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The Three-Body Problem
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What Members Thought

Valentin Derevlean
3,5 stele.
M-am tot gândit la câte stele să dau romanului, probabil și pentru că toată lumea îl laudă și-l recomandă. Așa că o să explic cele 3 stele jumate.

Prima parte a romanului e foarte bună, de altfel, Liu Cixin cosntruiește bine planurile narative, amestecă un prezent al poveștii cu trecutul din perioada Revoluției Culturale din China, apoi anii în care o mână de cercetători și militari sunt practic blocați într-o misiune la unul din marile și secretele observatoare astronomice ale țării. M
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John
Aug 24, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I give this a real solid 4/5. This is definitely hard sci fi and iithe entire book feels like laying the groundwork for next two books. For being a translated book this is very well written. Sometimes the science got in over its head especially for laymen. Some chapters were filled with jargon that was a bit hard to keep straight. Very little actually happened in this book which is why I gave it a 4. The chapter titled bugs near the end nearly gave me the chills and made me excited to finish the ...more
Ash
3.5 stars
I finally finished this book after having it on my TBR for like 3ish years I guess. I read the first few chapters and put it down multiple times. The initial few chapters were about cultural revolution in China. The book is full of Chinese history, science and technology, political discussions which I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved how humans were all divided in their reaction to making contact with an alien race. The synopsis spoiled me for the book as it had the entire plot of first book
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Vicii
Nov 12, 2017 rated it it was amazing
What can I say. I think this is one of the best books I have ever read.
Chris Massey
Jan 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
A thoughtful take on alien invasion that begins in 1967 and stretches into two more books. Lots of interesting science, a race from a strange world, and sentiments that grew from China's Cultural Revolution. Great stuff. ...more
Fauxley
Jul 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
Maxine Marsh
Aug 24, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: scifi, seriestofinish
Text Mess
Nov 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Nov 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
David Benson
Feb 02, 2018 rated it it was ok
Maria
Nov 06, 2016 rated it really liked it
Bryan Perkins
Nov 13, 2016 rated it it was ok
Nihar
Jan 02, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: sci-fi-to-read
EA Solinas
May 05, 2017 marked it as to-read
Andrew
Jul 16, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: science-fiction
Ernest
Dec 30, 2018 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Fridrik Einarsson
Jan 03, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Jun 11, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Dec 29, 2024 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 21, 2024 rated it really liked it
Shelves: bookclub-recs
Zamil Akhtar
Apr 18, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ficton
R
Apr 24, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: sci-fi
Tanya (Novel Paperbacks)
Jul 05, 2021 rated it really liked it
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Jul 10, 2022 marked it as tried-couldnt
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Aug 31, 2022 marked it as to-read
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Nov 12, 2022 rated it liked it