EL PROBLEMA DE LOS TRES CUERPOS / THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: El bosque oscuro/ The Dark Forest (Series #2) (Paperback)

from Algybama

Worse than 3-Body. Mainly because of the overwriting (half of the book is incomprehensible similes). Though I'm willing to give the author the benefit of the doubt and blame it on the translation. The texture of future beijing reminded me of Rudy Rucker in the worst way possible. Silly, frivolous...

from fredbacon

Last night I finished reading Cixin Liu's The Dark Forest, the second volume in his Three Body Problem trilogy. The English translation of the first volume, The Three-Body Problem, won the Hugo Award for best novel just a few weeks ago. I think the second volume is an even better book than the fi...

from JBD1

I think I liked this one even more than the first in the series. Some really excellent scenes, even if there are a few moments of apparent inconsistency, too. Definitely imperfect, but I will still very much look forward to the final volume in the trilogy.

from rondoctor

This 2nd volume in the "3 Body Problem" series is excellent. Cixin Liu does a remarkably good job of story telling. He varies the pace of the story throughout the book. While this makes for some segments that seem slow going, the variation actually enhances the complexity of the story line. The a...

from dbsovereign

The splendid aspect of having a second book is that you needn't repeat (often boring or overly technical) backstory and repeating characters get flushed out. My particular favorite is Da Shi - as a security guy he has a fascinating focus and randomly honest/to the point way about him. He also hel...