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The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Over 1 million copies sold in North America
“A mind-bending epic.”―The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”―The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”―TIME • “Extraordinary.”―The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”―Barack Obama • “Provocative.”―Slate • “A breakthrough book.”―George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”―GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”―NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”―The Washington Post
The Three-Body Problem is the first novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.
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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ISBN-10
9780765382030
ISBN-13
978-0765382030
Print length
416 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Tor Books
Publication date
January 11, 2016
Dimensions
6.05 x 1.05 x 9.15 inches
Item weight
15.4 ounces
If this was so, then how many other acts of humankind that had seemed normal or even righteous were, in reality, evil?
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Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.
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But she was a woman. A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything.
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Praise for the Three-Body Problem series:
"Wildly imaginative."―President Barack Obama
“A mind-bending epic.”―The New York Times
“Absolutely mind-unfolding. . . . a science-fiction epic of the most profound kind.”―NPR
“A breakthrough book . . . a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology.”―George R. R. Martin
"Liu Cixin's writing evokes the thrill of exploration and the beauty of scale. . . . Extraordinary."―The New Yorker