The Three Body Problem

Beware: There might be spoilers ahead.

I just finished reading the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, a Science Fiction novel series written by the Chinese author Liu Cixin. The books tells a story about the humanity discovery of another alien civilization, which turns hostile and tries to invade and conquer the solar system.

Some people describe the trilogy as hard science fiction, a genre of science fiction that categorizes stories that try to be scientifically and logically accurate. Although some sections of the books are not that accurate (I cannot understand how unfolding protons into lower dimensions to make their usable area bigger and building a set of computers on those particles is scientific), the books do a good job of explaining what is going on in (at least pseudo-) scientific terms.

I came across the series on a Reddit post, and was immediately hooked on the concept. I started reading the first book on 2023-12-11 and finished the third one on 2024-01-02.

I highly recommend them. The story spans a really long time period and shows how humanity changes and evolves to deal with problems that appear. The last few chapters of the final book are mind-bending, and I couldn’t stop reading.

I gave all three books 4/5 stars on Goodreads.