The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
The American screen adaptation of The Three-Body Problem became available on Netflix on March 21st—the first book in Chinese sci-fi writer Cixin Liu’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. The combination of Cultural Revolution trauma and advanced physics make both compelling.
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