The drama of the Cultural Revolution ultimately leads to the rise of an alien invasion from a relentless, seemingly unstoppable foe in Liu Cixin's mind-blowing sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem.
Readers of this blog know that I consume books voraciously, so I don't take lightly writing that The Three-Body Problem is the most astounding science fiction novel I have read in a long time--one has not altered my thinking so much since I finished Samuel R. Delany's Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, which turned me away from lantern-jawed Heinlein heroes to trippy Philip K. Dick antiheroes in an instant, never to look back.
I definitely skimmed a bit over the math and science, but just the sheer volume of ideas, and originality of thought, had my subconscious burbling for a long time. Even though the novel is several inches thick, I read it in record time (although a long flight helped).
The Three-Body Problem is getting a lot of buzz and attention, and rightfully so. It is on track to be my pick of the year, and I am recommending it to all fans of science fiction.
I nabbed this off of Amazon in paperback and am on the prowl for the sequel.
Readers of this blog know that I consume books voraciously, so I don't take lightly writing that The Three-Body Problem is the most astounding science fiction novel I have read in a long time--one has not altered my thinking so much since I finished Samuel R. Delany's Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, which turned me away from lantern-jawed Heinlein heroes to trippy Philip K. Dick antiheroes in an instant, never to look back.
I definitely skimmed a bit over the math and science, but just the sheer volume of ideas, and originality of thought, had my subconscious burbling for a long time. Even though the novel is several inches thick, I read it in record time (although a long flight helped).
The Three-Body Problem is getting a lot of buzz and attention, and rightfully so. It is on track to be my pick of the year, and I am recommending it to all fans of science fiction.
I nabbed this off of Amazon in paperback and am on the prowl for the sequel.
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