The Three-Body Problem: Soon to be a major Netflix series: 1

This is first book in a three-part series. The book started quite slow and in between was a bit of drag, but once the concepts start to unfold it takes a toll on your head and you can't keep it aside. The moment there is revelation about the two particles dropped on Earth, the story changes drastically. As soon as I finished this, I immediately ordered the second book and eager to read it. A must read for any sci-fi fan.

The Three Body Problem is a really well thought out Sci Fi thriller(?) by Cixin Liu and got me flippin them pages all the way to the end. I'm usually a slow reader but even I finished the book in under 10 days. Great concept. Well translated by Ken Liu.

I came across this book when I was listening to Tor podcast, when they were airing episode regarding sci fi nominations for Hugo's. Also reading a completely new author always excites me, and the top cherry was I got this book way too cheap on amazon. Three body problem although has same theme as the movie Independence day but it focuses more on how humans will react to such a situation.Some of the strong points of book are1.It is set in Chinese cultural revolution background.2.The game of three body.Some of the weaker points of book are1.Hard to remember all the characters names.2.Flat character development.Let me expand on strong points of the book1.It is set in Chinese cultural revolution background.The book basically starts when the red revolution in China is at its zenith, but unfortunately the red guards have divided themselves into factions and have started infighting. As is always the case the common people are the ones who are suffering the most in such a case. The red guards are especially targeting intellectuals whom they are blaming for teaching capitalist science.Einstein is a reactionary academic authority. He would serve any master who dangled money in front of him. He even went to the American Imperialists and helped them build the atom bomb! To develop a revolutionary science, we must overthrow the black banner of capitalism represented by the theory of relativity.One of the professors of physics falls prey to this madness, and his daughter Ye Wenjie gets devastated. Although being a physicist herself she is sent by the government to work with workers who are in charge of cutting a large area of forests in order to make way for farming. She notices the senseless destruction of a very old forest and slowly starts realizing that human beings are completely destroying everything for their own selfish needs.These are the rules of the game of civilization: The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary.Due to her background in physics she gets deputed to a secret project called as Red coast where in the Chinese government is sending signals in outer space in order to contact any extraterrestrial life. One day by fluke she receives an signal from an extraterrestrial life, and she takes her revenge on humanity by giving away earth's co-ordinates.Ye had no desire for revenge. Back at Red Coast Base, on that morning of the transmission, she had gotten revenge against the entire human race, including those Red Guards. But she wanted to hear these murderers repent, wanted to see even a hint of the return of humanity.2.The game of three body.We switch back to present where in a nano material researcher Wang Miao is called by police to help investigate deaths in scientific community. During the course of investigation he comes across the game Three body problem. Once he starts exploring the game we come to know how the the game is connected to contact with extraterrestrials.Although the book is an exciting read but it definitely suffers from below weak points1.Hard to remember all the characters names.Although this can be classified as my issue alone while reading the book, but it was terribly difficult to make out all the different characters in this book as their names sound so similar to each other.2.Flat character development.This book is definitely not a character driven book, but it is an plot driven book where in author just uses the characters at hand to forward the plot of the book. Except the character Ye Wenjie I was not able to connect to any of the characters.I am giving this book 4/5 stars and I am definitely excited to read the next book in series.

Got the whole trilogy at once after reading the premise and no regrets. Mind boggling and an insane sci-fi trilogy. Go ahead without any second thought in your mind

Good book

Yes, there are many scientific and technological descriptions as you progress, but the text also explores the consequences of breaking the spirit of the kindest person. Sometimes, it only takes a single event to cause someone to snap; after that, there is no turning back.

For the lovers of hard SciFi this may be an amazing book but i had a hard time finishing it. Huge multi-page info dumps, long internal monologues, unconnected digressions and further digressions within them. Factual narration after narration. I almost shelved it without completing it, but somehow trudged on. Three stars because it's underlying story is powerful, but treatment is awful.

Better than the tv show.