A bit of a lacklustre ending, but overall an enjoyable journey in exposition ( )

Interessante aber technisch vermutlich komplett unplausible Idee (bevor die Erde durch die explodierende Sonne verdampft, wird sie mithilfe von gigantischen "earth engines" in Richtung Proxima Centauri geschossen). Der Schreibstil ist, hmm, gewöhnungsbedürftig, es liest sich eher wie ein schnell hingehuschter Entwurf, keine Charakterentwicklung, Plotlöcher von der Größe Pekings und eine befremdliche Mischung aus Pathos und Technikbegeisterung, die vielleicht kulturellen Unterschieden geschuldet ist. ( )

Interesting take on the end of the sun and what that means for humanity. ( )

If I had been thinking, "What I really need right now is an awesome Big-Idea story that turns the earth into an inter-solar spaceship, reminding me pleasantly of some of the early Stephen Baxter tales," then after reading this, I'd say, "Holy shit!"

Well, as it so happens, I've been in a Bigger-Is-Better frame of mind for the last few days, so getting something like this was like unwrapping a mystery gift and actually getting a 24 karat gold ring.

Liu Cixin turned a great tale, following lifetime of one man from childhood to old age as the world prepared against the expected helium flash and transformation of our sun to a red giant, much earlier than anticipated. It was short enough not to need much in the way of characterization, but it was sprinkled generously, anyway, but what character truly broke free from the story was the Earth, itself. What a delight!

I've read a number of Big-Idea stories and I've loved them all, but this one happened to stay pretty damn close to scientific reality and possibility, even if the amount of cooperation and effort was truly staggering.

I heartily recommend this story! ( )

Interesting

I found this story interesting. I can't say that I loved it . It was a different take on what would happen if our sun was dying. That what I really like about the story was the different out look. I sometimes think that certain types of stories always follow the same model of steps and that we don't look outside the box to see if their a different way to go. The Wandering Earth for me is out of the box thinking story. Cixin Liu writing was very descriptive and you can see what the world was like and why certain choices were made. ( )