Hold Up The Sky

Liu Cixin

Synopsis

It's a collection of short-stories by Liu Cixin .
  •  The Village Teacher: The story of a provincial village with a devoted teacher. Aliens discover the notion of teacher as a way to transmit knowledge. 
  •  The Time Migration: Forgot a bit what it was, but I think it is all in the title. 
  •  2018-04-01: Forgot 
  •  Fire in the Earth: About the Coal industry, and someone trying to save it but ending up burning the earth 
  •  Contraction: Forgot 
  •  Mirror: Forgot 
  • Ode to Joy: Music played for aliens that gives the UN a new perspective
  • Full-Spectrum Barrage Jamming: forgot 
  • Sea of Dreams: forgot 
  • Cloud of Poems: Aliens want to destroy earth to use its resources, a poet give them a challenge that leaves a chance for earth 
  • The Thinker: forgot 

My take

 Somehow it's not as striking as his novels. I can't put my finger on it, but the style/content is too much like him somehow

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