The Three-Body Problem

Fascinating and very elegantly executed literary scifi with a touch of Cultural Revolution, lots of science, a long-standing math problem and first alien communication. The Trisolarian game world with dehydration and rehydration reminded me of the abstract mind twisting of [b:The Inverted World 142181 The Inverted World Christopher Priest https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1245646253l/142181.SY75.jpg 2226603]. The idea that alien civilisations would mess with our scientific research in order to stop our progress, feels entirely possible