Science Fiction· China
The Three-Body Problem
by Liu CixinAggregate Editorial Score62/100
★Hugo Award
Published 2015English
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The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin is a landmark work of science fiction, first published in 2015. During China's Cultural Revolution, a scientist sends a signal into space that will invite an alien civilisation to invade Earth. Liu's Hugo Award-winning novel, translated from Mandarin by Ken Liu, is a landmark of Chinese science fiction and a thrilling meditation on physics, history, and the fate of civilisation. Themes of physics, China, Cultural Revolution run through the work. The book has received recognition from Hugo Award 2015.
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🚀 Science Fiction
Speculative fiction exploring technology, space, the future, and society.
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🇨🇳 China
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Hugo Award
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