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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author)

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Ida said: " Great.
This is what I had missed in science fiction. While the first novel had an engaging story but lacked as a novel in many ways, the second book of the trilogy made up for so much of it. Nerd stuff, too, a LOT of it. "

Jun 17, 2019 05:25AM · see review

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

by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author)

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Ida said: " What about a science fiction story in which the science collapses?

I absolutely loved the book, despite its many flaws. Science has lured and mesmerized me more than anything else, and so what made me fall in love with some classics of science fictio ...more "

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Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

by Meng Xi Shi

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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