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The Three-Body Problem
Reader Score
96%
96% of readers
recommend this book
Critic Reviews
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Based on 13 reviews on
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
Book Details
- Publisher: Tor Books
- Publish Date: Jan 12nd, 2016
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.10in - 1.40in - 1.00lb
- EAN: 9780765382030
- Categories: • Science Fiction - Alien Contact• Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction• World Literature - China - 21st Century
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What people are saying
Ideas Editor and writer @newyorker dot com.
Apparently Amazon is considering spending $1 billion on a TV version of Liu Cixin’s “The Three Body Problem.” (1) I would definitely watch that. (2) Given the scale of the story, I’m surprised it’ll only cost $1 billion. My piece on him: https://t.co/gEjhlhH14i
China tech news and opinions on the ground.
Liu Cixin, author of bestselling science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, recently revealed on a livestream that he had used ChatGPT to help write speeches for the China Science Fiction Convention. https://t.co/o5YkWCYfhC
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Critics’ reviews
Praise for this book
"A breakthrough book . . . a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation." --George R. R. Martin, on The Three Body Problem
"Extraordinary." --The New Yorker, on The Three Body Problem
"Remarkable, revelatory and not to be missed." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on The Three Body Problem
"A must-read in any language." --Booklist, on The Three Body Problem
"A meditation on technology, progress, morality, extinction, and knowledge that doubles as a cosmos-in-the-balance thriller.... a testament to just how far [Liu's] own towering imagination has taken him... forever into the canon of science fiction. - NPR, on Death's End
"The best kind of science fiction, familiar but strange all at the same time." -- Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Three Body Problem
What people are saying
Ideas Editor and writer @newyorker dot com.
Apparently Amazon is considering spending $1 billion on a TV version of Liu Cixin’s “The Three Body Problem.” (1) I would definitely watch that. (2) Given the scale of the story, I’m surprised it’ll only cost $1 billion. My piece on him: https://t.co/gEjhlhH14i
China tech news and opinions on the ground.
Liu Cixin, author of bestselling science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, recently revealed on a livestream that he had used ChatGPT to help write speeches for the China Science Fiction Convention. https://t.co/o5YkWCYfhC