Sci-Fi & Speculative

The Three-Body Problem

by Cixin Liu · Remembrance of Earth's Past series

Against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, astrophysicist Ye Wenjie makes contact with an alien civilization poised to invade Earth, fracturing humanity into factions of welcome and resistance. Liu fuses hard science with philosophical grandeur, challenging anthropocentrism and questioning whether humanity deserves to survive. Monumental, rigorous, and cosmically ambitious.

Remembrance of Earth's Past in reading order

• 1. The Three-Body Problem — Liu Cixin
• 1. Estuche Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos: El problema de los tres cuerpos; El bosque oscuro; El fin de la muerte — Cixin Liu
• 1. The Three-Body Problem — Cixin Liu
• 3. Death's End — Cixin Liu

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