The Dark Forest - Cixin Liu & Joel Martinsen

The Dark Forest

By Cixin Liu & Joel Martinsen

  • Release Date: 2015-08-11
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,125 Ratings

Description

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America

PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”TIME • “Extraordinary.”The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”The Washington Post

The Dark Forest is the second novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky

The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Reviews

  • I like this story, but

    3
    By jwellingtonb
    It could be the translation? But this second story can take wandering paths and leave the reader lost for a bit of time at points. I did like at the physics however and it was very interesting and entraining in the end. Great premise for a set of novels.
  • Really stiff, disjointed, sexist

    1
    By Maklom
    This is such a slog. There are about 15 different unrelated concepts in here that really should just be a collection of short stories. Maybe if it were a collection of short stories it wouldn’t be so noticeable that there are no characters in the whole book. The men are robots and the women are objects. It’s creepy.
  • The second does not disappoint

    5
    By Kuhox
    Many 2nd books in a series let you down. This one only got better. With the same look into the human souls as heart of darkness this books makes us ask many questions about what humanity and survival means.
  • Ahhhhhhh

    5
    By MikeWhalen108
    I love this
  • Superb Vision Hobbled in Translation

    4
    By Dmrk8
    While I have nothing unique to add to the encyclopedic praise for C Liu’s trilogy, I want to explain why I gave Dark a less than 5star review. In a word the reason is, translation. The translation of Dark pales in comparison to the translations of 3 Body and Death and has the potential to blur the author’s superb vision and themes. A number of people advised me to just skip book 2 when I told them that I had started the trilogy. At some level the advice was understandable, Martinsen’s translation is cumbersome, redundant and at times, monotonous. But it would be a mistake to allow the quality of the translation to divorce the reader from Dark’s underlying brilliance. I’d relish the chance to read an English translation of Dark by K Liu.
  • Love it!

    5
    By JJ19491105
    A marvelous piece of work! Love it!
  • Terrible

    1
    By Solicarus
    The first book was a good read but this second book felt like a jumbled mess of science fiction notes intermixed with Christian religious themes.
  • 科幻的巅峰

    5
    By 深関戸
    大刘作品中的世界观总是十分奇特与令人震撼的,这部书也是一样。但和大刘其它大多数作品不同,这部书当中包含着十分多的哲理——和一些社会现实。你甚至分不出谁才是书中的主角——这样的一个世界就十分真实了,不会像有些书,情节是不错,但读起来感觉世界上就只有主角团那几个人一样。《三体》的三本书都是绝伦的,我很倾佩刘慈欣的想象力与语言表达能力,我愿意称这个系列为“世界科幻小说的巅峰”。 总的来说,这本书的情节就是“既在意料之外,又在情理之中”的。
  • I couldn't put the book down

    5
    By Bigchile300
    Three Body Problem started the series well and Dark Forest ended it well. Once the clinax hits ai couldn't put the book down and I kept wanting to know more of wbat would happen. This is a great book and ended the series well. A lot of people say the third book is great but I think where this book ends was perfect and another ending would just not necessary I recommend this, made me feel bad for rhis society and that is how you know it was a good book because it makes you feel for the people in this world.
  • Favorite one of these three

    5
    By Vvvvvvio
    Fantastic

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