111 Book Review: The Dark Forest (黑暗森林)
The Dark Forest (黑暗森林)
by Liu Cixin (Translated by Joel Martinsen)
This book will give you goosebumps (the bad-good kind).
Picking up from where The Three-Body Problem left off, hostile aliens want to invade earth and destroy everything, and they’ll arrive in ~400 years. In the meantime, they’ve locked down (most of) humanity’s technological progress. Fun times ensue. (The times are, in fact, not fun.)
As the world prepares for a hopeless Doomsday Battle with aforementioned aliens, our protagonist sits back and enjoys the good life, getting hitched and having kids. Despite our initially lazy hero, this book is the most intellectually stimulating and emotionally stirring installment of the trilogy.
Oh, and the big “Psyche!” at the end will mess. you. up.
TL;DR: And you made fun of *me* for majoring in cosmic sociology; turns out that’s gonna help us survive the dark forest we’re stuck in.
My rating: 10 out of 11 Goosebump-Inducing Sophons
Get it here:
- IndieBound (print, U.S.)
- Better World Books (print, worldwide)
- Apple Books (electronic)
- Google Play Books (electronic)
- Scribd (audio)
Oh, you liked it? Well, then, try: The Three-Body Problem (if you haven’t already), or Death’s End (to finish the trilogy)
