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message 1: by Kirsten (new)

Nov 06, 2014 08:21AM

Recently found this blog about a CHINESE sci-fi novel:

http://torforgeblog.com/2014/11/03/fo...

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem (Three Body, #1) by Cixin Liu

by Cixin Liu

Can you think of any other sci-fi books from non-US/UK countries??

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message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

Nov 06, 2014 08:24AM

Kirsten wrote: "Recently found this blog about a CHINESE sci-fi novel:

http://torforgeblog.com/2014/11/03/fo...

The Three-Body Problem b..."

You mean, other than Solaris and Roadside Picnic? French Jules Verne practically invented the genre.

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message 3: by Kirsten (new)

Nov 06, 2014 08:25AM

LOL! Good point.

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message 4: by Candiss (new)

Nov 06, 2014 10:48AM

I can think of hundreds! French SF classics, Russian sf galore, modern Finnish weird...these come immediately to my mind, but there are many, many more.

Here's a partial list on Goodreads Listopia:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

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message 5: by Ken (new)

Nov 08, 2014 06:06PM

Couple of books of the top of my head
Solaris
Night Watch

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