n-gons reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
Thought provoking and different
4 stars
Sometimes just a little slow and weird, but it's a good read
480 pages
Català language
Published by Duna llibres.
El problema dels tres cossos
- ISBN:
- 978-84-126832-5-7
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4 stars
(249 reviews)
Xina, 1967. Un projecte militar secret envia senyals a l’espai per contactar amb extraterrestres. Aviat, una civilització alienígena a prop de l’extinció capta el senyal i comença a planificar el seu desembarcament a la Terra. Durant les dècades següents, es comunica amb la humanitat a través d’un insòlit mètode: un estrany videojoc esquitxat de continguts històrics i filosòfics. A mesura que els alienígenes comencen a guanyar als jugadors terrícoles, es formen diferents bàndols, uns disposats a donar la benvinguda a aquells éssers superiors i ajudar-los a fer-se càrrec del seu món corrupte, i d’altres preparats per lluitar contra la invasió. El resultat és una experiència tan autèntica com reveladora sobre el nostre temps.
tonegroan reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
4 stars
Wonderful and fast-paced. It keeps you on your toes as it slowly reveals its universe to you. Looking forward to the next two in the trilogy.
tinebeest reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
Yes but…
3 stars
Interesting premise but could get a bit wordy at times and once i read all three I couldn’t help but think back to the implied/embedded nationalism and misogyny. Or how being a historian of China ruins everything 😅
jonn reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
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1 star
suddendef reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
A interesting idea, but author seems to be more obsessed with the scientific part
4 stars
I liked the plot and the unusual idea for the story, but the characters are somehow not so well detailed and it was hard to immerse myself into the book. Nevertheless, I'm going to read the second one in this series.
Frances Buontempo reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
Lots of ideas
3 stars
Set my imagination off, but felt like a stream of ideas.
Daniel reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
How to hack a proton
3 stars
This was a little too weird for me and I can’t say I really bought the premise of the story fully…
Jonathan Hartley reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
Not just bizarrely nihilistic and cynical, but also pro-authoritarian propaganda
1 star
Content warning This book is intensely political.
Everyone loves this, but I can't understand why nobody seems to be put off, or at least puzzled, but the way that every human individual or organization in the book is just relentlessly awful, ranging from suicidal to genocidal, and everything in-between, without respite.
Most of them, given any chance at all, are trying hard to selfishly save their own skins, with not a moment's regard for the fact that their plans will immediately doom the rest of the human race. Those not intent on self preservation at any cost are instead committed to bitter nihilism, such as the ultimate eco-terrorists, who feel that to save the Earth's biosphere they must collaborate with alien forces to bring about humanity's defeat, and likely annihilation.
These characters and groups are not depicted as outliers. They represent the human race in its entirety. The only thing that holds back this tide of destructive behavior is the government, who keeps everyone in line.
I can't tell how much of this bizarrely one-sided depiction of humanity is a deliberate choice by the author, versus simply being an unplanned exposure of their worldview, shaped as it is by their native Chinese immersion in authoritarianism. Does that form a subconscious backdrop to everything they wrote here, or are they consciously making a deliberate point that strong government is absolutely necessary?
The author Liu Cixin has since gone on record in support of the Chinese government's internment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. There, people have been rounded up, because of their ethnicity, into over 400 internment camps. The camps administer cultural and religious re-education, forced labor, involuntary sterilization and abortion. This is something Liu Cixin is openly in favor of.
It makes my skin crawl to read that, and then carry on blithely with this story book of theirs, which seems to be an unapologetic justification for an authoritarian government's impositions on its populate. I did finish it, but have no desire to read the sequels - and not just because I don't agree with the politics. I genuinely found the behavior of all the characters to be intrusively bewildering, demented and incessantly frustrating.
Beta Block : Bookwyrm reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
Science Fiction
5 stars
Spannend aufgebaut mit verschiedenen Handlungssträngen, die sich irgendwann zusammenfügen. Technische / physikalische Grundprinzipien auch für mich als Laien verständlich dargestellt. Und die Frage nach dem "First Contact" mit all ihren Implikationen wurde toll beackert. Zusätzlich erfährt von noch etwas über die jüngere chinesische Geschichte.
Carlos reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
Adictivo
5 stars
Una pasada de libro. No soy lector habitual de ciencia ficción, pero este me enganchó. Me tuve que leer la segunda mitad del libro en dos días porque el misterio me atrapaba.
La tensión evoluciona siempre hacia arriba y es un no parar. No sé si hay que tener conocimientos básicos de ciencia para entenderlo o seguirlo, yo lo pude disfrutar, como ingeniero. Además, hace que reflexiones y te cuestiones sobre el acelerado progreso tecnológico.
Está bien.
Es el primero de una trilogía. Me ha gustado, aunque hay algunas cosas "científicas" que me han parecido muy simplonas. De cualquier forma, estoy leyendo el segundo, y creo que también leeré el tercero. Lo recomiendo.
alksdfjsldf reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
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4 stars
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morpheo reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1)
It started out fine...
3 stars
...then it went weird. And I mean weird as in "I know that stuff, and that's not how it works".
But the beginning was pure poetry.
doc-halo reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
Review of "The Three Body Problem"
4 stars
A good hard fiction novel that explores the question of making first contact. It's a quick read that has decent character development, a smooth flowing plot, and asks deep philosophical science questions.
reverse reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Problem Series, #1)
Review of 'The Three-Body Problem' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I can't say this book wasn't well written, but at the same time the writing sometimes felt awkward. Pretty imaginative, large scope, and refreshingly plausible treatment of science. All in all enjoyable, but I'm not sure I'll read the next ones in the series.
