Frank Riccobono rated The Dark Forest: 3 stars

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林, pinyin: Hēi'àn sēnlín) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. …
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The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林, pinyin: Hēi'àn sēnlín) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. …
Overall, I really enjoyed this. The world-building was as great as I've come to expect from this author. I wish just a few more dangling threads had been tied up at the end, but definitely glad I read this.
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth …
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
The city of dreaming spires.
It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.
And at its …
I read this book on the recommendation of a science teacher friend of mine. It is very interesting and surprisingly hard to predict at every turn. The science, as well as the authors' explanation at the end of how it relates to what is currently possible was fascinating.