Sunday, May 15, 2022

The Three Body-Problem



 “Pan-Species Communism. It’s an ideology I invented. Or maybe you can call it a faith. Its core belief is that all species on Earth are created equal.”


I have just finished reading Liu Cixin's science fiction novel 'The Three Body-Problem'. I will resist spoilers. 


Nonetheless it has something to say about peace, war, technology, climate change and deep ecology.


Oh and space travel, physics and lots of maths, after all the three body problem is a mathematical challenge.


Reminds me of some of the better classical Doctor Who plots. It starts in the Cultural Revolution, a reminder from the novel that this involved pitched battles with military equipment between different factions. 


It is a novel with a turn the page plot and fascinating concepts. It avoids moral binaries, are the Pan-Species Communists heroes or villains (?), well that is up for debate.

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