Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
Summary
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution and the present day, the novel follows a secret military project that makes contact with an alien civilization facing destruction on a chaotic world. Hard science and the physics puzzle that gives the book its title drive a story about humanity's response to a coming invasion. Cixin Liu combines deep scientific speculation with the sweep of history and politics.
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Historical Context & Significance
Translated by Ken Liu, it became the first novel translated from a language other than English to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel.