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《三体3：死神永生》是2010年重庆出版社出版的图书，作者是刘慈欣。主要讲述了三体文明的战争背后的故事。美国网友：读完前两本后，我很难想象第三本怎么可能会更好，第二本已经将整个故事线很圆满地结束了，任何续写似乎都是狗尾续貂。然而很高兴地向大家报告，我完全错了......

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Book Review of Deaths End

《三体3：死神永生》

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Mark Uhlar rated it it was amazing Aug 23.2016

Mark Uhlar评为5星 2016.08.23

Recommends it for: Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Cosmic Horror Fans

推荐对象：科幻小说、志怪小说、宇宙怪谭的爱好者

Let me start by getting this part out of the way---this book is the real deal as they say---because after reading it, you will never look up at the night sky the same way again without thinking of some of the cognitively warping ideas delineated in this book.

请允许我不寻常的开场白，本作有如传闻一样货真价实，读完之后再也不能像往常一样仰望夜空而不去思索书中勾画的一些认知偏差的观点。

I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of this novel, and I must confess that the book Gods were indeed kind that day, because this is one fantastic and mind expanding book---the best so far in the series in my humble view. The translation is impeccably done by the fantastic Mr. Liu and the story itself by Mr. Cixin is beyond description, and cliched words like "epic" utterly fail to do it justice. Cixin has a wonderful ability to infuse the different styles of his literary predecessors into something exotically new, combining the old-school philosophical and sociological scifi of Wells and Stapledon, with the hard scifi sensibility of Clarke and Asimov, while simultaneously giving it a judicious dose of the paranoid fevered dreams found in the works of Philip K. Dick, Lovecraft, or Tim Powers.

很幸运能赢得本作的先行本，我必须承认那天书神显灵了，因为这是本令人大开眼界的奇妙作品，愚以为是系列里最出色的。神奇小刘翻译得毫无瑕疵，而大刘作品本身更是溢于言表，以“史诗”之类的陈词滥调去形容真正是有失公允。刘Cixin有种神奇力量，能将他的文学前辈们迥异的风格注入进新异的东西，把威尔斯和斯塔普雷顿的老派的思辨性社会学科幻，与克拉克和阿西莫夫的硬科幻感揉捏在一起，同时又谨慎地掺入了些许菲利普·狄克、洛夫克拉夫特、蒂姆·鲍尔斯的作品中常见的偏执狂热幻梦。
【赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯，上世纪著名科幻小说家，代表作有《时间机器》等，首创“时间旅行”“外星人入侵”“反乌托邦”等概念。奥拉夫·斯塔普雷顿，著名科幻小说家，代表作有《最后和最先的人》等，首创了“戴森球”等概念。阿瑟·C·克拉克，著名科幻小说家，代表作有《2001太空漫游》等。艾萨克·阿西莫夫，著名科幻小说家，代表作有《基地》等。菲利普·狄克，著名科幻小说家，代表作有《高堡奇人》《银翼杀手》等，首创“平行历史”概念。H. P. 洛夫克拉夫特，著名幻想小说家，代表作有《克苏鲁的呼唤》系列。蒂姆·鲍尔斯，著名幻想小说家，代表作有《阿努比斯之门》等。】

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Finally just a small rant (if I may be so bold and pedantic):
We as readers need more people like Ken Liu and Jeff/Ann Vandermeer etc., who are willing to sacrifice their time, energy, and money to do these wonderful translation projects. Therefore, go out and buy this book so publishers like Tor, etc, will publish more translations, and we more provincial readers can feel like we are living in an ideal Borgian world of a truly Universal Literature--- a vitally important project in my view as maybe it can form a counterbalance to some of the more contentious rhetoric and debates unfolding within the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror communities; because as Cixin aptly reminds us, once we discover intelligent exterrestrial life, then
humanity must face the consequences together, despite all our petty tribal biases. Otherwise our memorial on Pluto will read, "Human, all too human," but if we can transcend our lesser demons then books like Deaths End remind us that the real show is only just now getting started.

最后小声疾呼一下（请原谅我的鲁莽和迂腐）：
作为读者我们需要更多的小刘和范德米尔夫妇这样愿意牺牲时间精力金钱来创作这些美妙翻译作品的人。因此，出门买书吧，这样托尔出版社等机构才能出版更多译作。我们这些守旧的读者能感觉到我们正处在一个真正“文学大同”的百花齐放的理想世界，这点就我看来至关重要，或许能部分抵消科幻奇幻怪谭小说界的越来越富争议性的辞藻和观点的趋势。正如刘Cixin巧妙地提醒我们，一旦我们发现了地外智慧生命，那么人类就必须放下所有渺小的落后偏见，共同面对结果，不然就只能在冥王星留下“人性，太人性了”的墓志铭。但如果我们能超越自己的心魔，那么又如《死神永生》提醒我们的：好戏才刚开始呢。
【范德米尔夫妇分别是科幻小说家和科幻小说编辑，都曾获雨果奖等科幻大奖。】【语出尼采的作品《人性的，太人性的》】【《死神永生》有人类在冥王星留下纪念馆的剧情。】

Barbara rated it it was amazing Aug 24.2016

Barbara 评为5星 2016.08.24

After reading the first two books I couldnt imagine how the third could possibly be any better. The second book wrapped up the storyline quite nicely and any continuation seemed like it would have to create unnecessary drama for dramas sake. I am happy to report that I was completely mistaken.

读完前两本后，我很难想象第三本怎么可能会更好，第二本已经将整个故事线很圆满地结束了，任何续写似乎都是狗尾续貂。然而很高兴地向大家报告，我完全错了。

Its been a while since Ive read the first two, but I would argue that this book is the best of the three. While all three books contain a compelling story, numerous mind-blowing concepts, and a great cast of characters, they each have a different "feel" to them, as if each was written with a different sub-genre in mind.

尽管看完前两本已有一阵子了，我还是觉得本作是三本里最好的。当然三本书都有引人入胜的内容，不计其数的拍案叫绝的想法，还有很好的角色阵容；三本书都有各自不同的感觉，好似每本都是以不同的风格写就。

The first book felt like a movie trailer, where the stage is set and we vaguely know what is going to happen, but we dont yet know how were getting there. The conflict is clear, the villain has been sketched out, and the forces of good are rallying together. This book has all the makings of an epic fantasy, but Liu Cixin thankfully avoids the trap of having the story buckle under the weight of too many plot threads.

第一本像是电影的预告片，舞台就绪而我们隐隐知道将会上演什么，但不知道如何上演。戏剧冲突很明确，反方人物浮出水面，正方人物集结力量。本书拥有史诗奇幻的所有成分，谢天谢地刘Cixin避开了陷阱，没有因为太多剧情线索而让故事不堪重负。

The second book felt like an action movie. With the background in place, Cixin delivers one revelation after another, keeping his reader glued to the pages as their eyes race though the words in an effort to quicken their journey to the next revelation. This book fulfills on the promise of the "trailer", taking the reader on an exhilarating ride that eventually reaches the promised ending (yay humans!).

第二本像是动作片，当背景就位，一幕又一幕被揭示，让读者手不释卷目不暇接，力求尽悉下一段真相。本书如“预告片”所言般结束，将读者带上一段通往“应许之终”的振奋之旅。（人类好耶！）

The third book is completely unlike the first two. There is less of that frenetic energy to get somewhere. It takes on a more philosophical turn where its not so much about how things end, but how we got there. It puts humanity in perspective, taking away its protagonist role and the presumption of victory. The timeline expands accordingly. Instead of focusing on events that span years or decades, the storyline in this book spans centuries and more. Through it all, the author successfully keeps the story grounded by skillfully intertwining the lives of several characters in a way that flows naturally. Finally, fairy tales, star-struck lovers, and tea ceremonies. Need I say more?

第三本与前两本完全不同，狂劲更少而思辨更多，更着重事物发展的过程而非结果。它正视人性，夺去其主角光环和必胜属性。时间线随之延伸，不是以年或十年为单位，而是百年甚至更长。自始至终，作者成功地把故事根植于几个主要人物顺理成章交织在一起的缘分。最后，童话故事、弹星爱人、还有茶道，还要我多透露点吗？

Bottom line. If you liked the first two books, definitely read the third. If youre not really a fan of science fiction, thats okay. Skip the first two books and read the third.

归根到底，如果你喜爱前两本，那绝对不要错过第三本；如果你算不上科幻粉，没关系，跳过前两本直接看第三本吧。

Samuel Lubell rated it really liked it Sep 01.2016

Samuel Lubell评为4星 2016.09.01

Deaths End by the legendary Chinese author Cixin Liu is the third in the trilogy that began in the Hugo-winning The Three Body Problem and continued in The Dark Forrest. Like the first book, Deaths End is translated by the Hugo-winning Ken Liu (no relation). Even more than the first two books, Deaths End is complex, grand-scale science fiction. Parts of the book, especially near the end, resemble Olaf Stapledons Last and First Men in scope. The book is full of old fashioned sense of wonder with some truly awe-inspiring scenes. Unfortunately, it also has moments where a big idea is undermined, leaving the reader wondering why the author did this.

由大名鼎鼎的中国作家刘Cixin所著的《死神永生》是三部曲的第三部，前两部分别是获得雨果奖的《三体》及其续作《黑暗森林》。如同第一部一样，《死神永生》是由同样获得过雨果奖的刘Ken翻译，而这部科幻小说，复杂度规模度尤甚前两部。书中部分章节，尤其接近尾声处，有着与奥拉夫·斯塔普雷顿《最后和最先的人》相似的规模感。本作极富老派科幻小说的惊奇感，一些场景让人肃然起敬。可惜的是，同样有几处好点子写弱了，让读者摸不准作者的意图。

The early chapters of Deaths End are set during the early years of The Dark Forest with Earth struggling to find some way of defeating the alien Trisolarans. At the start, Yun Tianming, dying of an incurable cancer, purchases the rights to a star (though the Stars Our Destination project) as a gift to Cheng Xin, the one girl in his life who was kind to him. His attempt at euthanasia is stopped by Cheng Xin who has become an important aide at the intelligence agency charged with finding out more about the Trisolarans. She has proposed a way to send a lightweight spacecraft, housing only a human brain, to spy on the Trisolarans. Since removing the brain would kill a person, the mission requires someone willing to be killed for the cause. At this appeal from the woman he loves, Tianming volunteers for the Staircase Program. His brain is sent into space while Cheng Xin is put in suspended animation to act as liaison in the future.

《死神永生》开场几章的背景是《黑暗森林》时间线的早期，地球上正百般尝试打败三体人的方法。故事一开始，罹患绝症的云Tianming买下了一颗恒星的所有权（通过“群星，我们的归宿”计划）作为礼物送给程Xin，究其一生只有这个姑娘曾善待过他。他试图安乐死，却被程Xin阻止。因为程Xin这时已是一个负责刺探三体情报的机构的重要助理，她提出个计划，发射一艘只容一个人类大脑的航天器，死间三体人。由于移除大脑等于死亡，这个任务要求有人为大义献身。在所爱之人的请求下，云Tianming自愿参加“阶梯计划”，他的大脑被送入太空，同时程xin也被冷冻作为将来同云Tianming的联络人。
【“群星，我们的归宿”计划，中文原版是“群星计划”，而译成“群星，我们的归宿”明显是向首位雨果长篇小说奖获奖者，著名科幻作家阿尔弗雷德·贝斯特所著《群星，我的归宿》致敬。不知是大刘创作的时候就有此意，还是二刘交流后的意向。】

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Deaths End, as the final book in a trilogy, does not stand alone and should only be read after the first two books.

作为三部曲最后一部的《死神永生》，不是独立成章的作品，必须在前两作之后阅读。

Deaths End is the type of grand-scale science fiction that we rarely see these days. For most of the book, the fate of humanity is at stake and survival depends not on weapons or military tactics but on thinking, inventing, and interpreting clues. While some flaws exist, they are minimal when compared to so much that the book gets right. There is a reason why this trilogy is considered the best science fiction epic in China. We are fortunate that it has finally been translated for English readers.

《死神永生》是那种架构宏伟的科幻类型，近来已鲜见。书中大部分时候，人类命运危在旦夕，生死存亡并非取决于武器或是战术，而是取决于思考发明，解析线索。尽管存有瑕疵，但与书中大量优点相比，简直可以忽略不计。难怪该三部曲被认为是最佳中国科幻史诗。我们英语读者有幸能最终看到英译本的面世。

英文版《三体3：死神永生》Goodreads书评 [美国媒体]