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The three body problem is sort of inverted magical realism. Everything that’s usually fake in magical realism (like the physics) is rendered with care and respe
by AbrahamParangi 6y ago
The three body problem is sort of inverted magical realism. Everything that’s usually fake in magical realism (like the physics) is rendered with care and respect- and everything that’s usually real (the people and their interactions) is fake and dreamlike.
- varjag 6y agoAnd I mean the physics is also questionable, with stretched out protons and everything. More a Princess of Mars than Mars Trilogy.
- atombender 6y agoThere's also the prose itself. I don't know if it's the translation or it's how the original is written, but I found Liu Cixin's simplistic elementary-school-level language highly unengaging. It really reads like juvenile fiction. I've read that this style is typical of Chinese novels, but I can't confirm it.