 I'm glad I paid attention to the hype about this book because I've never read anything like it. It's difficult for me to even describe it. It's a generational epic that starts during the bloody Cultural Revolution in China in the 1940s. It winds up in the present day with a whole generation of scientists experiencing results from their scientific work that makes them doubt every basic assumption they've ever made about the very nature of the universe plus their own The title, Three Body Problem, is very relevant to what's happening. It is by definition a chaotic problem that has no solution. Critics say that the book is very thin on character development and maybe so. It's also very talky, very wordy. A lot of characters standing around explaining things to each other but the speculative science fiction ideas are so new and so strange that I wanted to read every word and I couldn't put it down. I give this book a strong recommendation. I'm not real big on ebooks. Number one, I think they're too expensive. Number two, I find them difficult to read. However, I found a good deal on this one at KoboBooks.com. When you create an account, you get a five dollar coupon which you can apply towards purchase of the book which gives you a very good deal and your copy of the book is DRM free so you can read it on any device you like. This is not a sponsored endorsement by the way. You can support 30 Seconds Sci-Fi and my other projects by becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below. And visit the 30 Seconds Sci-Fi Tumblr. That's my headquarters. In addition to my videos, I publish links and updates there every day.