What a bittersweet story! A reminder to never take things for granted.

An interesting story about an overworked person taking a break. But he does it by bringing along a pair of glasses connected to what he thinks is a worker in space who is also taking a break by virtually visiting the Earth through his glasses.At first, he is amused by the awe felt by the worker for simple things like a field of flowers. But amusement turns into irritation when she begins to demand him to let her watch a setting sun or a rising moon. Finally, he has had enough and returns the gla...

Two months of nonstop work had left me exhausted. I asked my director for a two-day leave of absence so that I could go on a short trip and clear my mind. He agreed, but only on the condition that I take a pair of eyes along with me. I accepted, and he took me to pick them up from the Control Center.With that jarring opening line, "With Her Eyes" takes the reader on a splendid and poignant tale of the near future, where penniless, common workers can go on a virtual vacation by accompanying the m...

With Her Eyes (Qua đôi mắt cô ấy): Trong tương lai, mỗi khi có người ở Trái Đất đi du lịch, họ sẽ mang theo một cặp mắt điện tử để chia sẻ trải nghiệm với một người đang làm việc ở ngoài vũ trụ. Trong chuyến đi nghỉ của mình, nhân vật chính được ghép cặp với "đôi mắt" của một cô gái kì lạ.Ai đó bảo giùm tác giả Lưu Từ Hân rằng không phải cứ "cắm" khoa học vào truyện là thành truyện khoa học viễn tưởng đâu. Vấn đề chính của mình với "With Her Eyes"? Phong cách kể chuyện rời rạc và cũ kĩ. Phân đoạ...

Two months of nonstop work had left me exhausted. I asked my director for a two-day leave of absence so that I could go on a short trip and clear my mind. He agreed, but only on the condition that I take a pair of eyes along with me. I accepted, and he took me to pick them up from the Control Center.i have never read anything from this author before*, as he always seemed to be too far on the sci side of sci-fi for my mooshy little brain, but this was the free tor short of the week, so i took the...

I have a complicated relationship with short stories, whereby the shorter they are the harder I find it to enjoy them. Thus, I was uncertain about With Her Eyes. However, this one ended up surprising me and became one of my favourite short stories from Liu Cixin.Although a short and simple story, this one was powerful. It hit harder than anticipated and went in an unexpected direction. It managed to do a lot with very little, and I was hooked throughout.Without a doubt, this is one of the author...

বিখ্যাত চাইনিজ সাই-ফাই লেখক লিউ সিশিনের ২০ পৃষ্ঠার একটা ছোট গল্প ‘With Her Eyes’. তার অধিকাংশ লেখা হার্ড সাই-ফাই হলেও তাতে মিশে থাকে নানা সময়ে, নানান পরিস্থিতিতে মানবমনের অনুভূতিগুলোর বিশদ রুপ। আমাদের চারপাশের প্রকৃতি কতো সুন্দর! মাঝে মাঝে কিছু প্রাকৃতিক দৃশ্য থেকে মন ভরে যায়, চোখ জুড়িয়ে যায়, মাঝে মাঝে হতে হয় বিস্ময়াভিভূত। কখনো ভেবে দেখেছেন প্রযুক্তির উৎকর্ষতার সাথে সাথে যে প্রকৃতিকে আমরা ভুলতে বসেছি সেটাই যদি হারিয়ে যায় আমাদের কাছ থেকে? যদি হারিয়ে যায় রাতের আঁধারে মেঘের সাথে লুকোচুরি...

Just read this last night (Part of Wandering Earth). What an insightful....and heartbreaking tale. A story that will always be with me.

Actual rating 4.5 ⭐. This was very good and I am definitely adding "The Wandering Earth" to my future tbr!

[Vous pouvez lire mon avis sur mon blog, merci :)]

At least this was short because it's once again a basic story with poorly written characters and a convoluted plot that does the simple premise no justice at all. In fact, it was so boring and had such a dull theme that if I had waited any longer to write this review, I probably would have forgotten about it. Yes, people who know they won't be able to see a thing will feel a sense of regret about the fact. If that's a mind-blowing concept to you, then I suspect you'll enjoy this.

Really touching sci-fi story about a man going on vacation who agrees to where VR sort of glasses that allow him to share what he sees with an astronaut in a confined environment—astronauts are generally stuck on missions for a long time and miss seeing earthly things, so people have come up with this glasses sharing gig as a way for them to have eyes on Earth. The guy is initially sort of annoyed by his astronaut’s need to see everything, at all hours, but he starts to appreciate things like su...

Quick read.There is a woman stuck in the center of the Earth. Sad.

I loved it. I am astonished to find such a simple idea so fascinating. The ending was too bittersweet. I hate that I love how much this story made me wonder about the main character after her fate is sealed (see what I did there? A reference you will only understand if you read this). Anyway, not much else to say, other than this was a story that clenched my heart.

A brilliant piece of short fiction with expert world creation in a condensed space (excuse the pun). An astronaut visits Earth on a short holiday, affordable only because he takes the ‘eyes’ of another person with him, allowing them to share the sensory experiences with him. Liu Cixin manages to convey so much about how unmindful we are of what we see, smell and hear in such a concise but moving way. Deft and touching.With Her Eyes

幻想文學的內容與作者在現實中的政治觀點無關，但我依然不喜歡此書故事中呈現的很多思想，故事的敘述手法本身也不算高超。劉慈欣的作品不是我喜歡的類型。

The "contrast" reminds us to be grateful about everything we take for granted.

This one was surprising in it's simplicity, before I read Cannonball...But it's true, flowers are pretty.

I read this short story because I simply wanted to experience some of Liu Cixin's writing. I was impressed with this short introduction.The story is written in the first person, and this person is an overworked space engineer. The time is in the future after the first 150 years of space travel. Humans are dispersed throughout the solar system, and need time to vacation. But vacations to Earth can be costly and inconvenient, so the major corporations embrace new technology; virtual eyes that can

This is beautiful and interesting and intricate, and of course very well written, and of course I cried.