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The Three-Body Problem

By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu
Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
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Listen to the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon – adapted into a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.

Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.

This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces.

'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' Wired

'Immense' Barack Obama

'Unique' George R.R. Martin

'SF in the grand style' Guardian

'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail

Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel

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©2023 Cixin Liu and Ken Liu (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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I enjoyed it greatly. Give it a burl. Downloading the next book as I type this.

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Weak Scifi

Disappointingly weak and unconsidered scifi, incapable of depicting ideas nearly as complex as attempted.

Excellent narration.

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Captivating!

The story keeps you listening. Novel ideas with increasing tension. Excellent narration. Going straight onto the next book.

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The story was unique but mostly uninspiring

One of those stories that leaves you feeling a bit disappointed. Most of it was ok, and clearly very cultural in its interactions, but the only real science aspects came in at the end in a huge flurry.
Bizarre and unique doesn't necessarily make a story good, it sometimes sets up a story to need a really awesome ending, but this story just isn't quite there for me.

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one of my favourite books so far! I

I recommend it to everyone who is a big fan of science fiction. It's full of magnificent ideas.

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Amazing

Very enjoyable and interesting book. The only downside of non Chinese listener is to remember Chinese names of characters so this all make sense so pay attention to it and you will sail though it amazed! Also I think requires some knowledge in basic science.

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slow burner most of the chapters, but really good and worth it, really recommend it

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Wow

A very in depth and incredible story. A story of what might have happened when we received a signal back in the 1970's. Plus the background story of the individuals involved. Without being an idiot, I'll have to listen to it again because the characters names were a bit confusing for an old man ( me), being 71yrs old. A great listen

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Wonderful imagination

I haven’t listened to a science fiction book for some time. This was a wonderful story with lots of twists and internal connections between people and events. His imagination is extraordinary: whole new worlds have been created out of the chaos of ‘three worlds’. I had to keep listening to know what might happen next. His characters had depth and the relationships between characters were interesting. The narrator was perfect for such a complex and technical text - forceful but slow enough to convey much meaning. Well done. Looking forward to the next volume.

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A surreal dreamlike dive into a parallel universe

The plot had me guessing from beginning to end, and the ominous narration superbly complimented the story. I was first introduced to this book as a novel about "playing a video game to save the world" and I am so glad that this crude summary truly paled in comparison to the totality of the story itself.

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