The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin · 2008
Lindy Score
18 yrs
Age
4
Endorsers
Why it endured
China's most celebrated science fiction novel begins during the Cultural Revolution and expands into a breathtaking meditation on civilization, first contact, and the dark forest theory of the universe. The first Chinese novel to win the Hugo Award — the most significant science fiction work of the 21st century.
What they're saying
4 people recommend this book
“This book was a drawn-out, tedious read that I was in danger of aborting several times until it finally pulled off a miraculous redemption in the last few chapters. I was going to give it a 2/5 when I was 90% through the book, but having read the last 10% I'm happy to upgrade that to 4/5 and looking forward to reading the 2nd book. 4/5”
“Liu Cixin's trilogy is the most ambitious scientific fiction ever written. The Dark Forest hypothesis alone is worth the entire series.”
“There's a trilogy by Liu Cixin, a physics-based sci-fi thriller. [Talk about the dark forest hypothesis]”
“I've read this, it was suggested by bacon man youtuber. I heard there's 2 more books that continues it, but the characters are so uninteresting I don't think Ill read them any time soon. It's a really unique, fascinating sci-fi though, would recommend as well.”