Review: Review for 'Sun of China'.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
'Sun of China' is the first book I have read by Liu Cixin.I read it in one sitting and I advise anyone who starts this story, to do likewise so as not to lose the thread.The story of Ah Quan takes him from his simple, parent's home, through various humble jobs as he seeks to better his earnings.Along the way he meets Lui Hai, who reveals his invention of a special material, which he uses as a boiler by using the sun's heat.Ah Quan and Lui Hai part when they reach Beijin only to meet again by chance when Quan is working as a 'spider-man', cleaning windows on skyscraper buildings.Lui has a fabulous office in the building. He invites Quan to visit him and shows him the project for The China Sun, to be built with an eleven-thousand five-hundred-square-mile-mirror. Quan is offered a well-paid job as a 'Mirror Farmer', along with a number of simple, unread youths like himself, to keep the sun free from misting caused by space particles.From here on, the book deals with physics and cosmology, and the fantastic use of the China sun to better the climate.Ah Quan is reluctant to leave the China Sun once the mission is completed, and where he spent twenty years of his youth.Read the story to discover what is his ultimate decision.