Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, Cixin Liu’s breakthrough Science fiction novel, The Three Body Problem, tells the story of a secret military project sending signals into space to establish contact with aliens and the alien civilization that receives the signal and plans to invade Earth.

The English translation of The Three Body Problem won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel and sold at least 8 million copies. The book has been praised by public figures like Mark Zuckerberg and then-President Barack Obama.

Now, it is being adapted into a series by Netflix If you want to watch the new show, but don’t subscribe to Netflix, you can borrow a Roku streaming device and use our subscription or, better yet, read the book!