You know how the joke goes: On the way to the execution gro… - Liu Cixin

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You know how the joke goes: On the way to the execution ground, a condemned criminal complained that it was going to rain, and the executioner said, ‘What have you got to worry about? We’re the ones who’ve got to go back through it!

Liu Cixin

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Liu Cixin (born June 23, 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer.

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Alternative Names: Cixin Liu • Liu Ci Xin • Da Liu • Big Liu • Daliu • Liu Da • Liucixin • Liu Ci-Xin • Ci-Xin Liu

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As the elderly passed away, the departed Golden Shore vanished into the smoke of history. The ship of human civilization floated alone in the vast ocean, surrounded on all sides by endless, sinister waves, and no one knew if there even was an opposite shore.

It’s easy to make ideological mistakes in theory.

The past was like a handful of sand you thought you were squeezing tightly, but which had already run out through the cracks between your fingers. Memory was a river that had run dry long ago, leaving only scattered gravel in a lifeless riverbed.

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