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The Three-Body Problem

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The Three-Body Problem

By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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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
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky

The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration World Literature China Astronomy Wall Street Military Imperial Japan Computer Science Chinese Science Fiction

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Critic reviews

“Remarkable, revelatory and not to be missed.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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It starts like a great mystery story and then develops to something else, with a lot more depth. Also the Chinese perspective is fascinating!

Great structure! Good hard SF content.

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Abstract concepts explained with such amazing clarity. wonderful. If you like computers or science, you'll like this book

wonderfully original

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What made the experience of listening to The Three-Body Problem the most enjoyable?

Very good characterisations

What did you like best about this story?

The story line is totally unexpected and takes you down paths which just blows the mind.

Have you listened to any of Luke Daniels’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but due to the length it is just not possible

Unlike anything you've read before

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Pokes fun at the science fiction genre. The use of the voice of the sloth from Ice Age for the science counsellor is brilliant.

Hilarious!

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Is a slow build, was hard to stick with not worth it in the end

a slow burn

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