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The Dark Forest
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Publisher's Summary
The Trisolarian fleet has left their home world and will arrive in four centuries' time. But the Sophons and their extradimensional emissaries are already here. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection.
Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.
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- simmax
- 04-04-2017
great plot, consistently good
consistently good plot intelligent and creative. culturally interesting. recommend the series book one and two. Book three restricted in audible Australia due to copyright laws.
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- Brian
- 07-12-2016
A great second book
A fantastic extension to the Three Body Problem. An brilliantly constructed story. Can wait to start for final in the series.
The narrator is even growing on me.
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- Gary Beilby
- 23-04-2019
fascinating story, but some cliched story fails
loved many aspects of this, but flying cars in an underground City wasn't one of them. neither was the sending the entire earth fleet to one tiny probe.
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- cerw
- 15-01-2018
Love this book
If you could sum up The Dark Forest in three words, what would they be?
Amazing sci-fi world that will surprise you every page
Who was your favorite character and why?
Luo Ji - because he had the most different vision.
Have you listened to any of Bruno Roubicek’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Love his voice.
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- David Payne
- 04-04-2017
Sweeping near-future Sci- Fi
Epic in scope and richly developed characters add to a swashbucklingly believable sci-fi plot that had me binging to finish.
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- Kai
- 21-01-2017
Even better than the first book
This book is the pinnacle of hard sci-fi. The ideas are revolutionary, the creation is unique, and Bruno Roubicek is a fantastic narrator, well suited to the novel.
Read it if you liked The Three Body Problem. I look forward to listening to the third book.
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- chris schuck (amazon)
- 30-11-2016
Great story!
Excellent sci fi storyline ... great attention to detail.
I look forward to the 3rd book when it's released in audible.
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- Lucette Cysique
- 03-12-2019
One of the best books I have ever listened to!
Thank you Cixin Liu for this master piece! I enjoyed the book at so many levels: science, philosophy, creativity and humanity!
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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-2019
Chilling and Mind Bending
Explores some far reaching science fiction concepts with hair raising implications. Terrific sequel that will leave you excited for the next book.
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- Jamie Fitzgerald
- 29-08-2019
what can I say? it's fantastic
I found it brilliant. i hope others experience this series also. this book connects with so many different concepts that transcends cultures
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- Æ Mann
- 20-11-2017
A gem
This is the kind of book you always hope for when you open up that first page. This was the book I never knew I needed. A classic outside of the western culture bubble where I usually find my reading material. I was so glad that I had the opportunity to read this. This was a rarity. Exceptionally clever, thrilling, a single book exploding with enough ideas and ambition to rival even the longest fantasy series out there.
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- vlo
- 10-02-2017
Forces you to reflect
A great piece of work that forces you to reflect about humanity, science, space and all of it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-2019
Intriguing
I will never look at the stars the same way again. Very detailed story indeed.
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- Evan Lum
- 05-11-2019
Truly Fantastic!
listen to it. read it. the scope only grows with each passing chapter. An amazing book.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-06-2019
It's not bad
A bit unrealistic within the constraints set up, a little inconsistent, but mostly enjoyable. The author seems to aim for a somewhat sociorealistic feel, which somewhat falls apart with characters that can be a bit flat. There's a bit of zeerust to the novel too, even if you obey the premise setup in the first novel, but that's somewhat to be expected.
Depending on how much sci-fi you've read, you might find this much more enjoyable than I did.
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- Florian H.
- 15-06-2019
What am amazing story... great narrator too
Some parts of the early chapters felt long and not that interesting but overall it was simply a really amazing experience to have this entire reading. So thankful for to Liu Cixin the book and can just absolutely recommend. Narratornis also great.
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- Andrey
- 09-04-2019
Great story and a lot of deep thoughts
I really enjoyed this second part of the trilogy, it is continuing to keep me captivated and the author's view of the universe is very thoughtful and unorthodox. The narrator's performance is quite good, too.
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- Martin Bolbroe
- 18-08-2018
Pure Genius
I just love the way interplanetary disputes are handled by a genius mind. A long story but wait for it.
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- Sik
- 18-07-2018
It starts slow, but has an epic ending
It's worth the time. At many points early in the book it feels really slow, but once it picks up pace is nice.
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- Chin
- 20-10-2017
An epic which reflects the humanity
Liu Cixin has a theory on cosmic-sociology, which cover military, history, economy and technology, and may be the greatest threat to humanity.
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- Daniel Suss
- 01-05-2018
Cold, emotionless SF is an international problem
enjoyable despite being a bit inhuman. hopefully the last one in the series will warm up.
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- Mirzhan Irkegulov
- 30-08-2017
Very smart and consistently unpredictable
This is what science fiction should be. I loved every chapter of it. Marvellous improvement over the previous book, which was already great. The characters are much more well-written, the plot constantly keeps you on the edge, the scale progressively gets more enormous.
The narration is top-notch. Would absolutely recommend.
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- MR A CARLIN
- 08-01-2018
Where is the third book in this trilogy?
I really enjoyed this and the three body problem. However I can't find the third book on audible which is very frustrating. What's the issue audible? I wouldn't have bothered getting these books if I knew I couldn't listen to the whole trilogy.
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- Wras
- 09-08-2019
Three incredible books.
This is a trilogy that will change you, it is full of ideas and characters that will enter your life and take you places and to events that are wonderful and unexpected, do not worry about your time investment it is worth a thousand times that and you will feel it.
Best read this year.
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- James
- 29-04-2017
long winded but just about enjoyable
took a while to get used to the new narrator, but he did a better job all told. pretty heavy going for me, but had to see where the story led.
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- D
- 31-10-2017
Where's the sequel Audible UK?
A superb story exceptionally read by Bruno Rubicek but where is Book 3? I need the finale!!
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- Conor Bradley
- 08-01-2020
A worthy sequel
Wow - this blew the lid of my already great expectations. If you enjoyed three body, this will deliver. Part one seemed long and poorly connected initially, but in retrospect it laid the solid foundation for the main story.
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- Ms. N. J. Andrews
- 11-09-2019
Great if you write off the token love interest
A very good follow up that felt like lots of different stories in one.
Lost points for its really odd and slightly creepy romantic aspect. It felt almost like somebody told the author they needed to throw some love interest in, and so he did, but with minimal effort, relying on cliche. It's almost a bit cringey.
Write that bit of it off though and it's great!
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- Dog Latin
- 09-09-2019
Even bigger and more complex than Three Body
A marvel of modern hard sci-fi writing with riveting narration. Some parts might seem far fetched or even puzzling to Western readers, especially as the scope is much more macro than the preceding book. But I love Cixin Liu's intelligence and imagination, and Ken Liu's translation is spot on. Looking forward to the next book
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- Slothamphetamine
- 11-08-2019
Best booked ever read / listened too
After listening to the entire Trilogy. This book stands out as my favourite
The end of this book at a very specific moment will stick with me forever. Never thought a book could leave me in such awe
Three body problem is a 8/10
Dark forest is a 10/10
Deaths end is a 9/10