Liu Cixin’s the Three-Body Problem book trilogy is one of the world’s bestselling Chinese sci-fi series, being read and endorsed by figures such as George R.R. Martin and Barack Obama. In Chinese public debates, however, critics highlight the series’ social Darwinist, misogynistic, and totalitarian tendencies, raising concerns about how the trilogy has been used by […]
I don't really agree with this and totally fucking love these books. However, it is a fairly interesting essay.
I guess I was so tuned out by the waifu subplot in book 2 that I didn't really pay attention.
Like if you have 900 pages of this reactionary belief is how the unvierse works and is the axiom the entire first book is built on, does it matter that you subvert it in the epilogue?
The books have a lot of flaws but the themes they explored resonated with the Chinese audience (it was never written for an international audience in mind, in fact Liu didn’t even expect it would gain such popularity in overseas market).
I guess I was so tuned out by the waifu subplot in book 2 that I didn't really pay attention.
Like if you have 900 pages of this reactionary belief is how the unvierse works and is the axiom the entire first book is built on, does it matter that you subvert it in the epilogue?
Read my long comment here.
The books have a lot of flaws but the themes they explored resonated with the Chinese audience (it was never written for an international audience in mind, in fact Liu didn’t even expect it would gain such popularity in overseas market).