{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgood-scribes-only.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthree-body-problem-TF1fuDWy","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#74 👾 The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (2006)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/80351595-9ff6-4de2-9634-ab8ca3104d78/6e57899e-5ebc-4538-9879-69acebef8c24/podcast-cover-art-1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/87e16c9a-782a-49cc-9e96-8b603ceb4071\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#74 👾 The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (2006)\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"About The Book:\nSet against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.\n\nAbout The Author:\nLiu Cixin is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer. He is a nine-time winner of China's Galaxy Award and has also received the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel The Three-Body Problem as well as the 2017 Locus Award for Death's End. He is also a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award. In English translations of his works, his name is given as Cixin Liu. He is a member of China Science Writers Association and the vice president of Shanxi Writers Association. He is sometimes called \"Da Liu\" (\"Big Liu\") by his fellow science fiction writers in China.\n\nAbout The Show: \nHosted by novelists and entrepreneurs Daniel Breyer & Jeremy Streich, Good Scribes Only is a podcast for curious minds to explore, challenge, and think differently through books. In Season 5, we’re traveling through 2000-2010, year by year, because Dan couldn't remember what the world was like before ChatGPT.\n\n**pisode Notes**\n\n0-5 min — Introduction\n\n5-10 min — Science fiction and the author\n\n10-15 min — On form and style \n\n15-20 min — Plot summary\n\n20-25 min — On translation\n\n25-30 min — Tropes vs archetypes\n\n30-35 min — Why people like this book\n\n35-40 min — Meaning of 3 body problem\n\n40-45 min — The VR game in the story\n\n45-55 min — Closing thoughts"}