[Book Reviews] [Sociology] Ignorance of background stories, China, Japan, and fiction

[thewronghands]

Hello, Internet! After tithenai's glowing review some months back, I put Ken Liu's "The Grace of Kings" on my to-read list. I recently finished, and said on Goodreads:

This was a good book that came so close to being a great book. Truly excellent world-building, well realized characters who develop and change, compelling moral dilemmas with clear paths

Comments

[tylik]

I feel like such a tool for not having read these - or The Three Body Problem. Like, seriously, I need to get with it ;-)

[thewronghands]

Hah, if you read them in the near future we can read them together, kinda. I haven't even started on Three Body Problem yet.

[trom]

The Three Body Problem is awesome. Definitely took some work to get into, but totally worth the effort

[thewronghands]

I have it on my ereader, so the next time I travel, there it is!

[trom]

Yay! And if you like it the 2nd volume is out and the finale comes out early 2016...

[thewronghands]

I look forward to your commentary if/when you have a chance to dive in!