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Liu Cixins Hugo Awardwinning sci-fi novelThe Three-Body Problemis full of huge ideas: 11-dimensional proton supercomputers!
A giant eye in the sky!
Nano-fibers that can slice people into meat ribbons!
Just how do you film a famously unfilmable book full of obscure science and budget-busting set pieces?
How do you create a crowd-pleasing spectacle that both appeals to Netflix viewers and pleases fans of the books?
Lets talk through some of the most significant changes.
Spoilers follow for all of3 Body Problemand theRemembrance of Earths Pastbook series.
.The aliens have a different name, and Sophon is seen much earlier
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And thats all in thefirst episode.
is sliced apart in painstaking detail.
Auggie is part of a group of young scientists who met at college called the Oxford Five.
In3 Body Problem, Will inherits the money from Jack and buys the title deed for Jins star.
Wade is also the boss of Clarence Da Shi, played by Benedict Wong.
A third faction, the Survivors, intend to sell out humanity to ensure their own survival.
properly described in the source material.
What does Einstein have to do with defeating aliens?
Well have to wait for a second season to find out.
