#the three body problem

[luyi]

after it being so quiet for "three-body: dashi", we finally got a new poster. also, thanks to a shiwang fan who recently met director yang lei at an event, we were given a small update on this spinoff show.

it was said before that the filming of the show would start in q2 this year. but yang lei said that they'd probably push it to next year. he was still working on the script with the team, and it was not an easy task. he and liu cixin have been working together to make the spinoff show more integrated into the three-body universe, which is actually a very good thing.

i know we all want to watch the spinoff show and season 2 as soon as possible, but it is what it is. it's a difficult project, and instead of seeing them rush to make something mediocre, i'd rather wait. 好事多磨嘛！

ps. happy birthday, liu cixin (june 23, 1963)!

[megarhyssa-sp]

Lost time | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (here)

This dad shit gonna be hard

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i have no idea how @the-barefoot-hatter plans to keep Pyramid Steve from turning into an absolute spoiled brat in the original non-euclidean geometry au that this is based off

[punchitmrsulu]

Finally, a Paul Atreides/Eren Jaeger/Anakin Skywalker-type character and it's a WOMAN!!!

[specialagentartemis]

listening to The Three-Body Problem as an audiobook and it’s not as hard to follow as I was afraid of. It also sets up two types of mysteries that get me every time: Why Did All These People Suddenly Commit Suicide? and Why Is Something Weird Showing Up On Film?

so I’m hooked

[diamantdog]

three-body out of context (x)

[crookedbranchbooks]

The Remembrance of Earth's Past - Cixin Liu

April 14, 2025

Full cloth case binding with design in heat transfer vinyl.

These books consumed me for the two weeks I spent working on them. Every day I would get home from work and open photoshop to work on the cover designs for hours each day. Once I had a strong vision in mind of the color scheme and concentric circles motif, I couldn't stop. The front and back covers of each book depict some of the most iconic moments and imagery from the series, but in an abstract enough way to not act as spoilers (I hope). The quotes on the back were chosen to best represent the themes of each book. I'm particularly proud of the pyramid on the spines.

Materials: covers - 2 mm grey board spine stiffener - paperboard covering material - linen bookcloth in black, white, and red vinyl - siser easyweed vinyl in black, white, and red

endpapers - marbled jute fiber paper endbands - linen bookcloth rolled over twine bookmarks - 1/4" satin ribbon edge painting - black, white, and red acryllic paint

Cover Design: Designed in Photopea. English font is Poppins Extrabold, Chinese font is Droid Sans. My original sketch:

Potential ideas for the back of the three body problem:

Digital mockups:

[oscargender]

I must not get angry at the netflix three body problem adaptation. Hating a new adaptation just because it’s different is the little death that brings total destruction. I will face the casting choices. I will permit the anglicization to pass over me and through me. And when I have watched the final episode I will turn my inner eye upon the tumblr 3 body problem tag to revel in the reactions of the other. Where the loathing has gone only a ‘meh it was fine’ will remain.

EDIT: I FINISHED THE SHOW AND I THINK IT WAS A BAD ADAPTATION. WATCH THE TENCENT OR MINECRAFT VERSION INSTEAD

[shuyinghuatan]

[child-of-hurin]

I'm on episode 4 and unsure how I feel about Netflix's Three Body Problem overall, but I'm pleasantly surprised by a number of things:

If they were never going for an all-Chinese cast, I so far appreciate the attempts at giving it a worldly feel. I like that we hear a lot of different languages and I appreciate that key nationalities --Ye Wenjie and Mike Evans more obviously, but also Sophon's chosen Japanese appearance -- were kept, and I appreciate the diverse cast too, immensely. I feel like it's safe to hope for more even more in-universe diversity. Wondering if we'll see Manuel Rey Diaz lol.

It feels at the same time an obvious solution and a bold move to have the protagonists of each book be friends in this one -- I think it takes away from the insane scope of the series, but OTOH it does facilitate it for the viewer, and allows for more character exploration, which we know is something Western audiences tended to feel was lacking in the original trilogy. I was worried the show would not be able to develop so many characters at once, but by ep 4 I feel the opposite! The cast feels strong too, I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality of the acting. But I had very low expectations.

I was worried an adaptation would water down the discussion of fascism that is ever so present in the book (albeit discreet to the point that many readers say it's not a political book!) but I was pleasantly surprised on that front too... The (purposefully) half-committed discussions about god and violence have hit some mark for me so far, though I'm not entirely sure what mark it was. But it's there!

I wish they had been more bold visually, but I can't complain of the quality of the effects!

If you have any opinions about these topics, I'd be curious to hear about them!

[floofhips]

Trisolaran biology :] from the "remembrance of earth's past" trilogy by cixin liu

[100-great-books]

[luyi]

Yu Hewei as Shi Qiang in Tencent's THREE-BODY | 三体 (2023) Episode 1.30 (Kun's 77/∞ Three-Body gifsets)

[bisexual-young-atlas]

What I read for my 4th, 5th, and 6th bingo spaces on the @batmanisagatewaydrug book bingo for 2025

Horror: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Louise and Mark, two estranged siblings, must grapple with the sudden loss of their parents and contend with their will. Selling the house becomes a lot more complicated when the things that go bump in night have no problem doing the same during the day.

I really like this one! But also it was genuinely terrifying! Get those god damn puppets away from me.

Published in the Aughts: The Three Body Problem - Liu Cixin translated by Ken Liu

Overlapping with the events of the cultural revolution in China, one woman discovers and makes contact with an alien civilization. The events unfold in the past, present, and future of this parallel world.

This one seems to be one of the new fundamentals of science fiction. I’ve been considering translated works in a new way since Babel, and I really thought this one stayed true to the original intent of the text. It doesn’t read as english for the most part despite being written in english. Overall I enjoyed it! Not sure if I’ll make time for the sequels this year.

Reread a Childhood Favorite: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Edward Tulane, a toy rabbit made of fine china documents his journey from his original child’s home, to the depth of the sea, to a train, to the garbage, and a myriad of other places.

I think I read this for the first time in second or third grade. That was the first time I’d really viewed myself as a reader. I devoured books through out elementary school and middle school. Fell off some during high school and college but managed to find my way back home eventually. I’m of the mind that one is never lonely if they’ve got access to books.

Bingo board is hitting the back burner for the next few weeks, I fear. I’ve got some other non bingo books I’d like to tackle in the coming months. But what a fun way this has been to start off my reading journey for the year!

[rexit127]

School AU

Locked in a locker‼️

[dilirebas]

To be clear, I thought the Tencent adaptation of the Three Body Problem was pretty bad.

But the Netflix adaptation? It simply doesn’t need to exist. Taking a Chinese story about Chinese people living in the aftermath of a particular moment in Chinese history, but turning it into a story about white people? What’s the point of that?

If you want to tell a white story so badly, there are already so many interesting sci fi novels about white people that you can adapt. No need to whiten up this one.

[diamantdog]

me: talking about the chinese adaptation of the three-body problem as a better alternative to the anglicized netflix's version.

someone: the cdrama version is also bad because it treats its viewers as dumb!

me, who is dumb and grateful for the way they explain the science: