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I've not read that yet, but Pies and Prejudice is really good.

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Finished The Three-Body Problem, book 1 of Liu Cixin's 4-book series.

Really love this guy's imagination, the way part of the mystery was revealed cleverly via the protagonist exploring a VR world was very enjoyable. I'm hoping the series as a whole is as strong as this book (only a couple of minor gripes with it). Decently translated I think too, it didn't overly Westernise some of the plot related to the Chinese cultural revolution which was important as it informs the actions of the book's main antagonist.

There's a Netflix adaptation coming next year, as well as a Chinese adaptation which I'm gonna watch now I've finished this book.
 

 

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On 25/11/2023 at 21:35, Gizmo said:

Finished The Three-Body Problem, book 1 of Liu Cixin's 4-book series.

Really love this guy's imagination, the way part of the mystery was revealed cleverly via the protagonist exploring a VR world was very enjoyable. I'm hoping the series as a whole is as strong as this book (only a couple of minor gripes with it). Decently translated I think too, it didn't overly Westernise some of the plot related to the Chinese cultural revolution which was important as it informs the actions of the book's main antagonist.

There's a Netflix adaptation coming next year, as well as a Chinese adaptation which I'm gonna watch now I've finished this book.
 

 

Isn't this part of a trilogy?? Might want to read the other 2 before watching the show.

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On 30/11/2023 at 10:32, dougal said:

Isn't this part of a trilogy?? Might want to read the other 2 before watching the show.


So it's 4 books I believe. 

The show is doing 24 episodes, 8 per season. If they rigidly stick to the books, that's 6 episodes per book.

I'll have finished the second book at least before it kicks off in January. 

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Read this a couple of months ago and have just watched the film on Netflix.  Great book - but it leaves a lot more to the imagination than the film.

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On 25/11/2023 at 21:35, Gizmo said:

Finished The Three-Body Problem, book 1 of Liu Cixin's 4-book series.

Really love this guy's imagination, the way part of the mystery was revealed cleverly via the protagonist exploring a VR world was very enjoyable. I'm hoping the series as a whole is as strong as this book (only a couple of minor gripes with it). Decently translated I think too, it didn't overly Westernise some of the plot related to the Chinese cultural revolution which was important as it informs the actions of the book's main antagonist.

There's a Netflix adaptation coming next year, as well as a Chinese adaptation which I'm gonna watch now I've finished this book.
 

 

I started reading this about a year ago, forgot about it, then picked it up again recently. Very good story. Didn’t know there was a TV version, thanks. 

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