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The Dark Forest
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
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The Dark Forest
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Listen to the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon.
Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, stealth is survival – any civilisation that reveals its location is prey.
Earth has. Now the predators are coming.
Crossing light years, the Trisolarians will reach Earth in four centuries' time. But the sophons, their extra-dimensional agents and saboteurs, are already here. Only the individual human mind remains immune to their influence.
This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from human and alien alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown.
Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.
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Critic reviews
'A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology.' (George R.R. Martin)
'Wildly imaginative, really interesting... The scope of it was immense.' (Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States)
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- Rick
- 17-02-24
Even better than book1
I read this book after book 3 by mistake but have still enjoyed it.
Rich in detail, grand in scale.
Makes you think about what makes the universe work and our place on it and explores the nature of humanity: heroism and love through to the primitive raw survival fears and the evil we are capable of.
No wonder Netflix will pick this trilogy up!
Not sure how they will produce something better than the books.
Until then, it will be a secret amongst certain friends who have read it and a certain type of person to whom I recommend it.
All with whom I discuss it, say the first book (Three Body Problem) is great and somehow 2 (Dark Forest) and 3 (End of Death) are even better. I agree.
One other note: for English speakers, Chinese names can be difficult and so I downloaded the pdf companion for each book and regularly had to check it. It really helps with audio books where you cannot search back in the text for a name you confused with another person. (Same with the characters in Russian novels and history).
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- Olivia Nnamani
- 11-04-24
Bone Chilling
Wow, just wow! This is an amazing read. The twisty ending was utterly fascinating. Impeccable writing and brilliant world description.
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- T. Rigo
- 14-04-24
VOW!
The 3BP was excellent, but this book is truly genius, Asimov level socio-cultural masterpiece. Thank you for the experience, the story narration was brilliant too.
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- AAAA
- 30-04-24
Thrilling , thought provoking book.
All Credit to Daniel York Loh. Wonderfully read, really sold the atmosphere and tone the book elicits, special attention is always paid to the pronunciation of places and names.
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- A. D. Pennington
- 13-04-24
That will take a few days to absorb
Wow, mind blown. The tv program will ruin this. The Chinese names are hard work but just follow the story threads
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- Johnny
- 30-03-24
Wow a marathon
Great world building it’s philosophy within a SF book focused on the human mind space an encounter with aliens would cause dealing with the vastness of space and time during an encounter
You could study the book and I’m sure you would pull so much more
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- Dr Suresh Naidu
- 19-05-24
The story
The performance of audio book can made more sensible by using different person to voice over. Sometimes the audio delivery was such that it is difficult to differentiate between the character and narration
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- Michael Adam Stevens
- 12-05-24
Really Enjoyed
Well, I found this very interesting and thought provoking. Sometimes it's rather slow and not much happens, however the action really stepped up towards the second half. The final chapter was really good, in particular. Certainly keen to start the next book.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-01-24
best ending
it has a slow start, but the ending makes it all up. strongly recomend this book
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- D. Davidson
- 18-04-24
Staggeringly Beautiful
The universe of this story is solid and so rich. I was able to lose my myself within it. Every character is whole and complete and you understand every motive and belive in them.
The overarching story is perfect, This not the kind of strory where you try to puzzle the direction, rather it is something you drift within and simply experience.
The skill of Cixn Liu's writing, this translation of his book and complemented by a perfect narration all combine to create a staggeringly beautiful experience.
I am honored to have been able to experience it. Thank-you all.
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