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The Three-Body Problem

Name: The Three-Body Problem
Rating: 5 (28 reviews)
Author: Cixin Liu
ISBN: 9781637992562

Cixin Liu · 2014 · 2032 pages

Soon to be a Netflix Original Series!

“War of the Worlds for the 21st century.” – Wall Street Journal

The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

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

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Andrej Karpathy
“This book was a drawn-out, tedious read that I was in danger of aborting several times until it finally pulled off a miraculous redemption in the last few chapters. I was going to give it a 2/5 when I was 90% through the book, but having read the last 10% I'm happy to upgrade that to 4/5 and looking forward to reading the 2nd book.”↗
Naval Ravikant
“There's a trilogy by Liu Cixin, a physics-based sci-fi thriller. [Talk about the dark forest hypothesis]”↗
PewDiePie
“I've read this, it was suggested by bacon man youtuber. I heard there's 2 more books that continues it, but the characters are so uninteresting I don't think Ill read them any time soon. It's a really unique, fascinating sci-fi though, would recommend as well.”↗
Tim Urban
“Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. One-dimensional characters and fairly bland writing—but the plot is so mind-bending that the flaws are irrelevant.”↗
Meltem Demirors
“@yrechtman sci fi is the only genre some essentials: dan simmons - Hyperion @GreatDismal Neuromancer, second book is my favorite The Quantum Thief / Le Flambeur trilogy - the whole trilogy is delightful and obvi three body problem is epic full list:”↗
Adam Savage
“I felt like I was getting a Chinese version of Chinese culture. And that frame felt unique.”↗
Daniel Burka
“I just finished reading The Three Body Problem by @liu_cixin over the weekend. Wonderfully original science fiction. Physics + politics + philosophy + space. Loved it. Score: 9/10 🙌”↗
Yuval Noah Harari
“Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem starts with China’s Cultural Revolution and the Sino-American arms race, but quickly leaves such mundane affairs behind to explore what happens to the universe when you weaponize the laws of physics. If you think atom bombs are scary, wait till you read what a two-dimensional bomb does to our solar system.”↗
Liv Boeree
“Favourite reads of 2018: Fiction: Three Body Problem (trilogy) Non Fiction: The Big Picture Blog Post:”↗
Thomas Frank
“I started The Three-Body Problem on Sunday and just finished. Haven’t tore through a novel like that in quite a while. I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommended if you like sci-fi”↗
Sara Chipps
“This quote from the Three Body Problem series is haunting me. "If I destroy you, what business is it of yours?" Read these books.”↗
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