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The Three-Body Problem

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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416 pages

Average rating: 6.94

414 RATINGS

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25 REVIEWS

Community Reviews

Dudensen
Dec 12, 2024
10/10 stars
An excellent read! Even though the Chinese political landscape was not easy to follow at first, it becomes and easy and addictive read after the first chapters.

The characters and their motivations make total sense an the most important thing is that each character puts had his own importance in the story. You don’t feel that any one character is the hero that could have done everything by himself.

The writer does not resort to cheap tricks to surprise the reader and all the twists make sense.

A must read for any sci-fi reader. I’m pretty sure it will become a classic
Shan Shan
Oct 16, 2024
6/10 stars
I messed up and watched the Netflix creation of this, which helped me make sense of the story, but completely ruined the book for me. Altogether, still an excellent story line and makes me feel like I have a grasp on physics (which I absolutely do not).
Anonymous
Oct 15, 2024
4/10 stars
I love the premise of this book, and some chapters were really good. I felt like the author left a lot on the table , with chapters that were a chore to get through.
ktrzesn
Sep 16, 2024
10/10 stars
One of my favorite books of all time.
Urssa
Sep 01, 2024
8/10 stars
Interesting concept showing how single person can decide on the worlds future due to being a victim of the Chinese revolution, or self proclaimed western green revolution messiah obessed with ones infalliability.

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