Ball Of Lightning Book

The second book in that series the dark forest remains in my personal top three sci fi novels of all time and will most likely stay there for a very long time.

Ball of lightning book. Plus the fact that ball lightning is translated by joel martinsen the. Some nineteenth century reports describe balls that eventually explode and leave. His bbc ard documentary on humor in hitler s third reich became the basis of dead funny named a book of the year by the atlantic his critically acclaimed short history of nuclear folly was made into a documentary. In 2018 the english version translated by joel martinsen was published in the us by tor books.

It should be noted that the author who claims to have personally experienced ball lightning discusses the book s genesis in the afterword which was originally released in. The novel follows the experiences of a first person protagonist chen whose family was killed by a ball lightning while he was in high school. Ball lightning is a captivating subject for those who don t know its an atmospheric electrical phenomenon which displays as floating orbs from pea sized up to several metres. And that series.

When chen s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. Im a fan of cixin lius remembrance of earth past trilogy. In 1901 an illustration of l eclair en boule or a ball of lightning appeared in the french science book la nature. The following is a story from rudolph herzog s collection ghosts of berlin translated by emma rault rudolph herzog son of werner herzog is an award winning writer and director.

The book flap and reviews of ball lightning reveal little about the story or plot so i thought i d talk a little about that without giving too much of the game away. One of the foundational novels by beloved science fiction author cixin liu ball lightning is a stunning tale of physics ethics and one man s journey for answers that may come at too high a cost. It should be noted that the author who claims to have personally experienced ball lightning discusses the book s genesis in the afterword which was originally released in. 3 5 5 stars cixin liu greatly examined the effects of obsession science and weaponry in ball lightning.

Revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l industrie. The book flap and reviews of ball lightning reveal little about the story or plot so i thought i d talk a little about that without giving too much of the game away. Throughout the book he takes time to examine the practical real world implications which of course do interupt the pace but provide fascinating distractions.