Ball Lightning Extract

By Eric Abrahamsen, published February 10, 2010, 1:29a.m.

Here's an excerpt from Liu Cixin's novel Ball Lightning, translated by Joel Martinsen.

Ball Lightning, one of the best Chinese science fiction novels of the past few years, is a fast-paced story of what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against a push to harness new discoveries with no consideration of the possible consequences.

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A beautiful translation.

Anna GC, February 10, 1:10p.m.

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Genuinely great translation, dude. I've also been reading the first book of Liu Cixin's 《三体》 and I'm seriously liking it, despite usually not digging this kind of stuff.

 DylanK, February 10, 6:45p.m.

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