About ants and dinosaurs

Author's name: Liu Cixin

Set in the late Cretaceous period, millions of years ago, author Liu Cixin tells a story that appears to be about ants and dinosaurs creating two thriving civilizations. He describes the idea seriously, using the two genders as metaphors for the creation, rise, and fall of entire civilizations in the past.

The story is about the intelligence of beings that creates civilization, which means that this intelligence is a force on Earth, but at the same time, it may be a fragility that destroys everything. Although the idea appears simple, the author has narrated it in a smart, funny, thought-provoking and contemplative way, if we want to soar with our thoughts behind the story, in which the author asks or raises the question of civilization and war.