Three Body Problem (novel)

Three Body Problem (三体 santi), is the first novel written in the Three Body Problem (trilogy) by Liu Cixin. It was serialized in the scifi magazine Science Fiction World in 2006, published as a book in 2008, and then translated into English by Ken Liu in 2014. The title refers to the three-body problem in orbital mechanics. The second and third novels in the trilogy are The Dark Forest and Death's End.

The work was serialized in Science Fiction World in 2006 and published as a book in 2008. It became one of the most popular science fiction novels in China. It received the Chinese Science Fiction Yinhe Award ("Galaxy Award") in 2006.A Chinese film adaptation of the same name was in production by 2015, but halted soon after.

The English translation by Ken Liu was published by Tor Books in 2014. Thereafter, it became the first Asian novel ever to win a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel.

The series portrays a future where, in the first book, the Earth is awaiting an invasion from the closest star system, which in this universe consists of three solar-type stars orbiting each other in an unstable three-body system, with a single Earth-like planet unhappily being passed among them and suffering extremes of heat and cold, as well as the repeated destruction of its intelligent civilizations.

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