The most underrated science fiction of our time
The Three-Body Problem
The Great Cultural Revolution is raging in the Middle Kingdom and the Chinese, not wanting to be left behind by the Soviets and the Americans, are attempting to make contact with alien civilizations as part of a secret military project. Thirty years later, prominent scientists begin to die on Earth and cults emerge that encourage a return to nature. A new virtual reality computer game appears, strange, magical and disturbing, as if it didn't even come from this world. And slowly the truth about a secret project from the Cultural Revolution era is beginning to emerge.
Dark Forest
The long-hidden truth about an impending alien invasion four hundred years from now has finally been revealed, and Earth is recovering from the shock. Although the traitors and collaborators have been dispersed, the sofons, the subatomic spies of the Trisolarans, are active on Earth, from whom there is no hiding place and through whom the enemy instantly learns of even the most secret defence plans of mankind. There is only one place where the sophones cannot see - into the human heart.
The United Nations will therefore present to the world four individuals in whom it places its last desperate hope: three renowned thinkers, warlords and strategists and one ordinary, second-rate sociologist. Luo Ji finds himself at the centre of global attention, unaware of why he has been chosen and what is expected of him. All he knows is that he's the only person on Earth the Trisolarans fear.
Memory of Earth
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, there is still a tense truce between humans and Trisolarans, guaranteed by the fundamental principle of the Dark Forest. The country is experiencing an unprecedented era of prosperity thanks to Trisolaran technology. Human science is advancing by leaps and bounds, and the Trisolarans are in turn adopting Earth culture. It seems that both civilizations will soon be able to coexist peacefully on an equal footing without the terrible threat of mutual destruction. But humanity in the golden age is prone to complacency.
In a new era, Ceng Xin, a twenty-first century aeronautical engineer, awakens from hibernation. It brings with it information about a long-forgotten project from the beginning of the Trisolaran crisis, and its very existence may upset the delicate balance between the two worlds. Will mankind reach the stars or perish in the cradle?
