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Three Body Problem (3): Deaths End
Cixin Liu
published: 2008, read: 10/27/22
592 pages, genre: Sci-Fi
rating: 8.5/10, normalized: 8.333/10
1.132σ better than average
1.623σ or 1.515/10 better than average in Sci-Fi genre
0.525σ or 0.449/10 better than average by Cixin Liu
1.046σ or 0.862/10 better than average recommended by Alex W.
Recommended by: Alex W.
Continuing with the pacing of The Dark Forest, this starts with Galactic Doom and continues to develop the characters we love while still managing to introduce new compelling characters in a universe (literally) where human life seems insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Exquisite subplot too
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| 10/27/22 | Cixin Liu | Deaths End Three Body Problem (3) | 592 | 2008 | Sci-Fi | 8.500 | 8.333 | Alex W. | |
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| 5/27/24 | Philip K. Dick | A Scanner Darkly | 220 | 1977 | Sci-Fi | 6.750 | 6.389 | ||
| 5/22/24 | Philip K. Dick | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | 274 | 1968 | Sci-Fi | 8.000 | 7.778 | ||
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| 10/28/23 | James S.A. Corey | Leviathan Wakes The Expanse (1) | 577 | 2011 | Sci-Fi | 6.750 | 6.389 | Charlie J. | |
| 10/14/23 | Roger Zelazny | Lord of Light | 308 | 1967 | Sci-Fi | 6.750 | 6.389 | ||
| 8/23/23 | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Cage of Souls | 638 | 2019 | Sci-Fi | 8.000 | 7.778 | Alex W. | |
| 7/15/23 | Gene Wolfe | Fifth Head of Cerberus | 244 | 1972 | Sci-Fi | 9.083 | 8.981 | ||
| 6/18/23 | Various | Obsolescence | 360 | 2023 | Sci-Fi | 6.000 | 5.556 | ||
| 1/31/23 | Greg Egan | Permutation City Subjective Cosmology Cycle (2) | 275 | 1994 | Sci-Fi | 6.750 | 6.389 | ||
| 1/29/23 | George Saunders | Escape from Spiderhead | 10 | 2010 | Sci-Fi | 7.750 | 7.500 | ||
| 1/27/23 | Robert A. Heinlein | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | 382 | 1966 | Sci-Fi | 8.250 | 8.056 | ||
| 1/18/23 | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Ruin Children of Time (2) | 475 | 2019 | Sci-Fi | 6.750 | 6.389 | Alex W. | |
| 1/15/23 | Blake Crouch | Dark Matter | 368 | 2017 | Sci-Fi | 7.000 | 6.667 | Nick W. | |
| 1/13/23 | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Time Children of Time (1) | 513 | 2015 | Sci-Fi | 7.000 | 6.667 | Alex W. | |
| 1/11/23 | Ted Chiang | Exhalation | 368 | 2019 | Sci-Fi | 7.500 | 7.222 | ||
| 10/10/22 | Isaac Asimov | Second Foundation Foundation (4) | 210 | 1953 | Sci-Fi | 6.500 | 6.111 | ||
| 9/15/22 | Isaac Asimov | Foundation Foundation (3) | 255 | 1951 | Sci-Fi | 6.500 | 6.111 | ||
| 9/11/22 | Isaac Asimov | Forward the Foundation Foundation (2) | 417 | 1993 | Sci-Fi | 7.000 | 6.667 | ||
| 9/5/22 | Frank Herbert | Dune Messiah Dune (2) | 256 | 1969 | Sci-Fi | 7.000 | 6.667 | ||
| 9/5/22 | Frank Herbert | Children of Dune Dune (3) | 444 | 1976 | Sci-Fi | 6.500 | 6.111 | ||
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| 8/16/16 | Douglas Adams | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 224 | 1979 | Sci-Fi | 6.500 | 6.111 | ||
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