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The Redemption of Time

By: Baoshu, Ken Liu - Translator
Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
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Set in the universe of the New York Times best-selling Three-Body Problem trilogy, The Redemption of Time continues Cixin Liu’s multi-award-winning science fiction saga. This original story by Baoshu - published with Liu’s support - envisions the aftermath of the conflict between humanity and the extraterrestrial Trisolarans.

In the midst of an interstellar war, Yun Tianming found himself on the front lines. Riddled with cancer, he chose to end his life, only to find himself flash frozen and launched into space where the Trisolaran First Fleet awaited. Captured and tortured beyond endurance for decades, Yun eventually succumbed to helping the aliens subjugate humanity in order to save Earth from complete destruction.

Granted a healthy clone body by the Trisolarans, Yun has spent his very long life in exile as a traitor to the human race. Nearing the end of his existence at last, he suddenly receives another reprieve - and another regeneration. A consciousness calling itself The Spirit has recruited him to wage battle against an entity that threatens the existence of the entire universe. But Yun refuses to be a pawn again and makes his own plans to save humanity’s future....

©2011, 2016 Text Copyright by Baoshu (宝树); English translation copyright by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd. (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

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Unnecessary and unsatisfying. Good performance but the story is very often melodramatic and cringe inducing

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Fun expansion on an already great story

This was an interesting take on the three body problem. It dove a little deeper into character development. I listened to the whole thing in just a few days.

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A bit too fantastical compared to the Cixin Liu

overall not bad, the story achieves a resolute cyclical finish but only addresses problems which are introduced at the beginning of this book, making it almost an isolated work. there is much more happenstance and predictable dramatic play as well as demystifying things which would better stay opaque. but if you're looking for something interesting that closes Cixins original work this is for you

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An absolute MUST read!

Loves the book just as much as I did the trilogy! A great conclusion to the original trilogy.

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great concepts of future and past universes

this was a amazing story. reminds me of 1st time I read Dune novels Frank Herbert and foundation series by Isaac Asimov where concepts were so big it took several rereads to final grasp it. And you love and hate the characters but enjoy both immensely.

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I'm glad the original author allowed this..

It's been a while since I read The Three Body Problem. I was impressed at how the latter part of the series was fleshed out the way it is in this novel; in fact a little more impressed with this than the 3rd novel of the series. My only detraction - mild spoiler here - is that at times the opponents that begin in 10 dimensional space seem confusing-with so many extra names like Creator and Master, Lurker, etc. it could be hard to tell which was which and what entities were serving whom.. albeit I realized with a moment of clarity that neither were villains, just different aspects or interpretations. Kudos to the author for revealing the true forms of the TriSolarans, and turning Sophon into more of a Loki like character versus the scheming murderer portrayed in the original trilogy.

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Wonderful - Fills all the plot holes

So glad this Baoshu wrote this to fill in all the plot holes left from the series. It also does a wonderful job of making up for the massive downer that the 3rd book was.

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Shocked a new Author wrote this

This is my favorite sci-fi series. When I heard there was another book written in it by another author I was both excited and worried. I miss the world but I doubted a book by a new author could live up to it. I was wrong. Awesome job Baoshu. Hats off to ya

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Great book

Great story. Very entertaining and answered numerous questions that remained. Definitely a must read.

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I enjoyed this conclusion to 3 body

I enjoyed this conclusion to three body problem. the writing and narration were both good.

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