Science fiction
The Three-Body Problem
In the aftermath of China's Cultural Revolution, an astrophysicist makes a fateful choice. Decades later, scientists begin dying and a researcher is drawn into a strange virtual game about a doomed alien world.
- First published
- 2008
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like hard science fiction with huge ideas and a slowly tightening sense of dread.
Skip this if you want warm, character-driven storytelling, since the cast is secondary to the concepts.
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