I had this trilogy in the book shelf for a while and found some time during Christmas holidays to read them And boy, once I picked up the first book, read through some chapters, I could not put it down and finished the trilogy in no time. It is such an invigorating and mesmerising read, with concepts which are too wild to imagine. The cosmology Cixin-Liu builds is so scary and melancholic by the time you get to the end that one feels thankful that there is more to this universe that what is visible in 3D. Without the higher densities and concepts of soul development and STO pathway, events would likely progress the way they do in these novels and that is an extremely scary though even though very exciting at some junctures.
Its a series that I would highly recommend to the peeps on the forum. The author is very intelligent and seems to have a good understanding of human nature i.e. how people react to reality changing doomsday events, the fickle mindedness, shifting paradigms, difficult decisions, individuals being worshipped as heroes one moment, villains the next moment. I also liked what the author does in the middle of the novels to keep you hooked such as the "the human computer" which appeals to my geek side. And, the "Yun Tianming's fairy tales" were just mind blowing. I feel more knowledgeable about some of the cutting edge physics contents and their limitations after reading these novels. I wish we get to see more novels like these from the same author or others out there.
There is also a netflix series with first season out already. I havent seen it yet but planning to when time permits. I do hear that the chinese TV series is much closer to the books so, might see that first. Either way, the tv adaptations tend to differ for legitimate reasons and reading the books is always the way to go.
Its a series that I would highly recommend to the peeps on the forum. The author is very intelligent and seems to have a good understanding of human nature i.e. how people react to reality changing doomsday events, the fickle mindedness, shifting paradigms, difficult decisions, individuals being worshipped as heroes one moment, villains the next moment. I also liked what the author does in the middle of the novels to keep you hooked such as the "the human computer" which appeals to my geek side. And, the "Yun Tianming's fairy tales" were just mind blowing. I feel more knowledgeable about some of the cutting edge physics contents and their limitations after reading these novels. I wish we get to see more novels like these from the same author or others out there.
There is also a netflix series with first season out already. I havent seen it yet but planning to when time permits. I do hear that the chinese TV series is much closer to the books so, might see that first. Either way, the tv adaptations tend to differ for legitimate reasons and reading the books is always the way to go.