A book I’ve been reading lately is Death’s End by Cixin Liu, the third book in the three-body trilogy. This science fiction was originally published in Chinese and was translated into English by Ken Liu.
This novel is based on earth in the future, where the existence of another civilization known as the Trisolarans was discovered. The Trisolaran solar system consists of 3 suns and therefore means that there is constantly a threat of civilization eradication in the Trisolaran solar system.
Many sections in the novel are deeply linked to me because they take place in a futuristic Beijing, where the entirety of the city was embedded underground for protection against Trisolaran invasion. In addition, the protagonists of the series are people that have a Chinese background, allowing me to understand the Chinese influence behind the protagonists.
This novel made me realize that our current society isn’t fully developed and that we currently do not have a lot of technology in the universe we are in. It is possible that there are many civilizations in the universe but we have not discovered any others due to a lack of technology. In addition, this also showed to me that in times of crises the world can combine together and work together against a common cause.