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This interminable wave was an abstract view of the universe: one end connected to the endless past, the other to the endless future, and in the middle only the ups and downs of random chance—without life, without pattern, the peaks and valleys at different heights like uneven grains of sand lined up in a row, lonely, desolate, so long that it was intolerable. You could follow it and go forward or backward as long as you liked, but you’d never find the end.

Cixin Liu, “The Three-Body Problem”

We discussed the science fiction novel Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, the English translation (by Ken Liu) was released on November 11th. First half is spoiler free/minimal, second half of the discussion contains major plot spoilers. All of the liveshow participants were fortunate enough to receive ARCs from the publisher, Tor.

Participants:

Michael from Bitten by a Radioactive Book: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaqri6yb-dGzmfw8SHMo0yw

Elizabeth from Books and Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXifXYnZ5fVrlhpuhDjZOGg

Kaitlin from Kitty G: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCubeiIJVCyYgn5bqfD0jl0w

Brock from Let’s Read: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGoaqXQ6d6Z3Vr-I3JIy6A

Bri from Stories from the Shelf: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTKGq0LnoybKSMk0PYCF-g

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“A futuristic tale of urban life in Beijing has won a Chinese novelist a top international prize for science fiction, beating out heavyweight Stephen King for the honour.

Hao Jingfang, 32, won the Hugo Award for best novelette with Folding Beijing, a year after another Chinese writer, Liu Cixin, won the best novel prize for The Three-Body Problem, Xinhua reported on the weekend.

Receiving her award in Kansas City, Missouri, Hao said she was not surprised she had won but had also been prepared to lose.

“In Folding Beijing, I have raised a possibility for the future and how we face the challenges of automated production, technological advances, unemployment and economic stagnation,” she said.

Hao said her book offered a solution to those challenges, but she hoped the situations she described would not become reality.

Hao is from Tianjin, and graduated with a physics degree from Tsinghua University in 2006.

The Hugo Awards, established in 1953, are regarded as the highest honour in science fiction and fantasy. They are named after Hugo Gernsback who was the founder of the American science fiction magazineAmazing Stories.”

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Congratulations Hao Jingfang!