The Three-Body Problem
2006 • 400 pages

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March 21, 2021
January 9, 2021

Yo ma boi Cixin, ya do this boi a favour and go read that postscript ya wrote for this book?
Tea and biscuits next week?
I'll send you a telegram.

Love,
Ya boi

November 15, 2020
October 21, 2020

Fairly engaging.

Can't claim to understand the science, will Youtube later.

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August 13, 2020

It took me a really long time to get into this book, I must have been a third of the way through before I started enjoying it. It was actually really good, think Contact set in China.

July 2, 2020

Nothing wrong with the writing, which was really good. I just really don't like hard core sci fi.

June 14, 2020

This books stands at the unique intersection of ‘hard' science-fiction, philosophy and mystery- the kind of book that makes you want to look up everything mentioned in the plot a second time. Suffice to say, its the best sci-fi I have read this summer.

May 11, 2020

A psychics/mathematical/cosmological hard sci-fi which tends to focus heavily on technical details making it feel very grounded in reality. I liked it a lot!

Note: Try to read the book without reading the summary.

April 13, 2020

Definitely not what I expected, even after getting a few chapters into the book. It's a creative, imaginative, unusual story that mixes in the historical aspect really well. And so well written. Most times I couldn't even tell it was translated, that is also done very well.

January 23, 2020

Translation left a lot to be desired understood.

December 20, 2019
December 2, 2019

4.5 because of the pace in places. But so many novel ideas, and the insights into the turbulent years of the cultural revolution. Definitely worth the read!

November 16, 2019
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July 18, 2019

I don't know what I feel about this book. Will keep going through the trilogy though.

July 5, 2019

This was actually very interesting to read so soon after Childhood's End. There some similarities. I don't have a very strong understanding of physics so some of the science in this book was tough for me but overall I was fascinated.

June 30, 2019
May 22, 2019

I haven't read many sci-fi books, but this is by far the best in my bookshelf. The story is weird, but it makes sense at the same time. I enjoyed Liu's writing style and how he combined different topics such as history, philosophy, science and mystery.

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