The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu | Book Club

Suggested by: Derek R
Pages to read: 316
ISBN: 9788466659734 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780765397485 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What happened during the Chinese Cultural Revolution?
•How were scientists treated during the Cultural Revolution?
•How did people survive the Cultural Revolution?
•What is a struggle session?
•Why repent?
•What are the mental stages?
•What happened to Ye Zhetai and Shao Lin?
•What happened to the four female Red Guards that Ye Wenjie was searching for?
•How did Marxism effect China?
•How did people defend socialism?
•Who is Ye Wenjie?
•How did Bai Mulin effect Ye Wenjie?
•What did people outside think of what happened inside Radar Peak?
•What actually happened in Radar Peak?
•How did Radar Peak effect the ecosystem around the base?
•How was Ye Wenjie treated at Red Coast I?
•Who is Shi Qiang (Da Shi)?
•What is Wang Miao working on?
•What team (PLA) is General Chang leading, and for what purpose?
•What is the team’s (PLA) combat zone? Who are the enemy?
•How are scientist under attack decades after the Cultural Revolution?
•What is the Frontiers of Science?
•How does the pool table reflect the situation in science?
•What did the particle colliders show?
•What does the abbreviation ‘SF’ stand for?
•What do the numbers that Wang Miao sees mean?
•What is a V-Suit?
•Who is Wei Cheng?
•Who is Shen Yufei?
•Who or what is the Lord spoken of? What Lord does Shen Yufei asked Buddha to help?
•What advice does Shen Yufei give to Wang Miao?
•What is the purpose of the game, 3 Body?
•Who are the characters of the game?
•What civilizations are present in the game? What are the features of people?
•What information does Wang Miao find from the 3 Body game?
•Who is Pan Han?
•Can the universe flicker?
•Who are the Adventists and Redemptionists?
•Who are the Trisolarans?
•What choice do the Trisolarans make?
•What is Judgment Day?
•Who is Mike Evans?
•How can the sun be used?
•How can nanotechnology be used?
•What happens during the last ETO meeting that Wang participated in?
•Who joins the ETO?
•What is Pan-Species Communism?
•How did The Second Red Coast Base get built?
•What information did the Trisolarans communicate?
•What are the Sophons and what is their purpose?
•What happens to bugs?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.