The Dark Forest is book 2 of the phenomenal science fiction The Three-body Problem trilogy (also known as Remembrance of Earths Past) by China’s top sci-fi novelist Liu Cixin. An alien civilization of a dying planet is about to take over the earth. How would humans evaluate this civilization? Should they take them as foe or friend? Cixin Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Nebula Award. The trilogy has been translated into English, titled The Three-body Problem, by Ken Liu (book 1 and 3, ) the sci-fi writer who swept the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy Awards and Joel Martinsen (book 2). Professor Derwei Wang touted The Three Body Problem as the top pick of the Chinese sci-fi genre. Liu is acclaimed to be the Jin Yong (the number one Kung Fu novelist) of Chinese sci-fi. The English titles of the trilogy are: The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End.
The Three-Body Problem has won Best Novel of the 2015 Hugo, the top honor of the Sci-fi genre. The English version of the novel is topping the Amazon bestselling list. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.