GridVids
Sign in with YouTube

The Three-Body Problem: Great Sci-Fi Books Explained

Sci-Fi Odyssey Nov 21, 2025 12:00
Create an account to hide videos, mark them watched, or save them to Don't Miss.
Don't Miss
Create an account to hide videos, mark them watched, or save them to Don't Miss.
Mark watched
Create an account to hide videos, mark them watched, or save them to Don't Miss.
Hide
Open in popup Open on YouTube
Share video

Share video

Copy the GridVids link or iframe code.

Video link
Iframe code
Iframe content

Chapters
Why Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem still shocks: from the Cultural Revolution and Ye Wenjie’s fateful signal to the Trisolaran threat, sophons, the Three Body game, and the birth of the ETO. We unpack themes of cosmic horror, science vs. ideology, and humanity’s place in an indifferent universe—plus how the book set up the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy and inspired major screen adaptations. (Spoilers ahead.) 🚀My new sci-fi book, Tao Solandis, is out now! 📖 Links to all the ways you can order - https://linktr.ee/scifiodyssey Check out these Tao Solandis reviews: "EVERYTHING SCIENCE FICTION CAN AND SHOULD BE." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A DEEP AND ENGAGING READ THAT LEFT ME PONDERING..." ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "EACH STORY IS ORIGINAL, UNIQUE, AND UTTERLY COMPELLING... A TRULY 5 STAR READ." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #scifi #spaceopera #evolution 🚀 Check out my other sci-fi novels below 😊 DELPHINE DESCENDS 📖 - (Amazon link) https://shortlink.uk/P59l After losing her family and freedom at the hands of the Imperial Network, Kathreen is sent to a brutal life of servitude, until a chance twist of fate grants her the identity of a powerful senator's heiress. Determined to destroy the the system that shattered her life, she vows to rise through their ranks-but to defeat them, she risks becoming a monster greater than any of them. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Delphine Descends completely shattered my expectations! ... I could hardly put the book down." - Goodreads BLACK MILK 📖 - (Amazon link) https://shortlink.uk/MHpv Prometheus can resurrect his wife, but at the cost of Earth's destruction-a choice that will unravel the fabric of time and doom humanity to a desperate fight for survival. Black Milk weaves a gripping tale of five lives, bound across aeons, as they battle a relentless post-human entity, with the fate of the universe hanging on Prometheus's ability to confront his own grief. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I would highly recommend this book to any one who is a sci-fi fan…and even those who are not just to show how great this genre can be." - Goodreads ___________________________________________________________________ MY STUFF https://linktr.ee/scifiodyssey ____________________________________________________________________ GOODREADS You can stalk me on Goodreads to see what I'm currently reading. https://bit.ly/3rrcByD ____________________________________________________________________ IMAGE USE The images in my videos are mostly licensed stock photos. However, occasionally I will use images found online. I always seek to properly credit artists and offer a link back to their amazing work but sometimes it's hard to find the original source of the work. If I've used an image you own and I haven't credited you, please feel free to get in touch as I am always more than happy to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Entertainment
#The Three-Body Problem #Liu Cixin #Remembrance of Earth’s Past #Ye Wenjie #Wang Miao #Shi Qiang #Da Shi #Trisolarans #Trisolaris #sophons #Three Body game #Cultural Revolution #ETO #Earth-Trisolaris Organization #Dark Forest #hard sci-fi #science fiction analysis #great sci-fi books explained #Ken Liu translation #Chinese sci-fi #cosmic horror #first contact #Fermi paradox #physics #Netflix Three Body Problem #Tencent Three-Body #sci-fi book review #best sci-fi novels