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reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)

Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Books) 4 stars

Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien …

Review of 'The Three-Body Problem' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I think the image I will always remember is the computer made of tens of thousands of humans and flags. Liu Cixin explains how to make AND, OR, and NOT gates, and it is great, because the image concocted of a plain filled with people, all being fed by huge supply trains... Impossible to forget.

It is a strange story overall too. An the 3-body problem itself is really an issue. ;-)