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The Three-Body Problem Paperback - 2016

by Cixin Liu; Ken Liu (Translator)

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2015 Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel. 

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This seller has earned a 4.08 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
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Readers are sharply divided. Admirers hail the novel’s audacious hard-science concepts, relentless twists, and big philosophical questions, praising its imaginative depiction of an alien civilization and its incisive framing within the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Many describe it as mind-blowing, rigorous, and intellectually exhilarating, with Da Shi singled out as a standout character. Detractors fault flat or unsympathetic characters (especially Wang), wooden or stilted prose, heavy info-dumps, and a slow, game-focused middle; some also flag sexist notes and questionable scientific or plot leaps. Several note that it feels like a prologue to the trilogy, with later volumes said to improve. Overall, it’s seen as influential and best suited to readers who prioritize ideas over character-driven storytelling.

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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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  • Title The Three-Body Problem
  • Author Cixin Liu; Ken Liu (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tor Books, New York
  • Publication date 2016-01-12
  • ISBN 9780765382030 / 0765382032
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Dixon
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Category Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, China
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is a winner of the Hugo Award, an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo), and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award.

KEN LIU (translator) is a writer, lawyer, and computer programmer. His short story "The Paper Menagerie" was the first work of fiction ever to sweep the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He has written two novels (The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms) and edited and translated the Chinese science fiction anthology Invisible Planets.

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