The Three-Body Problem
Read this if: You feel caught up in the petty trifles of daily life and need an alien invasion of our planet for some perspective. The Three-Body Problem is the first book in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by renowned Chinese Sci-Fi author Liu Cixin. I first came across this book while reading an interview with Obama on what books mean to him, so it's a fitting first review for me! :) In the Three-Body Problem, scientist Ye Wenjie becomes disillusioned by humanity after her family was ripped apart by the cultural revolution. While working at a top secret military base aimed at discovering extraterrestrial life, she finds a way to beam a message to the universe and does so in secret. She pleads for earth to be invaded by more advanced beings as she has given up on humans, and unexpectedly, she receives a reply from Trisolaris, a planet where life is no longer viable... Moral struggles are rife throughout this book. Should we even ...