The three-body problem

by: Liu, Cixin, author

Publication date: 2014

Topics: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, Science fiction, FICTION -- Science Fiction -- General, Human-alien encounters, Imaginary wars and battles, Human-alien encounters -- Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Science fiction, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction

Publisher: New York : Tor Books

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Language: English

399 pages ; 25 cm

"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. 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"--

Hugo Award, 2015

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Associated-names: Liu, Ken, 1976- translator

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Reviewer: zjx - - June 24, 2020
Subject: interesting

This is my second time reading yet still quite refreshing. In my opinion, the second and the third book are the real deal of this trilogy. The first book also has its own uniqueness in it tho.

Reviewer: larryherbst - - June 18, 2020
Subject: Disappointing

Slightly interesting for a while, then at about the midway point it just got...bad. I've heard a lot about it, that Obama read it, but honestly, I've got better things to do than finish a couple hundred pages of people screaming about how the human race has sinned and needs to be destroyed. Really? Even if the plot made sense, people don't act this way. It just felt dumb. Sigh. But at least it introduced me to some interesting physics.

Reviewer: NotRetiredYet - - April 18, 2020
Subject: Loved it!

I could not put this book down. It was wonderful.

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