilization is going to be destroyed in the future, and humanity has to devise plans to deal with this inevitability. (Liu uses lots of exposition to tell the story, and the way he does that results in humanity as a whole becoming a character. The most important one is probably that I didn’t buy the actions and emotions of an important character: humanity itself. I think there are two main reasons for my disappointment. Don’t get me wrong: there’s lots of good stuff in these pages, but as a whole it didn’t live up to the expectations I had. I liked The Three-Body Problem a lot, and looked forward to reading this sequel. This novel is an entirely different beast than its predecessor. ![]() ![]() “ The depth and expanse of deep space exhibited an arrogance that left no support for the mind or the eyes.“ ![]()
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