The Three-Body Problem
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"War of the Worlds for the 21st century." - Wall Street JournalThe 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
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Content warning for cataclysmic destruction, violence, state-sponsored violence, abuse, kidnapping, and related topics. I was really interested in the premise of this novel. It's maybe the most sciency-science fiction novel I've ever read. I won't pretend that I understood any of the astrophysics, but I got the overall premise. I didn't really like any of the characters, it didn't feel like they were the priority in this novel. I don't know if I'll be reading the next one in the series, but it was interesting.
The book is brilliant because of the thought that went into it. I found it to be very "sterile" - without emotion or feeling. Plus, I still have NO idea what I just read; it must be above my intelligence.
I wanted so much to love this book but it never gave you a clue. For the majority you were in the dark about, well what the books was about.
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