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From Cixin Liu, the New York Times best-selling and Hugo Award-winning author of The Three Body Problem, comes a new science fiction masterpiece in Supernova Era.

In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end. Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of 13 will die. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge they'll need to keep the world running. But the last generation may not want to carry the legacy of their parents' world. And though they imagine a better, brighter world, they may bring about a future so dark humanity won't survive.

©2004 Liu Cixin (P)2019 Head of Zeus Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Fiction China Astronomy Imperial Japan Russia
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It started so well and then about a quarter of the way through it went downhill. The story was very thin, the characters unpleasant and I found it hard to believe in just how poorly written these supposed children are

I struggled to finish it

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Loved the story but gets a bit long and meandering towards the end. Having read 4 other books by the author this was unexpected. This may have been better in a short story format.

Strong start but uncharacteristically for the author poor finish

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The premise is fascinating and I was hoping for an interesting read. However the very masculine take on things was very disappointing. It's given me plenty of food for thought though!
The narrator of this and Liu's other works is very flat, I would hesitate to chose him again unless it was a 'must read' book.

Starts off well but ...

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Earliest of the author's major works - so he was still finding his feet.
Some great ideas - but quickly gets preposterous.
Ignore unless you are on a mission.

Great start - loses its way - never comes back

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This has a great concept and some interesting subjects broached. Makes you if are getting any of it right?

Just great

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