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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Typical sci fi. Fun ideas, some poignant moments but generally shitty writing and characters. The short stories format plays to the strengths and means you get lots of the ideas and care less for the characters and dialogue. Half of the stories usually contain a conversation or monologue that just explain the idea of the story lol. Fairly clunky.
There's no bad story either although they vary in how much I enjoyed them.
There's no bad story either although they vary in how much I enjoyed them.
Me ha gustado la historia, muy original la premisa y planteamiento. Explica muchos detalles en pocas páginas respecto a la parte científica y eso siempre me gusta. Sin embargo se me queda corto respecto a evolución de personajes y no logro empatizar con ellos. El aspecto más social se me queda un poco tocado por encima.
While Cixin's habit of giving characters long speeches that act as giant info-dumps becomes even more obvious while reading this collection of short stories, I was still utterly enthralled by the interweaving of hugely diverse elements from multiple fantastic traditions. And the eponymous "The Wandering Earth" may be the best sf story I've ever read.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is my first Liu Cixin read and my first Chinese Sci-Fi and my God, it is a breath of fresh air. The short stories involve so much of Chinese culture and feels so close to home, but also so far away. I've never read anything like it before. Also, not all of the stories are dystopian or bloody. It is a really good read especially if you're new to science fiction.
I considered not giving this five stars, as there are a couple of the stories that fall a bit flat, with one being very unimpressive in themes, but the concepts of hard sci fi explored in the rest of the stories mean I can't resist, the first four especially. The title story is sublime and clearly meant to be the main concept, but I personally enjoyed the exaggeration of classism and capitalism running through The Wages Of Humanity even more. Heavily recommended.
After reading (and loving) Liu Cixin's The Three Body Problem and the other two books in the series, I decided to give The Wandering Earth, a collection of short stories a try.
I am glad that I did as I enjoyed all eleven stories in the collection.
I am glad that I did as I enjoyed all eleven stories in the collection.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No