Future Reading Circle: Cixin Liu: Ants and dinosaurs
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The readership of the future is a community of books in which we talk about what we want to live in and what future we want to live in. We think about how we see our personal and social existence in the context of ecological crises, and through shared reading we talk about our feelings, important examples, and our hopes for our joys.
THE THIRD BOOK: Cixin Liu: Ants and dinosaurs
"The ants tried to get in through the nostrils at first, but the irritation they caused caused caused the subject to sneeze. As a result, the sudden burst of air appeared much faster than the cough that had been experienced before in the trachea and shot the ants through the nostril like the barrel of a gun. Most members of the expedition were torn to pieces. Later research expeditions in the skull tried to get through the ear, but failed to succeed. They discovered the visual and auditory organs of the dinosaurs and observed these fragile systems. They even got to the brain, though they couldn't figure out what it was for; they only realized its significance years later."
It's a satirical tale, a political allegory, an ecological emergency bell. Cixin Liu is the most innovative and effective representative of the new generation of Chinese sci-fi literature, who has had overwhelming success with Trilogy of the Trilogy of the Tribody, in his novel at the late Cretaceous Fantastic World, where civilizations of intelligent ants and intelligent dinosaurs struggle with each other - to survive and save the planet. Perhaps in a instructive way for other species who also consider themselves intelligent.
We're waiting for you with good company and warm tea in the ever-coming future!
The project will be carried out within the framework of the Aspectus+ programme, supported by the European Union's "Civil, Equality, Rights and Values' programme. It will only be carried out by the implementer and not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture.