The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu & Ken Liu

The Three-Body Problem

By Cixin Liu & Ken Liu

  • Release Date: 2014-11-11
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,318 Ratings

Description

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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Reviews

  • Best of the best.

    5
    By jillsie69
    Such a great read. Loved the book from start to finish. Can’t wait to read the 2nd book. Thanks for the thoughtful, challenging writing.
  • Hard to describe.

    2
    By Dav810
    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.
  • A fun read

    5
    By Super Struby
    A great sci fi
  • Excellent

    5
    By M Ernest
    Fascinating and terrifying thrill ride
  • Hard Science Fiction Invasion

    5
    By M. Petrovich
    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.
  • Excellent!

    5
    By beans-72
    Of all the genres I read, science fiction is the one I read the least. I’ve had this one in my want to read list for a while. I wish I had read it sooner! Is one of the best books I’ve read. Yes it is complicated…you have to be willing to take the time to understand. If you can do that, then you will find an original, wild, imaginative story that is a joy to read. I highly recommend it!
  • Tedious and unoriginal

    2
    By taylorfausak
    I went into this with high hopes. Unfortunately the characters are paper thin, the story is meandering, and the sci-fi ideas are well worn tropes. There’s some interesting stuff about Chinese history but it’s buried under boring prose. The conclusion is basically a deus ex machina. Maybe things get better later in the trilogy, but I couldn’t stick with it.
  • Great Story

    4
    By FreshNasty
    Overall this was an amazing story. I just had a little bit of a tough time with all the technical jargon. I’m not sure you could tell this story without all of the tech stuff, but maybe it could have been made a little easier to digest somehow? Anyway, overall really good story, and I will definitely be reading the next installment
  • Cool

    5
    By orangeyongle
    I don’t read science fiction much but these concepts were very interesting. I was expecting some huge climactic battle or something but I don’t think it was really needed. The book was great.
  • Great story

    5
    By Joshwatkin504
    The story was so good the fact that I didn’t grasp much of the science was ok.

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