525 reviews for:

The Wandering Earth

Cixin Liu

4.03 AVERAGE

oldmansimms's review against another edition

3.0

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In my review of Liu's last translated collection, To Hold Up the Sky, I poked fun at his tendency to seemingly just think of a cool science idea and contort a story around it, with little thought to the characters, dialogue, or details aside from that science idea, and his fixation on certain concepts repeatedly (like higher dimensions, apocalyptic events, hostile aliens, and suspended animation). That's all back again, here. I haven't read enough of classic SF authors like Clarke and Asimov to say for sure but I get a similar vibe, where writing a fully fleshed out story just isn't the point, and honestly reading Liu is kind of a hate-read situation for me -- there's some interesting sciencey bits but the weakness of everything around those really drags the stories down. So, I decided to make a game of it, and review the individual stories by playing Liu Cixin Bingo! Some of it's kind of cheating, like "Monologuing about Societal/Technological History" and "People Shouting Complicated Things in Unison" also counting as "Stilted Unnatural Dialogue", but oh well.

The Wandering Earth


Mountain


Sun of China


For the Benefit of Mankind


Curse 5.0


The Micro-era


Devourer


Taking Care of God


With Her Eyes


Cannonball

master_jedi_reader's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 Some stories I loved, others were so so, overall it was an enjoyable read.

doddyaboutbooks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

onedustybookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tehstone's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous medium-paced

persimmonsgirl's review against another edition

4.0

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fascinating sci-fi concepts. while i think some stories sacrificed character development/complexities for plot, i—for the most part—enjoyed this collection. my favorites are Curse 5.0 and Cannonball

deepsleepdarling's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

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The Wandering Earth short story was great! Unfortunately I feel like I’m too dumb to get into the more ~hard science-y~  stories in this collection lmao

qdony's review against another edition

4.0

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A pesar de ser desigual... Wow

godseye's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

scipiosco's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No