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Sostener el cielo

Sostener el cielo

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  • Author：Liu Cixin
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Summary

Una nueva recopilación de relatos del autor de la Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos。 70。000 lectores en España。

Bienvenidos a una nueva y fascinante colección de relatos de Cixin Liu， uno de los escritores más visionarios de todos los tiempos。 Escritos entre 1999 y 2017， Cixin Liu anticipa el futuro y reimagina el pasado。 Nos lleva a través del tiempo y el espacio， desde una comunidad rural de montaña donde los estudiantes de primaria deben usar la física para evitar una invasión alienígena; a unas minas de carbón en el norte de China， donde la nueva tecnología salvará vidas o desatará un fuego que arderá durante siglos; a una época muy parecida a la nuestra， cuando las supercuerdas de las computadoras predicen todos nuestros movimientos; a 10。000 años en el futuro， cuando la humanidad finalmente pueda comenzar de nuevo; hasta el colapso del universo mismo。

CIXIN LIU es el autor de ciencia ficción más popular de China。 Su Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos ha vendido dieciocho millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo y ha sido galardonado con los premios Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela， el Locus 2017 y el Kelvin 505。

Relatos incluidos en esta antología:

El maestro de la aldea
Migración en el tiempo
2018
Fuego en la tierra
Colapso cuántico
Espejo
Oda a la alegría
Interferencias en barrera en toda la zona del espectro
El mar de los sueños
La nube de la poesía
El pensador

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Reviews

Goof Reeds ，

Cixin you magnificent bastard。 Not one but two and a half stories where a massive， superintelligent interdimensional object descends upon Earth and immediately proclaims "I am an artist！" Cixin on his wacko shit。 Damn bastard Cixin you magnificent bastard。 Not one but two and a half stories where a massive， superintelligent interdimensional object descends upon Earth and immediately proclaims "I am an artist！" Cixin on his wacko shit。 Damn bastard 。。。more

Jeremy ，

I wish I could have rated the short stories separately。 All were good and interesting。 But some were better than others。 Ode to Joy was my favorite and one of the best things I have read in months。 Solid five stars from me。 On paper it’s ok， but I checked out the audio book。 Fantastic。 If you are having a rough day and need a simple pick me up， listen to Ode to Joy。 Yes it’s a bit sappy and overly optimistic， but sometimes sappy and overly optimistic is just what you need。 The world can be good。 I wish I could have rated the short stories separately。 All were good and interesting。 But some were better than others。 Ode to Joy was my favorite and one of the best things I have read in months。 Solid five stars from me。 On paper it’s ok， but I checked out the audio book。 Fantastic。 If you are having a rough day and need a simple pick me up， listen to Ode to Joy。 Yes it’s a bit sappy and overly optimistic， but sometimes sappy and overly optimistic is just what you need。 The world can be good。 。。。more

Bernarducho ，

Nice little short stories written pre-the three body problem trilogy。 They feel not-as-polished as the novels， clearly they were where he experimented and let the ideas flow free。 If you're into literary forensic analysis of your favorite authors， go for it。 It's good。 Nice little short stories written pre-the three body problem trilogy。 They feel not-as-polished as the novels， clearly they were where he experimented and let the ideas flow free。 If you're into literary forensic analysis of your favorite authors， go for it。 It's good。 。。。more

MÉYO ，

Two really good stories and a bunch boring stories。

Kate Steinheimer ，

Not as good as The Three Body Problem trilogy， but much less of a commitment。 A fun and mind-bending group of stories。

Crusader ，

A fascinating short story collection featuring science fiction viewed via a different cultural lens。 Really enjoyable read， with some fantastic ideas。 3。5 stars。

Prasanna ，

When I found that Liu Cixin had a collection of short stories out， I had to read it。 As a collection it oscillates between "oh my god， that just expands everything I thought about" to "meh。" I don't think I could expect every single story to be amazing at the same levelThe Village Teacher = Great， ending felt slightly too obvious but really poeticThe Time Migration = pretty good2018-04-01 = GreatFire In The Earth = Hard to followContraction = Really goodMirror = Really goodOde To Joy = I feel li When I found that Liu Cixin had a collection of short stories out， I had to read it。 As a collection it oscillates between "oh my god， that just expands everything I thought about" to "meh。" I don't think I could expect every single story to be amazing at the same levelThe Village Teacher = Great， ending felt slightly too obvious but really poeticThe Time Migration = pretty good2018-04-01 = GreatFire In The Earth = Hard to followContraction = Really goodMirror = Really goodOde To Joy = I feel like this would work really well as a short movie or something， hard to follow in storyFull Spectrum Barrage Jamming = Really amazingSea of Dreams = Hard to followCloud of Poems = Really goodThe Thinker = I thought this one was amazing 。。。more

Lukasz Dygon ，

All stories were fascinating。 Humanity， romanticised perhaps， portrayed as ideal of what we hope to become。 Variety of topics and to me novel ideas brought up in me a sense of awe one feels when everything is brand new and interesting。 A rare feeling。

Andrea McDowell ，

I'm giving it two stars for the inventiveness of some of the story concepts， but otherwise I found this audiobook （another what's-available-at-the-library-today impulse borrow） interminably dull， bloated， unrealistic， with clunky plots， one-dimensional characters functioning as stand-ins for philosophical or political concepts， and terrible dialogue。 Also？ Extremely sexist！ （Now waiting for the mansplaining trolls to descend and criticize me for not liking something they like and saying so。） The I'm giving it two stars for the inventiveness of some of the story concepts， but otherwise I found this audiobook （another what's-available-at-the-library-today impulse borrow） interminably dull， bloated， unrealistic， with clunky plots， one-dimensional characters functioning as stand-ins for philosophical or political concepts， and terrible dialogue。 Also？ Extremely sexist！ （Now waiting for the mansplaining trolls to descend and criticize me for not liking something they like and saying so。） The recording was， what， 16 hours？ Eight or ten stories？ And not one story passed even the Bechdel test。 At most a story had one female character; they never spoke to anyone but a man; and they functioned in the stories only in their relationships to the male characters， whether as wives， mothers， girlfriends or daughters。 Every so often a female character would be introduced who seemed to have potential and I'd get all excited， and then they'd be written down to size。 In the war story， there was a woman Major！ A PhD！ Aaaaaand。。。 actually she's the girlfriend of the protagonist's son and is only in the story so she can die and inspire his heroism。 In the last story， another woman PhD！ An astronomer！ Aaaand 。。。 actually she's also terribly beautiful and inspires a weird lifelong emotional affair with a doctor dude that creates a scientific advance。 The Major is ordered around by all the men around her， including subordinates， and extensively mansplained， and just goes along with it。 The astronomer gets all of her best ideas from a brain doctor。 I just can't。How good is your imagination， really， if you're capable （or think you are） of getting in the heads of intergalactic ice artists but can't be bothered to do so with women of your own species？To Hold Up The Sky is basically Golden Age science fiction; if you like Asimov et al， and are content with an author replacing the American exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny In Space of mid-twentieth century canon with Chinese/communist nationalism （basically a straightforward trade-off if you are neither American nor Chinese）， you will probably like this。I see from book reviews and interviews that his other books are sexist as well， despite Tor's running interference in the english translations， so I will be giving this author a pass from now on。 。。。more

Oliver ，

Pretty good collection of short stories， but doesn’t come close to the novels of The Three-Body Problem。

Gail ，

Mixed bag。 Overall， C-/D for characterization， B+ for plot， but A+ for ideas。The Village Teacher was my favorite。 It had the most characterization and was by far the most warm-hearted。The Time Migration was fascinating - hold on for the ending。 And not the suspended disbelief aspect， but the main aspect！ I also enjoyed Ode to Joy， another mind-bending idea and some off the charts musical interpretation。 :-）

Janine W。 ，

Like in all short story collections， there are stories you enjoy more than others。 My favorite stories are - The Village Teacher- The Time Migration- Fire in the Earth- Contraction- Ode to joy- Sea of Dreams。。。 nevertheless， at times I found it really hard to understand all the scientific aspects discussed in the stories and this collection put me right into a reading slump。 Although the stories were at times mindblowing， once I understood what was going on 。。。 I struggled so much that I did not Like in all short story collections， there are stories you enjoy more than others。 My favorite stories are - The Village Teacher- The Time Migration- Fire in the Earth- Contraction- Ode to joy- Sea of Dreams。。。 nevertheless， at times I found it really hard to understand all the scientific aspects discussed in the stories and this collection put me right into a reading slump。 Although the stories were at times mindblowing， once I understood what was going on 。。。 I struggled so much that I did not want to pick it up。 I think this is one of those books that you need to be in the mood for， as the stories are very theory-heavy - and even after finishing it， I am sure I don't understand anything 。。。 unfortunately it was too abstract for me， and I often could not connect with the characters， because the felt quite one-dimensional for me 。。。 。。。more

Becky ，

Cixin Liu has long been one of my favorite authors， so it’s always a delight to have access to more of his work in translation。 I inconsistently enjoyed this collection， but the high points were dizzyingly high。 My favorites were The Time Migration， a story about humanity’s journey to seek safety in the future; Mirror， which explores the discovery of a computer program capable of perfectly simulating the universe; and The Thinker， about two people meeting up over decades to watch the twinkling o Cixin Liu has long been one of my favorite authors， so it’s always a delight to have access to more of his work in translation。 I inconsistently enjoyed this collection， but the high points were dizzyingly high。 My favorites were The Time Migration， a story about humanity’s journey to seek safety in the future; Mirror， which explores the discovery of a computer program capable of perfectly simulating the universe; and The Thinker， about two people meeting up over decades to watch the twinkling of stars。 Forming something of a theme， the stories The Village Teacher， Ode to Joy， Sea of Dreams， and Cloud of Poems were surprising takes on first contact with inventive alien intelligences。 While not Liu’s most must-read work， as a fan I was thoroughly satisfied by this latest offering。 。。。more

Kurtis ，

I fell in love with Liu's writing earlier this year when I read his 'Remembrance of Earth's Past' trilogy。 He is a master at evoking a grand sense of scale to drive home his philosophical themes on the peaks and valleys inherent to the human condition。 Of course， all of this is bolstered by the realism of the hard scientific concepts he incorporates。Happily， all of the qualities that make his so special are maintained in this collection of short fiction。 There is a broad array of creative concep I fell in love with Liu's writing earlier this year when I read his 'Remembrance of Earth's Past' trilogy。 He is a master at evoking a grand sense of scale to drive home his philosophical themes on the peaks and valleys inherent to the human condition。 Of course， all of this is bolstered by the realism of the hard scientific concepts he incorporates。Happily， all of the qualities that make his so special are maintained in this collection of short fiction。 There is a broad array of creative concepts on display here， but my personal favorite selections are:'The Village Teacher'， where a poor man's commitment to his students plays an unexpected role in an ancient cosmic war'Ode to Joy' ， featuring a musician whose unique work gives humanity a new hope for the future'The Thinker'， where the twinkling of the stars reflects our own inner workings'Cloud of Poems' I truly don't know how to describe this one。。Overall I really loved this little collection and would recomend it to anybody， especially those who are curious about 'The Three Body Problem' but want a taste of Liu's writing before committing to a trilogy。 。。。more

Jen ，

Translated from Chinese， this anthology of short science fiction stories runs the gamut of alien invasions， war， art， even talking dinosaurs - using science fiction concepts to " imagine all sorts of possibilities in the relationship between people and the universe。" It is hard to rate an anthology as there will inevitably be stories that resound well and some that fall flat to each person。 So I will go through each in a sense as they ranked for me。My favorites were by far the ones that center a Translated from Chinese， this anthology of short science fiction stories runs the gamut of alien invasions， war， art， even talking dinosaurs - using science fiction concepts to " imagine all sorts of possibilities in the relationship between people and the universe。" It is hard to rate an anthology as there will inevitably be stories that resound well and some that fall flat to each person。 So I will go through each in a sense as they ranked for me。My favorites were by far the ones that center around art。 Ode to Joy （5*） is how music can transmit all manner of thoughts and ideas， past and present。 The musician featured was very unique too。 Sea of Dreams （5*） is art， beauty， and how humanity can come together in a crisis after the beauty becomes a disaster。 Cloud of Poems （4。5*） features talking dinosaurs， human livestock， and a god wanting to delve into the art of poetry （points marked off for comparisons to things like coffee and fiber optic cable， modern things that felt out of place in the story）。 I also add Mirror to my favorites （4。5*）， dealing with technology that mirrors our own existence in a digital computer， so the owner of said computer knows all that happens at any time and the consequences of such technology。Most of the others were good but more middle-of-the-road for me。 The Time Migration （4*） deals with a group of people who travel to the future and see what we evolve to thousands of years down the road。 Thinker （4*） delves us into the stars and human relationships。 The Village Teacher （3。5*） trumpets the efforts of teachers all while preventing an alien invasion。 Fire in the Earth （3。5*） concerns how new technology can go awry， set in the coal mines of China。 2018-04-01 （3*） combines gene-altering technology with a futuristic money April Fool's joke。 Contraction （3*） was a little confusing for me but spoke of the expansion and future contraction of the universe。 The least enjoyed by me was Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming （2。5*）。 It holds a lot of war lingo， which I am not accustomed to nor Interested in， with much of the story taking place on a battlefield。 I also thought that while the son and father relationship was interesting， the end with the son's idea and the father's actions didn't sit well with me at all。 Overall a very well translated anthology of Cixin Liu's works。 Although each story was translated by a different person， the writing and story-telling all felt cohesive。 And I felt， while I enjoyed some more than others， that each spoke of humanity and our relationship with higher ideas and sci-fi elements well and uniquely。 。。。more

Cecilie Whiten ，

wonderful， wish there was more love in it is the only thing <3

Laszlo ，

Some of the stories are interesting。

George ，

3。5I'm a big fan of Liu Cixin's Three Body Problem trilogy as well as his stand alone novel， Ball Lightning。 In both cases， he presents big ideas true to the hard SciFi genre。 To Hold Up the Sky， a collection of short stories， has moments of brilliance like Three Body or Ball Lightning， but others that swing and miss the mark。 Overall， the book is fine so if you're a fan of the author's other books， I recommend you read this。 BTW - The first and last stories， The Village Teacher & The Thinker， a 3。5I'm a big fan of Liu Cixin's Three Body Problem trilogy as well as his stand alone novel， Ball Lightning。 In both cases， he presents big ideas true to the hard SciFi genre。 To Hold Up the Sky， a collection of short stories， has moments of brilliance like Three Body or Ball Lightning， but others that swing and miss the mark。 Overall， the book is fine so if you're a fan of the author's other books， I recommend you read this。 BTW - The first and last stories， The Village Teacher & The Thinker， are exceptional。 。。。more

David Chu ，

Reasonably interesting short stories， many of which have themes and stories similar to author's other books。 Reasonably interesting short stories， many of which have themes and stories similar to author's other books。 。。。more

Chris Daily ，

An unusual read for me。 Much of the science was over my head and I skimmed those parts。 Perceptive and clever writing， the author says much about our lives today through his futuristic stories。

Arthur ，

Good， thoughtful short stories。

Saurabh Lahigude ，

4。25*There are all sides of Liu Cixin in this books， so a must read for his fans。This one stands out amongst his other books because the 'human touch' and 'technology vs art' theme in its second half （Rather than strongly relying on sci fi concepts）。 I quite liked it。This book is collection of 11 short stories， including some as far as 20 years older。There are of course Dinosaurs as usual， and a war （seemingly normal earth battle） because that's just Cixin Liu。 No ants though。In short-The Villag 4。25*There are all sides of Liu Cixin in this books， so a must read for his fans。This one stands out amongst his other books because the 'human touch' and 'technology vs art' theme in its second half （Rather than strongly relying on sci fi concepts）。 I quite liked it。This book is collection of 11 short stories， including some as far as 20 years older。There are of course Dinosaurs as usual， and a war （seemingly normal earth battle） because that's just Cixin Liu。 No ants though。In short-The Village Teacher - A tribute to teachers and just shows how amazing knowledge transfer has been for us humans- 4* Time Migration - 3*2018-04-01 - 2*Fire in the Earth - Tribute to Coal Miners - 2。5*Contraction - 3*Mirror - 4* - （view spoiler）[Brilliant concept of simulation， although I didn't agree with all the results in the story。 （hide spoiler）]Ode to joy - 4。5* Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming - Slightly futuristic war， with some good concepts and characters - 4。5* - （view spoiler）[I loved the Mercury facts， I didn't know about symmetrical craters there。 Also， the war， the use of communication jamming and the twist at the end was very good。 （hide spoiler）]Sea of Dreams - 4*Cloud of Poems - Can Technology surpass art？ Find out as an 11 dimensional entity God tries to surpass one of the greatest poem considered by humans- 4*The Thinker - My Favourite - 4。5* - （view spoiler）[The central idea of two characters meeting by accident and then meeting every 8-16 years was quite good。 How quickly time just passes away！ Combined with that suns being neural system and it not mattering what that bigger being is thinking was really good too。 （hide spoiler）]I came to this book expecting some good sci-fi， which was obviously there but by the end I was just amazed by how Cixin Liu managed to show humans/humanity。 There were some philosophy concepts， importance of art was shown beautifully。 After reading nearly all his books now， he definitely is my favourite author。 。。。more

Shawn ，

A long collection of short stories in translation， by celebrated Chinese SF writer Cixin Liu。 It's a mixed bag， but I liked almost all of them quite a bit。 There are several laugh-out-loud moments sprinkled throughout （most notably an alien entity whose first words to humanity are "I AM A LOW-TEMPERATURE ARTIST！"） but generally the tone is serious and very steeped in scientific disciplines， mainly physics and astronomy， as well as technology in general。 The main themes are highly humanistic and A long collection of short stories in translation， by celebrated Chinese SF writer Cixin Liu。 It's a mixed bag， but I liked almost all of them quite a bit。 There are several laugh-out-loud moments sprinkled throughout （most notably an alien entity whose first words to humanity are "I AM A LOW-TEMPERATURE ARTIST！"） but generally the tone is serious and very steeped in scientific disciplines， mainly physics and astronomy， as well as technology in general。 The main themes are highly humanistic and concerned with the problem-solving potential and quiet dignity of humans in opposition to external forces both alien and natural。 I want to tackle the author's huge Three Body Problem but I think I'm going to take a break for a bit。 If you like hard SF as a vehicle for reflection on the human condition， you will probably like this collection。 。。。more

Wayne Webb ，

Some really interesting extrapolations of ideas but mostly zooming out on humanity gets to be old after a while。 Still all really clever writing and cool concepts tho。

TinySalad ，

As I've come to expect from the author he has some great imaginative sci fi concepts， sprinkled with some Chinese culture。 Some make you think， some make you wonder， and some are just a bit of fun（Looking at a few of his works he does seem rather fond of dinosaurs， rawr）。Some stories can outstay their welcome if they don't manage to grab your attention， but i guess being a short story collection it's nothing you cant just power through or just skip to the next one。Overall a great collection I de As I've come to expect from the author he has some great imaginative sci fi concepts， sprinkled with some Chinese culture。 Some make you think， some make you wonder， and some are just a bit of fun（Looking at a few of his works he does seem rather fond of dinosaurs， rawr）。Some stories can outstay their welcome if they don't manage to grab your attention， but i guess being a short story collection it's nothing you cant just power through or just skip to the next one。Overall a great collection I definitively recommend any sci fi fans pick it up， along with his other books of course。 。。。more

Ben Jakuben ，

This was a solid collection of fun， sometimes bizarre short stories。 Cixin Liu doesn’t impact me quite the same way as some other authors， but I love the scale and wildness of his ideas and thoroughly enjoy some of the weirder stretches of imagination at a cosmic scale。

Adam ，

A mixed bag of short stories which range from completely amazing to kind of lame。 Liu Cixin is a genius and The Dark Forest is one of my favourite books。 A lot of that similar great writing from his famous trilogy shines through here。 It's all science fiction but often there just wasn't much sci fi in a story and there was just some fantastic thing tacked on at the end。 A bit odd。The best ones， as I can recall from the titles:The Village Teacher - Cute and touching story which ties together in a A mixed bag of short stories which range from completely amazing to kind of lame。 Liu Cixin is a genius and The Dark Forest is one of my favourite books。 A lot of that similar great writing from his famous trilogy shines through here。 It's all science fiction but often there just wasn't much sci fi in a story and there was just some fantastic thing tacked on at the end。 A bit odd。The best ones， as I can recall from the titles:The Village Teacher - Cute and touching story which ties together in an interesting if somewhat predictable way。Time Migration - He did this in the Remembrance of Earth's past books too but it was still cool。Cloud of Poems - The hollow earth stuff was cool！Contraction - Cool idea。Worth checking out。 If you haven't already read The Three Body Problem， The Dark Forest and Death's End then you should read those first though！ 。。。more

David Sutton ，

I love reading Liu Cixin。 These short stories are very imaginative。

Lo ，

This is like Three Body Problem， except that theres one story that is somehos scarier than the entire trilogy。 I loved the retelling of Sophon's backstory， too。 There's something about the way Cixin does scifi that accurately encapsulates the awe-horror the vast expanse of space itself emanates。。。 This is like Three Body Problem， except that theres one story that is somehos scarier than the entire trilogy。 I loved the retelling of Sophon's backstory， too。 There's something about the way Cixin does scifi that accurately encapsulates the awe-horror the vast expanse of space itself emanates。。。 。。。more

Jasmine ，

A brilliant collection of translated science fiction short stories that take my breath away in their technical complexity， their seemingly simple connections to the familiar， and the dream-like essence for infinite possibility。I have not read science fiction stories in a long time， as they can be tedious to read and seem almost irrelevant or too fantastical。 While this collection of short stories does sometimes foray into the overly technical （see "Full-Spectrum Barrage Jamming"， or absurd （see A brilliant collection of translated science fiction short stories that take my breath away in their technical complexity， their seemingly simple connections to the familiar， and the dream-like essence for infinite possibility。I have not read science fiction stories in a long time， as they can be tedious to read and seem almost irrelevant or too fantastical。 While this collection of short stories does sometimes foray into the overly technical （see "Full-Spectrum Barrage Jamming"， or absurd （see "Cloud of Poems"）， the stories all have a certain gentleness and majesty to them。 "The Time Migration" was quite beautiful - where groups of people migrate to different points in the future to find a new home。 "Contraction" was a fun one to read in which a group of gathered scientists com face to face with a dizzying revelation， while "Ode To Joy" was a slightly whimsical story which would have been a sight （and sound） to behold if it was ever brought to the screen。 Definitely recommend if you want to stretch your imagination and be confronted with the smallness of the human race。 。。。more

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