The Three-Body Problem

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The Three-Body Problem is a landmark science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptation Chinese live-action TV series ⓘ
Netflix television series "3 Body Problem" ⓘ
audio drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Liu Cixin ⓘ
awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ
awardYear 2015 ⓘ
centralConcept Three Body virtual reality game ⓘ
Trisolaris star system ⓘ
sophons ⓘ
linked to: sophon

three-body problem in orbital mechanics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
criticalReception internationally acclaimed ⓘ
englishPublicationYear 2014 ⓘ
englishTranslator Ken Liu ⓘ
featuresFictionalCivilization Trisolarans ⓘ
followedBy The Dark Forest ⓘ
genre first contact fiction ⓘ
hard science fiction ⓘ
space opera ⓘ
hasSequel Death’s End ⓘ
The Dark Forest ⓘ
influenced global interest in Chinese science fiction ⓘ
languageEdition English ⓘ
literarySignificance first Asian novel to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ
mainTheme cosmic sociology ⓘ
existential risk to humanity ⓘ
first contact with alien civilization ⓘ
science and politics ⓘ
virtual reality and simulation ⓘ
notableCharacter Shi Qiang ⓘ
Wang Miao ⓘ
Ye Wenjie ⓘ
originalLanguage Chinese ⓘ
originalTitle 三体 ⓘ
partOfSeries Remembrance of Earth’s Past ⓘ
precededBy none (first in series) ⓘ
publicationYear 2008 ⓘ
publisher Chongqing Publishing House ⓘ
seriesNumber 1 ⓘ
settingPeriod Chinese Cultural Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Cultural Revolution

late 20th century ⓘ
subjectMatter astronomy ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
physics ⓘ

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Hugo Award for Best Novel → notableWinner → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
dark forest hypothesis → popularizedIn → The Dark Forest ⓘ
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Liu Cixin → notableWork → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy → hasPart → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy → originalTitleOfFirstBook → 三体 ⓘ
linked to: The Three-Body Problem
Ye Wenjie → appearsIn → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
Wang Miao (reimagined) → partOf → The Three-Body Problem franchise ⓘ
linked to: The Three-Body Problem
Shi Qiang → appearsIn → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
subject linked to: Shi Qiang (Da Shi)
Shi Qiang → firstAppearance → The Three-Body Problem (novel) ⓘ
subject linked to: Shi Qiang (Da Shi)
linked to: The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem → originalTitle → 三体 ⓘ
linked to: The Three-Body Problem