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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Qué chulo escribe Liu Cixin, de veras. Esta historia, super cortita, me recuerda las ideas aparentemente implausibles pero a gran gran escala de [a:Olaf Stapledon|64177|Olaf Stapledon|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1277189498p2/64177.jpg], que tienen más que ver con nuestra imagen como humanidad y lo que representa nuestro planeta para nosotros. Ay, nuestra Tierra tan bella.
Liu Cixin es un autor que recomiendo mucho, pero entiendo que [b:The Three-Body Problem|20518872|The Three-Body Problem (Three-Body, #1)|Liu Cixin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1415428227s/20518872.jpg|25696480] no es para todos. Esta novella es una buena opción para conocerlo.
Liu Cixin es un autor que recomiendo mucho, pero entiendo que [b:The Three-Body Problem|20518872|The Three-Body Problem (Three-Body, #1)|Liu Cixin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1415428227s/20518872.jpg|25696480] no es para todos. Esta novella es una buena opción para conocerlo.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As the sun is dying, humanity decides to use the earth as a spaceship to save itself... A giant leap of faith and the biggest and longest technological challenge it will ever face with its consequences on live, faith and what forms a society. Deeply interesting and quite a great piece of work even if a bit too short. I might give a try to the movie now!
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
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
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Eastern Hemisphere was shrouded in perpetual twilight for a long time then, perhaps for a dozen years or so—with the Sun hiding just beyond the horizon—its rays reflected by half of the sky. It was during that long sunset that I was born.
a solid combination of scientific theory and writing. there's just something particularly heart-wrenching about reading environmental (and i use that in relation to nature and the natural world) apocalyptic desolation, especially when it seems like that's where we're rapidly heading towards. nothing more sobering than realising how physically abysmal we are and how life can only be formed with the consistency of climate. anything else and our little corn kernel bodies are gonna go kaput.
nature is absolute, and the book doesn't hesitate to remind you of that:
conceptually, this novella packs so much in such a little space: the evolution of social relations in a society that is defined by the fight for existence, sailing towards a destination that will exceed lifetimes. in the meanwhile, everything else is stasis, and if everything is stasis/survival, then who the fuck cares about monogamy or parent/child relationships, right? these things erode when our mode of living changes, and i love that the novella just scatters that in without emphasizing and re-emphasizing why things are the way they are, as bigger sf novels are want to do. and because this is their mode of living, children learn so much about science and space at such a young age.
and the sun. oh the fear of the sun.
his descriptions of being jettisoned through the solar system is also something else altogether. some books use locations or destinations as a character in and of itself, and of course novels set in space or otherworldly locations are always using it as plot devices. but this guy. this guy.
and in the end, of course what befalls humans are humans themselves. we are stupid, irrational actors, who ironically invented the word "hubris". the universe we coast in is unchangingly scientific, and all we can do is react.
i read in another review that this book is meant to baby's first guide to liu cixin novels, and boy am i fucking lit for the rest of his shit if it's all gonna be like this. in my lifetime, i don't think i'll ever get to jettison myself into space, but this book encapsulates the fear and wonder well enough that i almost don't need to.
a solid combination of scientific theory and writing. there's just something particularly heart-wrenching about reading environmental (and i use that in relation to nature and the natural world) apocalyptic desolation, especially when it seems like that's where we're rapidly heading towards. nothing more sobering than realising how physically abysmal we are and how life can only be formed with the consistency of climate. anything else and our little corn kernel bodies are gonna go kaput.
nature is absolute, and the book doesn't hesitate to remind you of that:
The tall metal gates of the subterranean city were shut with a rumble. About ten minutes later we felt and heard a low rumble emanate from the surface, as if a titan was rolling about on the ground far above. We looked at each other, our faces blank with dismay, for we all knew that a 300-foot wave was now rolling over Hawaii. Before long it would impact every continent; but the shocks that followed provided for an even greater terror. It was as if a giant fist had reached from the heavens and had begun pounding the Earth. Underground these shocks were faint, hardly noticeable, but each tremor shook our very souls. It was meteors, unceasingly striking the Earth without mercy.
conceptually, this novella packs so much in such a little space: the evolution of social relations in a society that is defined by the fight for existence, sailing towards a destination that will exceed lifetimes. in the meanwhile, everything else is stasis, and if everything is stasis/survival, then who the fuck cares about monogamy or parent/child relationships, right? these things erode when our mode of living changes, and i love that the novella just scatters that in without emphasizing and re-emphasizing why things are the way they are, as bigger sf novels are want to do. and because this is their mode of living, children learn so much about science and space at such a young age.
and the sun. oh the fear of the sun.
Ling frowned. “Hmm, that's not what you’re really afraid of. You’re afraid of the Sun!”
“And you aren't scared? Have you forgotten that you had therapy to treat your heliophobia?” I retorted.
his descriptions of being jettisoned through the solar system is also something else altogether. some books use locations or destinations as a character in and of itself, and of course novels set in space or otherworldly locations are always using it as plot devices. but this guy. this guy.
As we left Jupiter, the Earth reached escape velocity. It no longer needed to return, to lurk within the grasp of the doomed Sun. It was flying toward the vastness of outer space, to begin its long Wandering Age. It was under the dark red shadow of Jupiter that my son was born, deep beneath the Earth.
and in the end, of course what befalls humans are humans themselves. we are stupid, irrational actors, who ironically invented the word "hubris". the universe we coast in is unchangingly scientific, and all we can do is react.
i read in another review that this book is meant to baby's first guide to liu cixin novels, and boy am i fucking lit for the rest of his shit if it's all gonna be like this. in my lifetime, i don't think i'll ever get to jettison myself into space, but this book encapsulates the fear and wonder well enough that i almost don't need to.
Of course I knew that Jupiter was 1,300 times the volume of Earth, but only when I saw its immense splendor did I truly take in its incredible size. It is almost impossible to express the horrible feeling of oppression that this cosmic monster engendered as it rose across the entire horizon. One reporter later wrote, “I could not help but wonder if I had woken in my own nightmare or if the entire universe is but a nightmare in the gigantic mind of that god!” As Jupiter continued its terrible rise, it gradually occupied half of the sky. We could then clearly see the tempests raging in its cloud layers; chaotic, swirling lines of those storms dazed all who beheld their maddening dance. As I stared, I recalled the boiling oceans of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium that lay beneath those thick cloud layers.