The Three-Body Problem

Lots of discussion around this series in lots of different threads. It's well-regarded on the book board. I've read it. It's great. Chinese names are hard. That is all.

I read the trilogy last summer and it’s now my favorite series of all time. I thought it was incredible. I’m normally a slow reader but finished them all in maybe a month. The 2nd one was my favorite. The 3rd is good but starts to get really out there with the science and the time span. A lot of people have trouble getting into it because they’re turned off by the Chinese names but it didn’t bother me. The couple people I reccomended it to couldn’t get through the first book, so it’s not for everybody

I’m not sure how well it’s going to translate to screen with this new Netflix series coming up. I don’t have high hopes but we’ll see

I can see it being a difficult read for people who aren't into physics, because the author, who is an engineer, delves deep into the physics realm with this one. I loved it, but I don't know how others would take it. He gets deep into the weeds with technical talk.

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I feel like he did an outstanding job of explaining these concepts for the layman.

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I agree. I thought he explained it all very well. I just think he spent so much time on getting deep into physics throughout he book that people with little interest would not enjoy the book. He gets away from the story quite often with it. Personally I really enjoyed it, as I have an interest in physics, but I can see someone else not.