Mårten Ericson asked this question about The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1):
Is this Space opera or hard SF?
Judy This is what I consider hard sci-fi at its very best. Definitely not space opera. Many of the characters are heavy duty theoretical physicists. Read t…moreThis is what I consider hard sci-fi at its very best. Definitely not space opera. Many of the characters are heavy duty theoretical physicists. Read the NPR review, it's a good one:.
"This is hard SF, full of lovingly lengthy passages of technical exposition about everything from quantum mechanics to artificial intelligence. But Cixin Liu supports all of that braintwisting theory with empathetic characters and a strong action-thriller backbone. "(less)
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