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I actually disagree and have wondered myself how he got such a book published in China. He is very critical of China's history throughout the series and collect

by jds375 8y ago

I actually disagree and have wondered myself how he got such a book published in China. He is very critical of China's history throughout the series and collectivism. Also the sophons seem (at least to me) to be a direct parallel to the 'surveillance state' concerns that China has right now and how the citizens feel about them

dacox 8y ago
The translator for volume 1 and 3 addressed this in an AMA, actually. https://www.reddit.com/r/SF_Book_Club/comments/30xhj0/three_im_ken_liu_translator_for_the_threebody/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SF_Book_Club/comments/30xhj0/three_... I enjoyed the 3 books. After reading the first one I was intrigued but it didn't blow me away. After reading all of them I am very appreciative of the epic scope, and while the it seemed to have less character development, the ideas more than made up for it.