The Three-Body Problem
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4.4 • 241 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Over 1 million copies sold in North America
“A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”—Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”—GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”—NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”—The Washington Post
The Three-Body Problem is the first novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End
Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A phenomenon in China since its 2008 publication, the first part of Liu Cixin’s sci-fi trilogy loses nothing of the original’s wild ambition in translation. Set against the Cultural Revolution of the ’60s and ’70s, The Three-Body Problem introduces us to a struggling alien race—the Trisolarans—who are getting ready to invade Earth after intercepting signals transmitted by Chinese scientists. With its powerful apocalyptic tension and extraordinarily confident writing, Liu’s sci-fi tale provides fascinating and rare insight into Chinese culture.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fans of hard SF will revel in this intricate and imaginative novel by one of China's most celebrated genre writers. In 1967, physics professor Ye Zhetai is killed after he refuses to denounce the theory of relativity. His daughter, Ye Wenjie, witnesses his gruesome death. Shortly after, she's falsely charged with sedition for promoting the works of environmentalist Rachel Carson, and told she can avoid punishment by working at a defense research facility involved with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. More than 40 years later, Ye's work becomes linked to a string of physicist suicides and a complex role-playing game involving the classic physics problem of the title. Liu impressively succeeds in integrating complex topics such as the field of frontier science, which attempts to define the limits of science's ability to know nature without slowing down the action or sacrificing characterization. His smooth handling of the disparate plot elements cleverly sets up the second volume of the trilogy.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic Read
The depth of this book is easy enough to understand for casual readers yet has complex imagination and science to reach a wide audience. Captivating and enchanting — I could not put the book down.
Wow!
Absolutely mind blowing
Compelling
Kept my interested all the way through, looking forward to book 2.