I had to read the English translation since I cannot read or speak Mandarin unfortunately. Its a really good and engaging book imo, gets better with every page and supposedly loveecraft level shit goes down by the end.

In the beginning tho there are a few scenes describing the Cultural Revolution and struggle sessions.

Is it true that Einstein's theories of Relativity were frowned upon by red guard university students because they were seen as capitalist propaganda?

And is it true that some university lecturers were beaten to death during the struggle sessions? I mean cool if they deserved it (feudal landlords etc.) but the Relativity part seems a bit like the author making shit up.

Its funny how despite this the author is not even overtly rabidly critical of Marxism or Communism itself, unlike western authors who spend 10 pages to explain why "muh gommunism bad" every time such events get brought up. Liu seems to be critical of just the events which transpired during the cultural revolution.

You shouldn't pirate the book from z-library because its very unethical and a breach of IP, so you will be sent to hell when you die.

  • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Western education indoctrinates you toward Absolut positions ... Therefore any nuance postition that is only describtive not "Morally Guiding" confuses us.. so actually what you describe is the most normal thing. Because you are soo used to the Lectures , you kinda expext them everywhere . If you want to have another one of those , you could watch "Crashlanding on you" - a Series that confused my western ass because it showed actually people living in NorthKorea and beeing pretty fine with it.. I realised there "Why am I suprised by this" , and this series still has a lot of Propaganda in it.. its just not "all have the same Hairstyle and are Mowed down by flak Cannons" kind of ridicules.

    Great Book btw , but shit really gets going in "the Dark Forest" part of it.. First Time I experienced "Cosmic Horror" .

    • SuperNovaCouchGuy [any]
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      3 years ago

      Therefore any nuance postition that is only describtive not “Morally Guiding” confuses them... Because you are soo used to the Lectures , you kinda expext them everywhere .

      :this:

      Its honestly such a breath of fresh air to read the works of a politically nuanced fiction author instead of the ideologically/morally charged rightist drivel that is so common in the west.

    • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      shit really gets going in “the Dark Forest” part of it… First Time I experienced “Cosmic Horror” .

      :this: much more so than Lovecraft imo