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Anathem by Neal Stephenson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had to read this novel twice. It attracted my attention because the author while writing about a fictional world in a universe that doesn't contain us, created a whole way of thinking that is out of this world, eh...Universe. It is impressive because of the culture of the characters in his book has a language that is unique to their culture. One gets to see at least two languages. One language is called Orth and the other is Flucish. And yet for us to really understand what's going on of course the novel is written in English. So what makes the language unique? in fact one may ask, what makes the book unique? One needs to understand the scientific background where the story takes place. First of all, one must think in the Multiverse. And if one is versed in physics or astrophysics, there are different thoughts about what is a Multiverse and what does the Multiverse contain. I am not going to dive into this subject per se.

The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Once again I must say that my mind was blown reading the second book that belongs to "Remembrance of Earth's Past Series". The First book, "The Three-Body Problem", start off the story with an unusual concept. The Human race will be at war with an alien civilization known as the trisolarians. Why is it in a usual concept? This is a war of wits in the beginning. There are a lot of reviews about the first book out there on the internet. And of course, you can find a plot and a summary on Wikipedia. The second book brings in a new concept, how does one defeat an opponent where the opponent can see everything one does but one cannot see everything the opponent does? And the opponent lets one know that he or she has that ability? And that ability will be more refined as time progresses. It is almost like the Anti-Moore's Law. When one reads the second book, one will find out how it is done And the hero is no