The Three-Body Problem: the epic 10-volume graphic novel boxset

Published on: 19/12/2024
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The Three-Body Problem
Hard Sci-Fi I couldn't put down
This is an incredible achievement, one that somehow makes difficult concepts digestible in a way I've never read before, which is even more impressive from... READ MORE
Liam Nicholson at Sheffield Orchard Sq.
The Three-Body Problem
Science Fiction at it's Best
Physicist Wang Miao is dragged into a secret war which draws him into the virtual reality game Three Body. Here the participants are trying to calculate ho... READ MORE
Sharon at Maidstone

Synopsis

The Hugo-nominated, astounding 10-volume, 1,924-page graphic novel adaptation of Cixin Liu’s international bestseller The Three-Body Problem.

An investigation into a spate of apparent suicides amongst the world’s top scientists leads to a mysterious online game set in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns. This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces.

First published in China in 2008., The Three-Body Problem is the 21st Century's greatest work of science fiction. It was translated in English in 2014 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015. It has since been translated into 32 languages and has sold millions of copies all over the world.

"The Three-Body Problem was originally published as a novel, but while I was writing it, I began to suspect that words weren’t necessarily the best way of telling a science fiction story. When we use words to describe the world, we rely on shared memories of reality to conjure a picture in the reader’s mind. But in the realms of science fiction, where there are many things that have never appeared in the real world, words alone are not always enough to accurately, or vividly, transmit the author’s imagination. A decade after its original publication, "Three-Body" gains new life in these pages. I am now convinced that the graphic novel provides the broadest possible canvas for science fiction. Regardless of whether you have read the original or not, this version of The Three-Body Problem will be a brand new reading experience for you." - Cixin Liu, 2024

This special edition includes Three-Body archive material: including: transcript of Ye Wenjie interview by the Beijing PSB Criminal Investigation Detachment; an abstract of Ye Wenjie's paper in Astrophysics Review; partially decrypted files sized from ETO, and much more.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781035912421
  • Number of pages: 1924
  • Dimensions: 242 x 172 x 118 mm
  • Weight: 3600g
  • Languages: English

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The Three-Body Problem
Imagination at its finest !
Having not picked up a book for a while , I was intrigued by the science and mystery surrounding this title. Three-Body- Problem sounds like a mathematica... READ MORE
Jonathan  Cummins
The Three-Body Problem
Awful
I don’t know if it’s lost in bad translation or it’s just crap Really bad
gary sedgwick
The Three-Body Problem
Dull
This is a dull dull book. It's acclaim is really baffling.
Gavin McMenemy
The Three-Body Problem
Great start to a great trilogy
I kept seeing this pop up as recommendation but never got round to picking it up. Am so glad I did. It’s the foundation to a great trilogy, which gets bett... READ MORE
Scott Friery
The Three-Body Problem
Fascinating
A fascinating read. Took only two days to finish. This author knows how to combine the mundanity of the here and now with the possibility of future human e... READ MORE
Steven Lombardelli
The Three-Body Problem
A definite read
I imagine like lots of people I was a little put off by the fact that the author was Chinese and the book was a translation. Then one of the TV companies p... READ MORE
Michael Crossley
The Three-Body Problem
Not bad!
This is an interesting book full of interesting ideas and concepts, but sadly not sufficiently interesting to compel me to read book two!
ADBEAST
The Three-Body Problem
Not bad
Decent start, tad boring middle (for me personally) then a decent end hence the overall 3 star review. Probably will buy the next book as I realised there ... READ MORE
Matthew Clark
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The Three-Body Problem
Breathtaking read
I know very little about China and I found this translation, and the footnotes, very informative and interesting. The book sets up huge questions that ... READ MORE
MT
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The Three-Body Problem
The best sci fi trilogy I have ever read.
This is one of the best science fiction stories I have ever read. Every page is art.
Ana Clua-Carulla