The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu

★★★★☆

There are three aspects to Three Body Problem:

1. A fascinating glimpse into a life against the tide of the cultural revolution, including a character who has all of my respect despite being objectively the most harmful person to have ever existed.
2. A trudge through a mystery plot slooowly solved by tip-toeing academics that the author likes far more than he gives us reason to.
3. Sci-fi concepts so expansive, so creative, and so horrifyingly believable (to this layperson, anyway) that they left me giddy. It feels like receiving forbidden knowledge; even poking at the implications is both a scare and a thrill.

Liu is doing his generation's heavy lifting to catapult that classic sci-fi feel into the modern era.

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