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Science fiction may seem like wild imagination, but it allows us to think about the present in more dimensions. "Reading science fiction can greatly broaden a person's scope of thinking."

is regarded as"A Milestone in Chinese Science Fiction Literature"The Three-Body Problem is undoubtedly the first choice for many people when reading science fiction novels.

It has been translated into 16 languages ​​and won 9 of the world's top science fiction awards.

For many people, "The Three-Body Problem" is not just a science fiction work, but also a street code on the Internet, and the first encounter and surprise between ordinary people and the universe in their ordinary days.

A netizen who has read "The Three-Body Problem" once said:

Reading The Three-Body Problem feels like,"While I was busy with my life, Liu suddenly patted me on the shoulder and told me to look up at the stars."

After reading "The Three-Body Problem", when you look up at the starry sky again, you will feel that the starry sky is different.

When looking up, we not only feel the romance of the universe, but also see the insignificance of human beings themselves.

The magnificent scenes and brain-burning science fiction settings in the book make people involuntarily think about where human civilization is going.

It also makes people wonder what the Three-Body World created by words looks like?

Liu Cixin once said, "Words are highly dependent on the reader's imagination, and imagination is dependent on the reader's past experience. But science fiction is precisely about breaking through the reader's real experience. I think every science fiction writer will encounter this contradiction, and so will I."

So, "The Three-Body Comics" came.

A creative team with zero internet celebrity status worked hard for six years and released the first part of "The Three-Body Comics".

All adaptations come with risks. There are a thousand Ye Wenjies in the minds of a thousand readers.

This kind of debate caused by caring has happened too many times in the creative team of "Three-Body Comics". But fortunately, the whole adaptation process has implemented a principle: to give full play to the advantages of comics, but more importantly, to be faithful to the original work.

The comic's main writer Kusami once said: "The team has always had a firm belief. That is, only true fans of the Three-Body Problem can adapt The Three-Body Problem well."

After these six years, Liu Cixin finally exclaimed after reading the book, "Compared with words, science fiction may be more suitable to be expressed in pictures. The appearance of the "Three-Body" comics makes up for this regret.！”

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Faithfully restore the original work and adapt it in a “textual research-style” way

Anyone who has read The Three-Body Problem knows that Liu Cixin's writing style is to create a full atmosphere with just a few words. He does not ramble on about a lot of details, but only vaguely points out the key points at key points.

But comics have to use pictures, details, settings, composition, and storyboards to present a sentence from the original work.

The Three-Body Problem is a documentary, so the comics must also be realistic. But fiction is easy to write, and realism is the most difficult.

So, how does The Three-Body Comics write about “reality”?

First, the actual scene

The story of the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" mainly takes place in Beijing, so the places that appear in the comics, such as Tsinghua staff dormitories, the Municipal Archives, the hospital where Wang Miao saw his eyes, and the church where he went after the collapse, were all drawn with reference to real buildings in Beijing.

"Three-Body Comics" Tongren Hospital

The actual Tongren Hospital

Including the Radio Astronomy Observation Center, an important story location in the book, which was also drawn after taking photos in Miyun District.

Miyun Radio Astronomy Observatory in the Three-Body Comics

The real Miyun Radio Astronomy Observatory

Secondly, referring to historical facts

Different civilizations from different eras appear in the game. Although it is a fictional game, from the perspective of the Trisolarans, they definitely plan based on human history. Therefore, the props, makeup, clothing, and architecture in the game are all based on the real situation in different periods and locations.

For example, the location where Wang Miao announced the correct answer was based on the Milan Cathedral.

Milan Cathedral in the Three-Body Comics

The real Milan Cathedral

Third, research on physical objects

The real world is easy to shoot, but the historical background is more difficult.

For example, when Ye Wenjie received the Three-Body signal, what did the computer she used look like?

The comics team started to research and believed that according to the technological level of our country at that time, imported equipment would definitely be used. Finally, they referred to the CDC6600, which was put into use in 1964. Until 1969, it was the fastest computer in the world and the most suitable computer for decoding.

Other scenes, such as Shen Yufei’s home, appear several times, and people with a good sense of direction may find that these scenes actually have graphic designs (the kind you see at real estate agencies) rather than being casually drawn.

It is this level of care that makes every page worth savoring. What readers get is not just a comic version of The Three-Body Problem, but also a masterpiece worth reading over and over again.

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The big scenes are restored word for word, a blockbuster experience on paper

Liu Cixin said, "Images are the natural carrier of science fiction. Imagination is not a source without water."

How can we present those scenes that have limited description in words to readers in a realistic and comprehensive way?

The only way is to "interpret word by word" + "restore the pictures". By comparing the comics with the original text, you can feel its restoration degree:

The Three-Body Problem

The human body floating in the air had its blood boiling in the vacuum, and its internal organs were vomited out, turning into a strange-shaped creature surrounded by a cloud of ice crystals formed by body fluids.

Due to the disappearance of the atmosphere, the sky has become dark. Everything that was sucked into the space from the Three-Body World reflects the sunlight, forming a brilliant nebula in the space. This nebula forms a huge vortex, flowing towards its final destination - the sun.

The presentation of "Three-Body Comics":

original:

"It's a computer queue!"

The four bronze tripods at the four corners of the pyramid burst into flames at the same time, and the soldiers standing on the sloped wall of the pyramid facing the square formation passed on the emperor's order with a grand chorus:

"Into a computer queue--"

On the ground below, the uniform color of the array began to become disturbed. A complex and sophisticated circuit structure emerged and gradually filled the entire array. Ten minutes later, a computer motherboard covering an area of ​​36 square kilometers appeared on the ground.

original:

The Pope, Galileo, Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci... The blue-green flames that enveloped them were transparent, and one could see their faces and bodies slowly deforming in the fire. They focused their gazes on Wang Miao, who had just emerged, and all maintained the same posture, raising their flaming arms toward the sky, and chanting in unison in a singing voice:

"Three days in the sky——"

Wang Miao looked up and saw three huge suns slowly rotating around an invisible origin in the sky.

Like a huge fan blowing the wind of death to the earth.

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Peking University Physics PhD Full Review
All key points and difficulties are illustrated

As a hard-core science fiction, "The Three-Body Problem" contains a large amount of physics and astronomy theories, which is not very friendly to general readers.

A considerable number of comic readers are primary and secondary school students, so the task of popularizing science must also be taken up.

Therefore, under the premise of ensuring rigor and correctness, the comics have simplified particularly profound theories and only explained the key settings clearly. Some things that are very complicated when written in words are directly presented in words as real objects, so readers can understand them at a glance!

For example, why does the Trisolaran Galaxy have three suns and why do they have an era of constant chaos?

If you read the comics, it is very easy to understand the concepts in the book at a glance.

Because the positions of the three suns and the planets are constantly changing, if there is only one sun near the planet, like our solar system, the day and night and the four seasons are very stable, which is the Constant Era. But if three suns are nearby, the people on the planet will be scorched; if the three suns are far away, everyone will turn into ice men.

Why is the distance so random? It's like three people fighting for a basketball. Who knows who will get it?

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Clear eye protection 16 large pages
Art-level "high-pixel" printing

The common comic book size is 32-page, but after proofing, the comic team found that 32-page is too cramped to show the large scenes of the Three-Body Problem. So after comparison, they chose a smaller 16-page format - which does not take up too much space and has enough display power.

In terms of paper selection, commonly used comic papers are generally coated paper, light paper, etc., but coated paper is too heavy and the reflectiveness is harmful to the eyes; light paper and ordinary offset paper cannot reproduce layered shapes and details.

In order to find the most suitable paper, the design team ordered more than a dozen kinds of paper, tested them on the machines in the printing factory, and compared them one by one. Finally, they found a kind of paper that can perfectly restore colors and protect everyone's eyes - high-grade high-white glue.

In terms of printing, the entire book adopts the high-screen method of art printing. If you look closely at the picture, you can find that the printing is very fine, just like the high pixels of a mobile phone, and even the floor tiles on the ground can be seen clearly.

The cover uses the ink value information of the file's flat screen to adjust to spot color, so as to restore the color value information in the file to the greatest extent, making it almost exactly the same as what you see on the screen.

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Exclusively authorized, official version, special gift for commemoration of launch

Having said so much, many friends must be concerned about whether it is authentic.

This set of "The Three-Body Comics" is the only authentic version in mainland China. It was authorized and supervised by Liu Cixin, who also wrote the preface for this comic book himself.

In addition to the 10 comics, the Three-Body Comics gift box also includes the "Earth's Past Archives Bag", which contains:

① Ghost Countdown Film

②The cover of the Astrophysical Journal where young Ye Wenjie published her paper

③ Appendix to the book "Red Bank Past" "Declassified Files"

④ Yang Dong’s suicide note

⑤ Ye Wenjie’s interrogation record

⑥Nano-centric sticky note showing address

⑦The diagram of the solution to the three-body problem found in Shen Yufei’s office.

Six years of polishing just because of passion

"The Three-Body Comics" is dedicated to those who also love "The Three-Body"!