The Three-Body Problem

If killing you would solve the problem, you’d all be dead by now. But the most effective technique remains disrupting your thoughts.

the first cry that could be heard in space from civilization on Earth was already spreading out from the sun to the universe at the speed of light. A star-powered radio wave, like a majestic tide, had already crossed the orbit of Jupiter.

“In China, any idea that dared to take flight would only crash back to the ground. The gravity of reality is too strong.”

, the effort magnified the tremors in it.

were indeed capable of such madness.

effort magnified the tremors in it.

A flood of madness drowned the city and seeped into every nook and cranny.

he effort magnified the tremors in it.

He couldn’t see them, but he could feel their presence like iron sensing the pull of a nearby magnet

Then, some of them entered a third stage. The constant, unceasing struggle sessions injected vivid political images into their consciousness like mercury, until their minds, erected upon knowledge and rationality, collapsed under the assault. They began to really believe that they were guilty, to see how they had harmed the great cause of the revolution. They cried,