Ode to Joy

The mirror is an ideology beyond the scope of human cognition, a wandering musician in the universe. He can move at the speed of light, but the laws of the universe he abides by require him to temporarily stay around a star to replenish energy, so he may cause the star to explode as a supernova and destroy a world. The mirror seems to be omnipotent, but it has rules to follow, just like it chooses to keep the sun, just like it chooses to shield the earth before the gamma ray burst reaches the earth. This is like the agreement that the mirror gradually formed during its travels in the universe, as a musician and the audience in the universe.

Oh my god, you always make sense of the universe.

"It has now been proven that it is impossible for human beings to strangle fate by the throat. The value of human beings is that we know that fate is irresistible and death must be the final winner, but we can still concentrate on creating a beautiful life in a limited time." - Ode to Joy.

The description of the mirror, the description of the sound, the super macroscopic understanding of the universe, Teacher Liu's works are endless every time I read them.

This novel is a rare short story by Liu Cixin. As a famous science fiction novelist, his "Three-Body" and "The Wandering Earth" seem to be more well-known and have even been remade into film and television dramas many times. But in fact, he also has many excellent short stories, especially this "Ode to Joy". Under the skin of science fiction, there is a soul of romanticism, praising peace, praising peace, and calling for peace. It is a cosmic-level musical feast that extends human civilization, plays the music of life, and composes the long river of history.

In the worldview constructed by Liu Cixin, the universe is cold and ruthless most of the time. For example, the other two works in the Great Art Trilogy, "Poetry Cloud" and "Sea of ​​Dreams", these two civilizations make people feel that they can do whatever they want with one word. In Ode to Joy, Liu Cixin shows a warm universe. Higher civilization is willing to share its beauty with lower civilization and is also willing to help lower civilization show its own beauty. "More than 200 people on the lawn sang "Ode to Joy". The song was transmitted to the sun through the mirror. The sun vibrated again, transmitting the song to all directions of space with powerful electromagnetic pulses." "Yes, it is a good song."

Human beings have never stopped imagining the universe; humans have never stopped exploring the universe. Whenever science fiction is mentioned, Liu Cixin always comes to mind. He is a famous Chinese science fiction writer. His representative work "The Three-Body Problem" is a best-seller at home and abroad. This book is one of the novels in Liu Cixin's "Great Art Series" and has six parts: Concert, Mirror, Musician, Beat, Sun Music and Ode to Joy. Reading Liu Cixin's books always makes people ask this question: Where does his imagination of the future of the universe come from? His inspiration seems to never run out, and his thinking about the future of the universe never stops.

In the future, it would be great if all countries could be so harmonious

There are really a lot of imaginative ideas in science fiction novels. For a person like me who lacks imagination, I will be deeply shocked and impressed every time I read it. The novel has both a grand structure and profound speculation. It is a typical science fiction novel that combines scientific illusions with social humanities. It has a strong flavor of Chinese science fiction novels in the 1980s. The protagonist of the story is a mirror, which cares about the emergence of human beings like a god and plays the rhapsody of the destiny of human society.

Five-star review from Dusty