Admittedly, I did not read a lot of them. Aside from that, this is a book I'd love to discuss with others because I wonder how much of this book was harder for me due to cultural and historical differences I wasn't even aware of while reading. China’s biggest science fiction novel, The Three-Body Problem, is being developed for a potential television series. This is a good thing. 275 1000 666.7 666.7 888.9 888.9 0 0 555.6 555.6 666.7 500 722.2 722.2 777.8 777.8
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I was surprised to see that because In an afterword, Liu expresses his opinion that science fiction should not be used to make social commentary but should instead restrict itself to playing with ideas of science and technology. How would we react? Start by marking “The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1)” as Want to Read: 323.4 877 538.7 538.7 877 843.3 798.6 815.5 860.1 767.9 737.1 883.9 843.3 412.7 583.3 511.1 575 1150 575 575 575 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 << Not only that, if we knew that alien civilization was on its way to earth to invade our planet? /Subtype/Type1
As for the action and plot, it is easy to read although I got a little lost in the pure science aspects once or twice (Fascinating piece of scifi by Chinese writer Cixin Liu. 343.8 593.8 312.5 937.5 625 562.5 625 593.8 459.5 443.8 437.5 625 593.8 812.5 593.8
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Liu uses the “three-body problem” of classical mechanics to ask some terrifying questions about human nature and what lies at the core of civilization.The Three-Body Problem is part one of an award-winning trilogy by Liu Cixin — and is arguably the best Chinese science fiction novel ever translated into English. 12 0 obj The novel is also a little slow and dry in parts, with a certain formality that (I would guess) echoes the original Chinese writing style. /Filter[/FlateDecode] 1277.8 811.1 811.1 875 875 666.7 666.7 666.7 666.7 666.7 666.7 888.9 888.9 888.9 /Type/Font [Ye reached out, bent on revenge, then made up an entire alien race based on one reply she received eight years after her accidental Message to the Universe was sent. No general solution of this problem (or the more general problem involving more than three bodies) is possible. /FontDescriptor 17 0 R I could not put this book down. 1444.4 555.6 1000 1444.4 472.2 472.2 527.8 527.8 527.8 527.8 666.7 666.7 1000 1000 Moreover, it is very well written (and translated) which, unfortunately, it is not always the case with SF novels, especially with the classics. Wang goes undercover in this strange conspiracy when he started playing a virtual reality game called The Three-Body Problem, which only the most brilliant scientific minds can hope to beat.From the opening, I was struck by how much history I didn't know about China's Cultural Revolution. Really? Admittedly, I did not read a lot of them.
Felt that the book was a bit long though. In this paper, we present a review of the three-body problem in the context of both historical and modern … /Name/F4 The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple award winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.