The Dark Forest

The second part is as good as the first one. A great combination of astrophysics, sociology, philosophy. Luckily I read Asimov's Foundations before Cixin books and I see there are alot of references and parallels with them. The translation to EN was better and more understandabla in the first part. I had big difficulties imagining characters. Maybe because of Chinese names, or because of their one-dimensionality.

Der zweite Teil der Trisolaris-Reihe war für mich nicht so gut zu lesen wie der erste (Die drei Sonnen). Obwohl die Handlung interessant und spannend ist, fand ich die Art, wie es geschrieben war, eher langweilig. Das mag vielleicht an der Übersetzung liegen, keine Ahnung. Generell finde ich Hard SciFi wie den von Liu Cixin sehr gut, weil ich da immer wieder wieder neue Sachen lerne.

Übrigens hat es die "Dunkle-Wald-These" sogar als wissenschaftliche Theorie zum Fermi-Paradoxon ins Wikipedia geschafft.

I tried to read this book earlier but put it down. This time, I listened on audio. The ending this book, or beginning of the next installment, was worth it.

This is a very dense text. It is almost pure plot and setup. But like the first installment's ability to give a sense of cosmic unease just by talking about physics, this book can tip you into dread with exposition. I caught myself creeping into despair yesterday; I had to shake it off.

I can see there is a point to the gloom though. We have to hit the depths before we can be raised back up. I have hope for the next book!

Great follow up to the first installment in the series. I love the author's vision and the basis for all the science fiction in this story. Can't wait to get through the third book.