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전 세계 SF팬들이 선정한 최우수 장편소설
중국 SF 제왕 류츠신의 대표작이자 중국 SF 사상 최고의 베스트셀러 ‘지구의 과거’ 3부작의 마지막 『삼체 3부-사신의 영생』이 출간되었다. 『삼체』는 한쏭, 왕진캉과 함께 중국 SF 3대 천왕으로 불리는 류츠신의 작품이다. 작가의 대표작이자 중국 SF 사상 최고의 작품 중 하나로 꼽히는 ‘지구의 과거’ 3부작은, 시리즈 제1부가 2007년 40만 명의 독자를 보유하고 있는 SF 잡지 [SF 세계]에 연재되면서 시작되었다. 단행본으로 출간된 『삼체』는 엄청난 대중적 인기와 더불어 중국 과학 소설 최고 권위를 자랑하는 SF 은하상과 네뷸러상, 서후 장르 문학상을 석권하였다.
2012년 노벨 문학상 수상자인 모옌은 [중화두수바로(中和讀書報)]와의 인터뷰에서 “류츠신은 평범한 인간의 삶에 과학적 지식과 상상력을 더해 특별한 울림을 만들어낸다”라며 이 작품에 극찬을 보냈다. 또한 [왕좌의 게임] 시리즈의 조지 R. R. 마틴은 “획기적이다. 과학적·철학적 사색, 정치와 역사, 음모론과 우주론이 독특한 조화를 이루고 있다”라고 하였고, 휴고·네뷸러·로커스상 수상자 데이비드 브린은 “최첨단 과학을 바탕으로 다채롭게 상상력을 자극한다. 류츠신은 어떤 언어로 읽어도 최고의 작품을 써냈다”라고 평했다.
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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But peace has also made humanity complacent. Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the start of the Trisolaran Crisis, and her presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?
As a trilogy, this has left me somewhat conflicted, so I'm going to attempt to break it down best I canTHE GOODThis is a fascinating dive into how interactions with aliens could go if they were less than friendly, leaning heavily into the concept of the dark forest - a kill or be killed mentality that permeates the universe. It takes you through the full timeline, from first contact to a human space age and draws wonderfully from scientific concepts and cultural exchanges across time, and how they may change with the incoming crisis that threatens everyone. When the crew of Gravity began studying the 4th dimension I got really invested, and the whole concept of weaponising physics was superbly executedTHE BADthe trilogy feels very disjointed and the books struggle with pacing on the whole. The first is the best in my opinion, but the goal to solve the three body problem kind of gets left completely at the wayside after the first book, and the first third of the second book really drags. By the end of the third it was getting so weird that it was straying into fantasy and the ending kind of fell a little flat for meTHE UGLYBy god, the sexism in this book is BAD. The first is fairly devoid of anything overt (probably why it was my favourite) but it gets pretty bad after that. The 'romance' in the second book was honestly gross, and the idea of dreaming up a fantasy woman (who is constantly idealised for being childlike 🤢🤢) was weird, but for the MC to then use his ultimate power to kidnap a random woman that fits the description? Gross. By the third book I was getting really sick of it, the idea that the female sword holder failed because she had 'too much love and maternal instinct' was bizzarre, quite why is was portrayed as a bad thing is beyond me. Couple this with mentions of her 'girlish instincts' and that she ultimately causes the destruction of the universe because she *checks notes* is too nice? The ending really fell flat for me because it really began to feel like a woman hating manifestoIf you can get past the rampant sexism, there is a good sci-fi book in here, but I won't be recommending this to my female friends, that's for sure