The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

by Liu Cixin

Ye guessed that it was a reference to the double-bomb project8 that had shocked the world in 1964 and 1967.

Shi’s questions irritated Wang again, not unlike the feeling a man has upon finding out that he has swallowed a fly with his meal.

The farmer hypothesis, on the other hand, has the flavor of a horror story: Every morning on a turkey farm, the farmer comes to feed the turkeys. A scientist turkey, having observed this pattern to hold without change for almost a year, makes the following discovery: “Every morning at eleven, food arrives.” On the morning of Thanksgiving, the scientist announces this law to the other turkeys. But that morning at eleven, food doesn’t arrive; instead, the farmer comes and kills the entire flock.

Esperanto.

Bystanders have the clearest view. Someone truly neutral will then be able to comment on whether we’re the heroes or villains of history. Signed: XXX Date: XX/XX/196X

The abbot asked me to stay. I told him, “I want to find a peaceful, easy way to just muddle through the rest of my life.” The abbot said, “This place isn’t really peaceful. There are lots of tourists, and many pilgrims too. The truly peaceful can find peace in a bustling city. And to attain that state, you need to empty yourself.” I

This was the loneliest time. In the deep silence of midnight, the universe revealed itself to its listeners as a vast desolation.

Bill Mathers’s “contact as symbol” theory thus received chillingly perfect confirmation.

The creation myths of the various peoples and religions of the world pale when compared to the glory of the big bang.