A review by sortabadass
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
5.0
This book and the first in the series, The Three Body Problem, are amazing. The series is hugely popular in China and has recently been translated into English for the first time. If this is the caliber of science fiction in China, I need to start taking Mandarin lessons.
Dark Forest is political intrigue to Three Body's weird (computer) science -- political intrigue of the jihad variety, where the only objective is to end the negotiations breathing. Four men are granted enormous power and resources to battle the looming Trisolarian invasion, yet they can only fight the battle within the confines of their own mind. To speak their plans would be to lay them bare to the enemy. The survival of the human species relies upon their ingenuity, deception, and guile.
Dark Forest is political intrigue to Three Body's weird (computer) science -- political intrigue of the jihad variety, where the only objective is to end the negotiations breathing. Four men are granted enormous power and resources to battle the looming Trisolarian invasion, yet they can only fight the battle within the confines of their own mind. To speak their plans would be to lay them bare to the enemy. The survival of the human species relies upon their ingenuity, deception, and guile.