New to 3 Body Problem? Here’s what you need to know about the Netflix's blockbuster show
Aliens, cross-galactic conspiracies, evil cults and high-tech virtual realtiy headsets: the world of The Three-Body Problem – the book which has been adapted into glossy new Netflix show 3 Body Problem – can seem intimidating for the uninitiated.
Originally written by Chinese author Cixin Liu and published in 2008 (the English translation came later, in 2014), the big budget sci-fi show lands on the streamer in March starring Benedict Wong, Liam Cunningham and John Bradley.
It has a difficult job on its hands. The source material is infamously knotty, featuring complicated theoretical physics (like the three-body problem of the title, in fact) and multiple timelines, which can make reading it a
