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THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM
1 in physics and classical mechanics: the problem of taking initial positions and velocities of three masses and solving for their subsequent motion according to Newton’s laws of motion and universal gravitation.
2 in literature: the quandary of delivering ideas worded by a writer in a language and rooted in a culture by means of translation into another language by an interpreter to a reader rooted in an altogether different culture.
Cf. untranslatability
3 in human sexualit ...more
1 in physics and classical mechanics: the problem of taking initial positions and velocities of three masses and solving for their subsequent motion according to Newton’s laws of motion and universal gravitation.
2 in literature: the quandary of delivering ideas worded by a writer in a language and rooted in a culture by means of translation into another language by an interpreter to a reader rooted in an altogether different culture.
Cf. untranslatability
3 in human sexualit ...more
(People can see destruction, but most of them cannot see redemption.)
In my initial review I stated that this book reminded me of Marakami's Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of The World, due to dual world building. But that is a superficial observation, and the total content of that review was before I paid the local library the fines for overdue materials. 2016 was a good year for me to accrue library fines.
In my initial review I stated that this book reminded me of Marakami's Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of The World, due to dual world building. But that is a superficial observation, and the total content of that review was before I paid the local library the fines for overdue materials. 2016 was a good year for me to accrue library fines.
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"To effectively contain a civilization's development and disarm it across such a long span of time, there is only one way: kill its science."
An outstanding novel that brings together all the usual elements of science fiction--science, hopelessness, weird aliens, recruitment through online games, and human extinction--into a thoughtful, disturbing and wonderful story.
The narrative moves on several levels, jumping back and forth between a secret Chinese research facility called Red Coast during th ...more
An outstanding novel that brings together all the usual elements of science fiction--science, hopelessness, weird aliens, recruitment through online games, and human extinction--into a thoughtful, disturbing and wonderful story.
The narrative moves on several levels, jumping back and forth between a secret Chinese research facility called Red Coast during th ...more
Hard science fiction, in my opinion, should be like the fun teacher that everybody in school loves -- the one that teaches class by coming in with costumes and props. Liu Cixin gets this. The Three-Body Problem does a great job of presenting scientific concepts in fun ways -- especially towards the end when things start getting really wacky. I suppose the virtual reality game might have gotten a little tedious, but luckily that aspect was phased out in the last 100 pages once all the cards were
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Liu Cixin's provocative novel has swept China. As an American reader, I found his text refreshing and insightful. This novel belongs with the respected cadre of American SF as an example of forward-thinking fiction.
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