Liu Cixin’s the Three-Body Problem book trilogy is one of the world’s bestselling Chinese sci-fi series, being read and endorsed by figures such as George R.R. Martin and Barack Obama. In Chinese public debates, however, critics highlight the series’ social Darwinist, misogynistic, and totalitarian tendencies, raising concerns about how the trilogy has been used by […]
I don't really agree with this and totally fucking love these books. However, it is a fairly interesting essay.
There's a bit more nuance than that. Liu has said he idolizes people like Elon Musk for example. He's a conservative older Chinese guy. He also supports the party, which are beliefs that can coexist in China which cannot really coexist in a western context. And China has its share of terminally online young single men with terrible political opinions.
There's a bit more nuance than that. Liu has said he idolizes people like Elon Musk for example. He's a conservative older Chinese guy. He also supports the party, which are beliefs that can coexist in China which cannot really coexist in a western context. And China has its share of terminally online young single men with terrible political opinions.