When The Sun Dies Early | Wandering Earth

This story takes place approximately 400 hundred years in our future. “The Coalition” controls the world. Earth rotation has been stopped. Hundreds of years ago they discovered the sun would expand far sooner than expected. Generational spaceships would not work to house all of humanity. They decided to move the earth elsewhere using giant engines commonly referred to as mountains and peaks, they are powered through nuclear fusion, and the largest are up to 11,000 meters tall (about 7 miles high). The migration process will take 2,500 years approx. 100 human generation will pass over the course of that time.

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[johnpavlick]

I’ve read many of Cixin Liu’s short stories and my favorite is Mountains, about the long history of an alien race that must overcome a millennia of struggle before they can even reach the same starting point of our own civilization.

[trentgraham]

I think this is my favorite YouTube channel now. I got hooked by the Dune series videos and have been watching ever since. The analysis is always top notch. I have even found several new books that I loved reading.

[julias]

The least realistic element here is not the science, but the assumption that there would be any effort to bring everyone.

[protogen_apollo]

I borrowed the Wandering Earth and other short stories from my local library over winter break, and I really liked the story about the window cleaner from a small Chinese village becoming one of many maintainers of a solar collector and eventually set off into the cosmos in a cryogenic pod, transmitting any celestial data he found back to Earth!

The one about the robot rocks was kinda confusing to be honest

[jessievr]

Cixin Liu takes outrageous ideas and then explains how it could be done.

[estanceveyrac]

I loved most of Liu Cixin's short stories, special mention for Devourer which devastated me when I read it, only for me to read Poetry Cloud 2 years later & be delighted about how things actually turned out. Also, after reading Death's End, reading Ode to Joy was such an hopeful funny little piece of candy to soothe my angst.

[jubb]

Thanks to you i have listened to the whole Three Body Problem series, i must get this on audiobook now (also Hyperion ^^)
I really like how you highlight book passages, main themes, and the way you present them in a very suspensful kind of way without compeletly spoiling the story completely (you background music is well chosen).
So thank you so much.

[michiganjack]

I find it so odd (and incredibly frustrating) how YT does not amplify great channels like this (or Foundring - RIP)

[joshchu]

have you read his short story The Village Teacher? I'll say it's the best of Liu's work in terms of impactfulness vs. length.
(it's Clarke-esque, cosmically-disturbing, sweet, and unexpectedly emotional(ly-damaging) XXD)

[theodoremccarthy]

Most people who watched the last season of GoT wouldn’t want their favorite books to be given that treatment.

[wenyili]

the movie wandering earth 2 came out very recently and i really hope more people could watch it. its pretty epic

[A_Few_Thoughts]

" People realized that even if there was a god he was a bastard." lol, I love that line.

[alchemist]

I know this is a super random comments, but I absolutely love your theme music at the beginning of your video. Given all the topics you normally cover, it just perfectly hits the right tone of stuff you talk about and I love it

[stephanier.]

Commenting for the algorithm and to say I'm really enjoying your channel! I don't get many opportunities to read for fun so you help me hear great sci-fi stories and concepts that I wouldn't otherwise. Thank you!!

[radicalPeanutButter]

I don’t comment on YouTube often, but I really enjoy your synopsis and interpretation of material. You do an excellent job, and I often consult your videos before deciding to commit to reading a book/series. Thanks for your hard work, and I look forward to seeing more!

[mitchellforney]

Agree that a Hyperion adaptation would be awesome. Another book I'd love to see made into a show would be Niven & Pournelle's "The Mote In God's Eye." Great sci-fi concept, riveting action/adventure, and a large ensemble of engaging, relatable characters.

[EL-ISS]

I love how Cixin Liu takes such radical ideas verging on or are based on the impossible and then goes on to explain how said ideas could be hypothetically accomplished.

I haven't read The Wandering Earth but now that it's brought to my attention I'm definitely picking it up.

He's similar to Adrian Tchaikovsky in that respect. Love hardcore scifi books.

[MrBrassporkchop]

No roadtrip is complete without the entire family fighting.

[peterluvaas]

Another series I put on my, "to read" list because of you. Thanks for your videos! I love your recommendations.

[koukaakiva]

Hey Quinn this is in no way a criticism of you, you did great. In fact, I'm grateful that you made this because I now know not to read this book as this is the dumbest plot I have ever heard.