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The Three-Body Problem (eBook)

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Various Retailers have The Three-Body Problem (eBook) by Cixin Liu on sale for $2.99.

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Available Retailers:About this eBook:
  • This is the first book of the series (4 total books).
  • The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.
  • Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

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Various Retailers have The Three-Body Problem (eBook) by Cixin Liu on sale for $2.99.

Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.

Available Retailers:About this eBook:
  • This is the first book of the series (4 total books).
  • The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.
  • Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

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Written by ValPal2011 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • This matches previous Frontpage deals, most recently in October 2024.
    • Prime members may apply earned No-Rush Shipping credits to this purchase (check balance).
  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars overall based on over 51,000 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About this Store:

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3d ago
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3d ago
BlueJoke8286
3d ago
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Good deal, the book is much better than the Netflix show.
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3d ago
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3d ago
ThePeanutGallery
3d ago
984 Posts
Great book, good deal on the ebook
3d ago
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3d ago
Loudog504
3d ago
3,847 Posts
Quote from BlueJoke8286 :
Good deal, the book is much better than the Netflix show.
Very much agreed. Some really cool concepts throughout the series
Yesterday
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fintlewoodlewix
Yesterday
2,358 Posts
Just get a full-sized Cadillac. It will solve your three body problem.
Yesterday
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Slimeyface
Yesterday
10,710 Posts
Ménage à trois? Throuple?

Some people don't see that as a problem
Yesterday
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neelakanta
Yesterday
77 Posts
This book series gets better as it progresses. A little slow in the beginning especially as the author switches between the main story line and the 'virtual alien-world'. But once you get past that, his imagination just takes off. The last book was co-authored but still worth reading through to the end.

Netflix series is pretty decent and hoping they don't cancel it. The part with the ship through the canal was disturbing to read in the book and just as disturbing to watch in the series - they didn't flinch away from depicting what was written.
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bonzaixx1
Yesterday
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The physical books are also on sale, between 37-58% off for the hardcovers

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ElatedSpaniel543
Yesterday
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The story is set in six dimensions, sadly the characters are strictly two dimensional.
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pranrasvij
Yesterday
558 Posts
got the pdfs free via google search.... some chinese sites hosted it.
Yesterday
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dvm395
Yesterday
12 Posts
Quote from neelakanta :
This book series gets better as it progresses. A little slow in the beginning especially as the author switches between the main story line and the 'virtual alien-world'. But once you get past that, his imagination just takes off. The last book was co-authored but still worth reading through to the end.Netflix series is pretty decent and hoping they don't cancel it. The part with the ship through the canal was disturbing to read in the book and just as disturbing to watch in the series - they didn't flinch away from depicting what was written.
I wanted to like it but made it about 75% through the first book before giving up. It was just so slow. Maybe I'll try again sometime.
Yesterday
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RamonY
Yesterday
148 Posts
Quote from dvm395 :
I wanted to like it but made it about 75% through the first book before giving up. It was just so slow. Maybe I'll try again sometime.
Agree, it was unbearably slow (and the characters were extremely flat)
Yesterday
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rcs1
Yesterday
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I read every day - usually finish around 40+ books a year, mostly SF. This was a DNF for me -one of the VERY few. While there are some interesting concepts, there is a section in the middle of pure exposition that is so absolutely atrocious that it honestly made me quit right then and there. I then decided to read the synopsis for the rest of the series as I knew I wasn't going to finish it. I was glad I did, and didn't feel sad that I hadn't read it.
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iamnotapenguin
Yesterday
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Halfway through and I'm struggling to keep going. The writing style is really flat.
8h ago
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8h ago
chrisgeorge12
8h ago
43 Posts
As others have said, you better be interested in the scientific concepts depicted rather than a character driven story if you want to finish. It kept my attention enough to finish, but I won't be going to the next book in the series.

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6h ago
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rod4400
6h ago
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Quote from dvm395 :
I wanted to like it but made it about 75% through the first book before giving up. It was just so slow. Maybe I'll try again sometime.
It got too abstract for me and yeah, very slow.

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