In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory. — Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory. — Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory. — Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory. — Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory. — Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
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In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory.

— Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
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