The Three-Body Problem
Soon to be a Netflix Original Series!
An NPR Best Book of the Decade
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel
“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
Other Books
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up The Sky (forthcoming)
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Reviews
This book was hard to get through for me. I like narrative driven stories and for the most part, this was not following a single protagonist who made a significant change to the narrative. It’s more like the story happened 30-40 years ago and now our protagonist is barely catching wind of it and the end results are to be determined. It’s the best way I can describe it. It was interesting but not engaging. It didn’t grip me. It just seemed like this book was leading to what the main story was going to be and whether all this will affect the story at the end is TBD with the other books. But hey that’s just my personal opinion.
By Dav810
this book gave me a headache. It had potential but I couldn’t like it. I tried to read the trilogy many times but all I got was a trilogy of headaches.
By Whim1954
A great sci fi
By Super Struby
Fascinating and terrifying thrill ride
By M Ernest
A science fiction tale based on hard science. At times ponderous and at times page turning. Well written. The story is not unique, but the telling of it is. Highly recommend if the reader wishes a hard science fiction tale with colorful characters and a different spin on an invasion story.
By M. Petrovich