#The Three-Body Problem

[kiisuuumii]

Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem (tr. Ken Liu)

[spiderliliez]

You don’t need me here. 3 BODY PROBLEM (2024)

[+] EIZA GONZÁLEZ 😎 [+] ..more on the “3 Body Problem” 🎬

[specialagentartemis]

The Three-Body Problem keeps using the phrase “Trisolaran Hours” and I just keep thinking about Marco Animorphs. “Why do you keep saying ‘your Earth hours’? Ax, you’re on Earth, hours are arbitrary, they’re everyone’s hours.”

Cixin and/or Ken, you’re on Trisolaris, they’re everyone’s hours

[eilooxara]

Anyway I kinda thought that a book called The Three-Body Problem would have at least one threesome between physicists who can't stand each other

Like how do you squander a title like that on a story with zero polycule drama

Fucking Exordia deserves that title. I know it came much later but Dickinson could have worked in some shit about the three-body physics problem just fine, and the hatefucking threesome is there already

[bishopsbox]

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Chinese actress Zine Tseng (The Three-Body Problem).

La actriz china Zine Tseng (El problema de los tres cuerpos).

[quotent-potables]

The best translations into English do not, in fact, read as if they were originally written in English. The English words are arranged in such a way that the reader sees a glimpse of another culture's patterns of thinking, hears an echo of another language's rhythms and cadences, and feels a tremor of another people's gestures and movements.

— Ken Liu, translator's postscript to The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin

[dndspellgifs]

Gonna start calling the Big Bang a creation myth but not in an anti-science way, but in contextualing-science-as-one-of-many-epistemological-systems way, and mostly to piss off Liu Cixin and his dumbass opinions in his post-script to The Three-Body Problem

[qubiste]

The Three-Body Problem is The Da Vinci Code of science-fiction

[heywhatsupfolks]

you guys don't understand the obsession i have with The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

I've read over 600 pages and watched over 8 hours of it in the past week.

[kiisuuumii]

Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem (tr. Ken Liu)

[spiderliliez]

You were not invited. 3 BODY PROBLEM (2024)

[+] EIZA GONZÁLEZ 😎 [+] ..more on the “3 Body Problem” 🎬

[specialagentartemis]

Three-Body Problem endgame time, or at least ramping up to it. A UN military group is debating how to get Trisolaran transmissions off a fortified oil tanker without the ETO Adventists realizing what they’re doing and destroying all the data. And I’m listening to them debate and going. Duh. Send in Solid Snake

[libertyreads]

March TBR--

I'm hoping the month of March goes a little better for me reading wise. I felt like I got a decent amount read in February (while still sticking to my goals for the year) but a lot of it was so mid. I'm ready for any of these books to just grab me by the throat and keep me hooked. I have two rereads in preparation for new releases later this year. I also have two NetGalley ARCs and a hockey romance (because I've read one every month of the year so far, why not keep that going?).

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah-- This is one of those books you hear about a ton on the bookish spaces of the internet and I decided it was finally time to see what all of the hype is about. In this one, we follow Loulie al-Nazari as she and her jinn bodyguard are forced to help the sultan find an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land. There is a ton more in the synopsis, but like a lot of reviewers these days, I feel like synopses are starting to give too much away. I'm hoping for some City of Brass vibes and lots of adventure.

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (Reread)-- I read this one a year ago and I'm excited to dive back into it before the next book comes out. In this one we follow Lore who escaped from a cult beneath the city of Dellaire over 10 years ago. Lore's job as a runner sustains her, but when a run goes wrong and her power is revealed she's forced to work for the Sainted King to find the person in his court responsible for the deaths of entire villages on the outskirts of the country. Thrust into the Sainted King's glittering court, Lore becomes tangled in politics, religion, and forbidden romance. This was my favorite book of January last year so I'm excited to reread.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu-- A first contact with aliens story that's been translated from the original (and set to be released as a Netflix show soon) and follows the outcome of a secret military project that sent signals into space to establish contact with aliens. Will the alien civilization on the brink of destruction be welcomed on Earth or will there be a fight against an invasion?

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo (Reread)-- Before the next in the graphic novel series comes out, I plan on doing a quick reread of this one. Number one in this series introduces us to Raven who is forced to move to New Orleans following the accident that takes her foster mother's life. But that accident has also taken her memory. Then strange things start happening. This is a fun series and I'm glad I get the chance to reread it.

No Coincidence by Rafat Kosik-- Translated from the original Polish, this is the first novel in the Cyberpunk 2077 series. Apparently, this series includes collected editions of limited series, standalone graphic novels, and also full length novels. There are four authors who have contributed to it. It is all based on the game Cyberpunk 2077. My understanding is that you can start in a few different places. I hope it's true. Let's talk about the actual book now. This one appealed to me because of the cover. But the synopsis really got me. A misfit group is forced to do a heist thanks to some good, old-fashioned blackmail. The gang includes a veteran turned renegade, a Militech sleeper agent, an amateur net runner, a corporate negotiator, a ripperdoc, and a techie. They must come together to pull off the deadly heist. Also...is this the third book in this TBR about people being forced to work for people above them??

Must Love Hockey by Sarina Bowen (Kindle)-- This short hockey romance follows a woman who has an allergic reaction at a hockey game and is rescued by an equipment manager whose name she doesn't manage to catch. I've read and enjoyed Sarina Bowen before so I'm hoping this is a fun and quick read.

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark (NetGalley)-- The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly dead. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins--resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories--have only three unbreakable vows. First, the contract must be just. Second, even the most powerful assassin may only kill the contracted. Third, once you accept a job, you must carry it out. And if you stray? A final death would be a mercy. Eveen's newest mission brings her face-to-face with a past she isn't supposed to remember and a vow she can't forget.

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes (NetGalley)-- When I tell you that I was squealing the day I found out I got access to this book, please, do picture it as a cute and dainty squeal instead of the insanity that actually unfolded. I loved Dead Silence from this author so when I saw they had a new space horror novel I HAD to try to get an ARC. Space exploration can be lonely and isolating. Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray is assigned to a small exploration crew and she is determined to make a difference. But as they begin establishing residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that the crew is hiding something. Her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure than opening up to her. That is, until their pilot is discovered gruesomely murdered. I cannot wait to read this one.

This TBR is giving me such a good feeling. There's Sci-Fi, there's Fantasy, there's Romance, there's Sci-Fi/Horror (a beloved genre pairing for me), there's a graphic novel. I'm just hoping March is such a good reading month. I kind of need it.

[questioningespecialy]

9 people you'd like to know more

i guess i can play, @skygirlstars 🤷🏿‍♂️

last song I listened to: Luke Evans - Silent Night Found out he sings outta the blue and gave his A Song for You album a listen. Nice-ass voice.

Scrollin' through images of him in Dracula Untold (2014) has me tempted to watch again. 😳 i refuse to count Bring me to life by Evanescence from YceQueen's Heroes: Adam Monroe - Bring me to life video (even though it was my kid jam) because i wasn't expecting an AMV of sorts.

currently reading: N/A I ain't readin' shit that ain't on tumblr or an article right now 'cause fuck dat; ADD don't play. Last book I was readin' would be The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (audiobook + ebook). According to my note, I stopped at ch9 (pg105). Great shit. Be careful looking it up in any way. Bound to get some major spoilers for the book series. 😭

currently watching: Oshi no Ko holy hell dis fuckin' series go hard O.O first episode especially, though, tbh the next 2 were great, but could not possibly match avoid all spoilers (including descriptions!); just dive into the first half of episode 1 and then you'll know

next on my watchlist: N/A Assuming I actually finish watching at random sometime this month, 🤷🏿‍♂️ I'll just decide then.

current obsessions: N/A nada, fortunately no wait... tumblr 😐

9 a y'all...: @missmayhemvr (👈🏿 👈🏿) @imnoveria (👋🏿) @superfamiblog (answer in games only)

[theseventhoffrostfall]

The Three-body problem is a great book so far (that would be even better if the official synopsis wasn't a massive fucking spoiler) but I appreciate the rough loose cannon policeman, essentially a John woo character in what is otherwise mostly intrigue among a cast of academics, managing to take down a bomb-weilding terrorist by just guessing that dramatic fucks always have parental issues

[dilebe06]

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