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The philosophical and ethical questions are what I really like about the series. I'm halfway through book 3 and yeah his writing can be a bit slow sometimes, but I feel like it pays off later, because he'll recall a detail from like a hundred pages ago or the previous book in a compelling way. And yeah, you can definitely tell Luo Ji is the "author's voice" characterπ
I've heard Supernova Era described as being kinda "Lord Of The Flies" -ish, so maybe I'll put that on hold (I've been the dark forest for a while), and I'm absolutely not interested in the 4th book by some random author.π
I'm about to finish the book, and oh boy, have I had to suspend disbelief at the end. Again, not at the more exotic physics and cosmology. Just the basic stuff.
Still, it's a thought provoking book, and I'm glad I finished the trilogy. I wasn't sure I was going to. I have a friend who keeps asking me if he should finish the trilogy, and I still don't know what I should tell him. π
"He closes the book and the pages align like a flock of two dimensional birds coming together in unison to roost on the edge of the universe. He sits and ponders his life choices like a tree at the shore of a rapidly eroding river bank, wondering when it's going to fall in and die. He thinks to himself that if has has to read one more drawn out simile written by Cixin Liu he's going to burn the book and warm himself by the flames like a lizard basking in the dying sunlight of the day, yearning for enough energy to find a place to sleep for the night."
lol, that last part was interesting to read. I am to take this is inspired by reading the series?
Yeah, the author really likes his similes. Might be a Chinese cultural thing. They're not as drawn out as I made mine, but I was having fun. π