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The Three-Body Problem
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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 SeriesThe Three-Body Problem
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RATING:
1) Technology Explored: 5/5 (Realistic, hard science concepts used and explained in interesting way)
2) World Building: 3.5/5
Set in present day earth (avoiding some aspects so as not reveal spoilers)
3) Philosophy: 4/5
Various views and mindset explored. And conversations between characters shifts the readers perspective impact fully.
4) Characters: 3.5/5
Have depth and distinct personality which backs their worldview and actions.
5) Plot: 5/5
Engaging plot which marries realistic science with thought provoking philosophy in an enjoyable manner.
Overall: 84/100
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3.5 stars!
I thought this was a very interesting book - very different from sci-if that I am used to reading. It was definitely much more scientific, with lots of talks about protons and dimensions and physics and such, which was good on one hand because it made everything feel more legit, but also completely lost me during the more long winded explanations.
I really liked the use of the three body problem and the idea of feuding agencies among the people who contacted the aliens and thinking about whether they should come to earth or not. It was more original than just have an alien race attack and all that, because there was a good (to them, at least) justification for it and such.
I wish there had been more focus on the characters. My favorite characters were Ye and Shi because I felt like they had at least a little depth to them, but the others didn't really have any development or anything like that. I also wish they had made some of the information about what was going on a bit clearer, because it got confusing at times. Granted, this book was clearly mostly a setup for the next two books, so hopefully things will clear up later on.
So now that I've read the whole setup, I clearly need to read the sequel at some point!
I thought this was a very interesting book - very different from sci-if that I am used to reading. It was definitely much more scientific, with lots of talks about protons and dimensions and physics and such, which was good on one hand because it made everything feel more legit, but also completely lost me during the more long winded explanations.
I really liked the use of the three body problem and the idea of feuding agencies among the people who contacted the aliens and thinking about whether they should come to earth or not. It was more original than just have an alien race attack and all that, because there was a good (to them, at least) justification for it and such.
I wish there had been more focus on the characters. My favorite characters were Ye and Shi because I felt like they had at least a little depth to them, but the others didn't really have any development or anything like that. I also wish they had made some of the information about what was going on a bit clearer, because it got confusing at times. Granted, this book was clearly mostly a setup for the next two books, so hopefully things will clear up later on.
So now that I've read the whole setup, I clearly need to read the sequel at some point!
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Riders club enjoyed the book, felt the techie talk was a bit much and took away from the read. Interesting discussion about 3 body problem maybe relating to more than just science but politics, culture, and society.
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