'A breakthrough book ... a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology, where kings and emperors from both western and Chinese history mingle in a dreamlike game world, while cops and physicists deal with global conspiracies, murders, and alien invasions in the real world' George R.R. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. This is deep. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. This is “hard” science fiction at its finest and most human - I honestly don’t know how this can be topped, from the multitude of ideas and imagination spread across 3 books and the sheer amount of breadth. History, philosophy and physics, through a Chinese lens The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past (2)) This area of study is first proposed by the character Ye Wenje in conversation with future Wallfacer Luo Ji.

Please try again Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Maybe this is common for Chinese sci-fi or literature? Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. This article is about the Cixin Liu novel. By turns sombre, despairing, lyrical, and hopeful, the trilogy comprises the award-winning Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. These three books are full of very good ideas and they are also quite well developed.

Laundered with praise from such diverse figure as George R R Martin and President Obama, one expects to be disappointed, with expectation rarely marrying with reality.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2019

The books in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy are: The Three-Body Problem (三体), 2006; English translation by Ken Liu published by Tor Books on November 11, 2014. How in the world did this book average 4+ stars? I have a Ph.D. in Physics, and my graduate program had a strong Particle Physics department (though I specialized elsewhere). --This text refers to an alternate Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. They were an absolute grind to get through and could easily have taken up just one book.

Second: Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains constant. Also, because the author is Chinese and the narrative set in China, I found that in addition to embarking on great odyssey in Sci-fi , I was getting images of Chinese culture and mysticism which was for me both unexpected and welcome. Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers.

The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is the deepest and most mind-blowing science fiction I have ever had the good fortune to read. I hope you and Cixin Liu continue to work together to bring these fantastic stories to those of limited linguistic prowess. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past (3)) Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Yes, wild science fiction but nothing grated as unbelievable. This book is a meaningless meander of catastrophes that befall humankind. There are „scientific“ explanations of what happens, which, even given this is a ScFi novel, seem to be totally unrealistic!A good hard science fiction book, but not a masterpiece
It was interesting to read a postscript from the translator of this novel in which he discusses the problem of how to give the English version a Chinese flavour!


Actually, it’s probably the first Chinese book I’ve ever read. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past (1)) Well written and well translated too.

If you like standard scifi, find something lighter. Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer.

The motivations of both the human and alien protagonists are handled beautifully and the way the story progresses is very unexpected. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. "The series is described in the New Yorker as having --This text refers to an alternate Find all the books, read about the author, and more.