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November: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
December: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
A poll for the January 2019 book will be around the 15th, unless you want it sooner (not sooner than the U.S. midterms).
Discuss Foundation by Isaac Asimov in the comments below.
As for Liu Cixin's best known novel:
"Wildly imaginative, really interesting." ―President Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy
The English translation for The Three-Body Problem was published in 2014 by Ken Liu under Tor Books.
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Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected.
-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
(Score: 4, Insightful) by legont on Sunday November 04 2018, @04:18PM (7 children)
Please feel free to moderate to nonexistence if I violated the rules...
I am in the middle of it, but almost quit in the beginning - don't - keep reading.
What I did not like was that the author "chews" through his concepts in so much detail that it felt he treats readers as idiots. I was wrong. As book progressed, that chewing became more and more necessary for understanding. I also suspect that this is perhaps how Chinese teach their children - everything taught has to be really well understood.
Anyway, that is my little encouragement; sorry if it was not appropriate.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday November 04 2018, @04:55PM (4 children)
I think thats just Asimov. I have always liked him but he is very much a professor and you get that from reading. If you are interested in Asimov's style I would suggest what I consider to be one of his best works.
The last question by Asimov (as read by Nimoy), 36 min long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOtx4sa9k4 [youtube.com]
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday November 04 2018, @05:21PM
Wrong author, there. Read comment again.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 04 2018, @05:23PM (2 children)
You think Liu Cixin is Asimov?
(Score: 3, Touché) by linkdude64 on Sunday November 04 2018, @06:23PM
Spoiler Alert:
You haven't read that far in the book yet - that's the twist
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday November 04 2018, @08:44PM
I did not read the title of the original post, that said my comment statement still stands about Asimov although it now makes sense why OP was talking about Chinese education.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1) by tftp on Sunday November 04 2018, @05:30PM
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Sunday November 04 2018, @09:41PM
Three-Body Problem is very very good, but it's a little sticky at the start. Seems like a lot of the very best books ever are like that.
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