What I’m Reading: “The Three Body Problem” by Cixin Liu

This, dear readers, is the book that I did not grok.

It comes with very good credentials, winning the Chinese Science Fiction Galaxy Award in 2006, being nominated for the Nebula Award in 2014 and winning the Hugo Award in 2015.

Written by Chinese SF author, Cixin Liu, and translated into English by American author Ken Liu, The Three Body Problem begins in the era of the Cultural Revolution but also takes place in the present day. To give some context, here is the backcover blurb from my pape...