The Dark Forest
The Three-Body Problem, Book 2
by Cixin Liu
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“Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. Onedimensional characters and fairly bland writing?but the plot is so mindbending that the flaws are irrelevant. | Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. Onedimensional characters and fairly bland writing—but the plot is so mindbending that the flaws are irrelevant. | I felt like I was getting a Chinese version of Chinese culture. And that frame felt unique. | Just finished reading this incredible trilogy. I feel like it's the apex of science fiction. Mind blowing.”
Source →“Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. Onedimensional characters and fairly bland writing?but the plot is so mindbending that the flaws are irrelevant. | Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. Onedimensional characters and fairly bland writing—but the plot is so mindbending that the flaws are irrelevant. | I felt like I was getting a Chinese version of Chinese culture. And that frame felt unique. | Just finished reading this incredible trilogy. I feel like it's the apex of science fiction. Mind blowing.”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Cleo Abram and Adam Savage
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science.
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth_x0092_s Past" nearfuture trilogy. Written by the China's multipleawardwinning science fiction author, Cixin Liu. In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion_x0097_four centuries in the future. The aliens' human collaborators have been defeated, but the presence of the ...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science.
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“Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. Onedimensional characters and fairly bland writing?but the plot is so mindbending that the flaws are irrelevant. | Books that fit that description are a little less rare. The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year. Onedimensional characters and fairly bland writing—but the plot is so mindbending that the flaws are irrelevant. | I felt like I was getting a Chinese version of Chinese culture. And that frame felt unique. | Just finished reading this incredible trilogy. I feel like it's the apex of science fiction. Mind blowing.”
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“This novel starts as a mystery rooted in a woman’s tragic experience during China’s Cultural Revolution, then spirals into a high-concept alien contact story built on intricate physics and game theory. The useful part lies in its audacious imagination: a three-body solar system, a virtual reality game, and a shocking revelation about humanity’s place in the universe. The limiting part may be its cold, analytical style and flat characters; emotion takes a backseat to ideas, and the scientific digressions can feel like lectures. It’s a slow burn that rewards intellectual curiosity but might alienate those craving warmth or narrative immediacy.”
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