Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award

Re:Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award by chairmanwow on Saturday November 10, 2018 @03:07AM (#18420426)

Well deserved! Congratulations! I rather disagree with the Dark Forrest Theory as a premise, but I found the books thought-provoking, which is the most you can ask of a sci-fi writer.

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Re:Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award by em-bee on Saturday November 10, 2018 @04:59AM (#18420677)

anyone wondering about the dark forest theory without getting spoilers for the book, it's essentially this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#It_is_dangerous_...

greetings, eMBee.

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Re:Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award by bartman on Saturday November 10, 2018 @12:44PM (#18422409)

This is totally OT, but your name rang a bell. Have you been active in the PSYC/Pike communities many many years ago by any chance?

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Re:Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award by em-bee on Saturday November 10, 2018 @01:42PM (#18422756)

i am still using pike :-) sent you an email...

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Re:Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award by raverbashing on Saturday November 10, 2018 @03:09AM (#18420429)

Something I noticed about the Dark Forest, in some editions it has a different translator from the other books.

It is not a bad translation but it definitely reads less fluidly than the other books.

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Re:Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award by compsciphd on Sunday November 11, 2018 @12:11AM (#18425116)

also no chapters, makes it difficult to read in chunks

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