When I decide on read science fiction I already know that landing on the first page is going to be an exercise in reading transformation. Fantasy and CiFi is what you have, any foresight, any preconceived idea that you can extract from the cover or from the synopsis always falls apart as soon as you get into the story.
And I have always said it, science fiction is the most fertile of all literary spaces. Authors like Asimov or Philip K. Dick , prolific to the point of exhaustion, they show it.
The truth is that I did not know anything about CixinLiu, the Chinese writer, and the book The dark forest It was presented to me as an intriguing delivery to the CiFi of the Asian giant.
But the truth is that I was immediately captivated. I had not read the first part The problem of the three bodies (I found out that there was the first part after I started, the person who had left the book told me) But I don't think you need any prior to immerse yourself in a fantastic novel like this .
The Trisolaris are aliens who are preparing to invade Earth. In their invasive strategy they have counted on earthlings who provide them with all the necessary information for a fruitful attack that, counting on the distance / time that separates them from us, will take place after four centuries of planet Earth time have elapsed.
But humans, also aware of the arrival of aliens and the collaboration provided by the planet's traitors, are looking for alternatives for a drastic defeat that would have a frank world upon the arrival of these trisolaris.
The mind is the only refuge, the only space that can offer battle, an impregnable space for any agent from the outside world. What can those 4 centuries give so that the human being can stand up to the invader? Can you force a better evolutionary 400 years from now? Human science and technology must work shoulder to shoulder to find the only way to victory, hidden between neurons, imagination and memories ... The mind as a dark forest to which not even the human being has an easy entrance and exit.
You can now buy the book The Dark Forest, the novel by Chinese author Cixin Liu, here: