The Three-Body Problem

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User Review - stevetempo - LibraryThing

Throughly enjoyed!! Contains all the wonderful things I enjoy about great Science Fiction: cutting edge science, philosophy, a page turning plot, interesting characters, and a sense of Wonder. Highly recommended!! Looking forward to the second book in this series. Read full review

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User Review - burritapal - LibraryThing

This author's imagination and gift of vision and its description is phenomenal. If you read the author's afterword of this, the first book of the Three Body trilogy, you get insight into how his work comes out the way it does. BTW, I am an Adventist. Read full review

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User Review - PhilipJHunt - LibraryThing

I love SF that plays one’s present knowledge and then stretches it into speculation. I’d say more, but no spoilers. The writing style feels stilted, but it is a translation from Chinese into American ... Read full review

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User Review - being_b - LibraryThing

This book is the embodiment of Fridge Horror- I'd read something, go on reading, then stop dead as the implications of the thing I read ten pages ago finally hit me. Science as horror, and a very real sense that humanity is utterly outclassed. Read full review

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User Review - albertgoldfain - LibraryThing

Takes on a heart-pounding immediacy. The non-western take on hard SciFi is interesting. I particularly liked the message-passing and middleman deception that adds complexity to the typical us vs them dynamic. Read full review

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User Review - rondoctor - LibraryThing

Exceptionally good story and translation. This is the first in a series of 3 books. The story develops slowly and accelerates toward the end of the book. The science contained in it is remarkably complex but very well explained. I highly recommend this series by Cixin Liu. Read full review

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User Review - DarthDeverell - LibraryThing

Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem focuses on the scientist Wang Miao, whom the Chinese government recruits to join the ETO in order to investigate the deaths of several prominent scientists. He works ... Read full review

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User Review - grandpahobo - LibraryThing

Brilliant book. Every time I got a sense of what the story was about, it changed. At the end I felt as if the author had been peeling the layers of an onion, but you never knew if you had reached the ... Read full review

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User Review - eldang - LibraryThing

Wow. In the classic way of much great sci-fi, this book uses a couple of outlandish inventions to explore the human society of its time. The inventions themselves are interesting, but their ... Read full review