The entire series is amazing. In addition, he has a collection of short stories 'The Wandering Earth'. If you want to see a movie loosely based upon the ideas of one of those shorts stories, look up the movie 'The Wandering Earth' on Netflix.

Just to give some background, I watched that movie not realizing what it was based off of, just knowing it was a chinese sci-fi. And I remember being amazed at how big the ideas were and thinking China must have a culture of exceptional sci-fi writers. Afterwards I did some research and realized who it was.

Cixin Liu is the author and he's so good at big ideas. I can't recommend his stuff enough.

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link

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+wandering+earth+cixin+liu

The Wandering Earth was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Poor writing, no plot, bad science, melodramatic acting, and propagandistic messages throughout.

The ideas in it were amazing. I can understand people who can't look past the execution to see the underlying ideas.

One of the things it did really well was the idea that it takes everyone pulling in the same direction to be effective.

it is indeed a horrible film, let's hope the three body series is not similarly butchered

I don’t understand. Every one of those negative traits applies to The Three Body Problem as a novel, except for acting, in my opinion.

I realize there exist people who like sci-fi and think The Three Body Problem is good, but... I can’t understand what they see in it. The last 50 pages or so was at least an ok short story...

Last 50 pages of the first volume?

The last 50 pages of the third volume were not worth the paper.

Let's hope, but I'm not holding my breath. Officials hold far too much sway over Chinese filmmakers, making it near impossible to create a quality film.

I have been waiting for the 3 body problem film. Last I checked it was delayed, with just the trailer released.

Will check out the wandering earth. Thanks.