The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem is a science fiction and fantasy novel. It is the first book in The Three-Body Problem Series. It is written by Cixin Liu. He is a Chinese science fiction author. He won China’s Galaxy Award for a record nine times. He is also a recipient of the Hugo Award in 2015 which was given to him for the subject title. His Death’s End book received the Locus Award in 2017. The Dark Forest novel is one more title where the author was highly appreciated for his brilliant writing.

The narration of this novel is done by Bruno Roubicek. It was a wonderful performance. He had a tint of depression in his voice which suited the characters of this novel a lot. The year was 1967 when Ye Wenjie saw the Red Guards beat her father to death. All this happened during China’s Cultural Revolution. This particular event would go on to shape the rest of her life. At the same time, it would also change the future of humanity. [The Three-Body Problem Audiobook]

After a gap of four decades, the Beijing police approached Wang Miao, a nanotech engineer for the sake of infiltrating some secretive cabal of scientists. All this happened after a rash of unfathomable suicides. The investigation of Wang led him to an online game of mysterious type and that immersed him into an even further mysterious world. It was ruled by the unpredictable and intractable interaction of the three different suns it had. [The Three-Body Problem Audiobook]

This Three-Body Problem was the actual key to everything. It was the key to the deaths of the scientists. The book comes with a plethora of great ideas. It combines interesting cultural and social ideas with some fantastic scientific ideas.