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finished reading Death's End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

Cixin Liu: Death's End (EBook, 2016) 4 stars

Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese …

Not sure if this was necessary. The first 2 books are great, but this one felt more like a chore.

reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)

Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Books) 4 stars

Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien …

Fantastic!

5 stars

This was great and a total different experience than I had expected. Ditch the stupid Netflix-Show and read this book which not only covers an interesting Sci-Fi-topic but also gives a glimpse into Chinese socialist society and it's aftermath.

finished reading The Butt by Will Self

Will Self: The Butt (2008, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury) 4 stars

The Butt is a satirical novel by Will Self, published in 2008.

This was an unexpectedly dark one. It is a working-class kafkaesque heart-of-darkness-style trip to a country almost unlike australia seen through the eyes of a man who isn't quite like a non-american.