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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)

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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.”
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“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

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“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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