A review by jfaberrit
Supernova Era by Cixin Liu

4.0

Apparently now in translation, another science-heavy puzzle-box parable from Liu Cixin, following on the huge success of the [b:The Three-Body Problem|20518872|The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1)|Liu Cixin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415428227l/20518872._SY75_.jpg|25696480] and its successors in America. Here, the book is older, but the problem just as intricate: what would happen in the reasonably farfetched world where all people over the 13 are dead within a year from a nearby Supernova. The ideas are fantastic as ever, and the view of Americans much more cynical than an American author would probably dare, but it never fails to be thought-provoking. The translation is a bit stiff, and some of the lines of discussion a bit advanced even for gifted 13-year olds, but the thought exercise part of the novel touches on ideas that just haven't been put forth this cogently in popular scifi novels I've come across. Always interesting and somewhat plausible, but that's a fine combination for speculative fiction.