The Three-Body Problem

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novel science fiction novel

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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The Dark Forest 1
The Three-Body Problem (novel) 1
The Three-Body Problem franchise 1

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptation Chinese live-action TV series ⓘ
Netflix television series "3 Body Problem" NERFINISHED ⓘ
audio drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Liu Cixin NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear 2015 ⓘ
centralConcept Three Body virtual reality game ⓘ
Trisolaris star system NERFINISHED ⓘ
sophons NERFINISHED ⓘ
three-body problem in orbital mechanics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
criticalReception internationally acclaimed ⓘ
englishPublicationYear 2014 ⓘ
englishTranslator Ken Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresFictionalCivilization Trisolarans NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy The Dark Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre first contact fiction ⓘ
hard science fiction ⓘ
space opera ⓘ
hasSequel Death’s End NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dark Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wang Miao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ye Wenjie NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage Chinese ⓘ
originalTitle 三体 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries Remembrance of Earth’s Past NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy none (first in series) ⓘ
publicationYear 2008 ⓘ
publisher Chongqing Publishing House NERFINISHED ⓘ
seriesNumber 1 ⓘ
settingPeriod Chinese Cultural Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
subjectMatter astronomy ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
physics ⓘ

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Liu Cixin → notableWork → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
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this entity surface form: 三体
Ye Wenjie → appearsIn → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
Wang Miao (reimagined) → partOf → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Three-Body Problem franchise
Shi Qiang (Da Shi) → appearsIn → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
subject surface form: Shi Qiang
Shi Qiang (Da Shi) → firstAppearance → The Three-Body Problem ⓘ
subject surface form: Shi Qiang
this entity surface form: The Three-Body Problem (novel)