The Three Body Problem: Death's End, by Cixin Liu, Book 3 of 3

[@TheOrbitalArray]

Thanks for listening, like & subscribe for other sci-fi series!

[@netyoons]

Trust me, the books is so far good and have the wow effect than the series

[@19otterman]

Just finished reading Deaths End mind-blowing.

[@vonraunheim]

To sum it up: That escalated quickly

[@chuckb.9507]

All of these chain of events of death and destruction was caused by a single woman responding to a transmission because she was upset about her situation and death of her father. Ffs

[@ahtionpatrice5765]

A bit like how eve is tempted by the serpent first and then deceit adam in turn.

[@NineOneOneFx]

Yeap! Might go down as the greatest Butterfly effect example of all time! 😂

[@MsThangz]

Yeah but why is that any less legit of a reason than anything else? It was going to happen eventually no matter what. Would it be better if it was because of an ambitious politician or a greedy billionaire with more grandiose reasons? One person upset at the injustice of political violence seems fitting to me.

[@efstratiosanagnostopoulos6636]

In the vastness of time, the same would have happened. Maybe a little later. Maybe by someone else. And we may not have been so lucky to have the Trisolarans pick up our signals, or maybe the Trisolarans would be much more advanced...

[@stedyedy23]

She annoyed me as well but if it wasn't her someone else would have eventually done the same, humans are curious

[@drawnhere]

Here because of the Netflix adaptation. I couldn't wait until the second and third books were adapted. I had to know what happened.😊

[@memeflixnchill]

Same here. Lol. Who knows if Netflix will renew it for the second season or cancel the series

[@monizakkour6466]

Me too, we are entangled lol, is it the complete book? Amazing job

[@Slingsandstones]

Same here!😅

[@jobturkey7418]

It’s such a good show. That’s crazy if they don’t renew

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

Same! I can’t wait 3 years for them to adapt the story completely! Plus I’m intrigued in what the original story tells!!

[@EllissDee4you4me]

This is maybe the best book I’ve ever read. And the ending was beautiful and so hopeful.

[@CCCoolati]

I liked this book… but Chen makes bad decision after bad decision and fails at every turn which was pretty grueling… it’s a very depressing story on many levels. The hardest part was when her boy triggers the death lines and they fast forward through time and she has to live out the rest of her days with a stranger and a genocidal robot that now wants to be their slave because everything is completely fucked and nothing really matters anymore.

[@bezideiko]

maybe this is reference to the real life, when you hardly get exactly the things that you want.

[@Kingbimmy]

Cheng Xin makes decisions based on what she thought was morally best for the greater good of humanity, but those choices aren’t always actually the best. That’s her whole character. She’s trying her best to be selfless, but to a point where it’s her downfall. The death lines being triggered and 18 million years passing broke my fucking heart. She was a good person who poorly executed decisions she had to make. :( I genuinely cried through the last like 8 or whatever pages 💔

[@nemosotillo]

Such is live.

[@maruf7956]

Women 🍵

[@Starrypaws64]

​@@maruf7956cheng xin was literally written as a male character until the editor of the book said that the trilogy needed a female protagonist for ✨️ diversity ✨️ points

[@gosnooky]

So many inaccuracies, I wonder if they actually read the book or had ChatGPT explain it all. 1) 4:15 The Staircase probe didn't fail because of a navigation error, it failed because one of the support cables snapped causing it to drift off course 2) 5:30 Blue Space and Bronze Age didn't flee the solar system because of failed expeditions. Bronze Age fled during the Doomsday battle, and Blue Space was one of 4 ships sent to capture and return Natural Selection which was hijacked before the Doomsday battle. 3) 8:15 Yun Tianming was not just a "figure from Cheng Xin's past", but the subject whose brain was sent in the Staircase probe. The fact the narration didn't connect these two dots leads me to believe this entire narration was AI generated.

[@louisuchihatm2556]

Agreed, those are pretty awful mistakes. Could be a different story at this point.

[@19otterman]

Just finished reading the trilogy and would agree. However it is an enjoyable summary.

[@robjohnston1433]

Gosh ... it's strange for Sci-Fi to have such a downbeat ending! Still ... VERY enjoyable and MUCH more thought provoking than 99% of other speculative fiction!!!

[@Mireneye]

When I read the last book I had a small hopeful smile on my face when the fish jumped to the other bowl at the end. I can only imagine that was the intention.

[@isaacchiang7543]

thank you for posting these series, it is the best summary videos I've ever seen about the trilogy. But I think it's still worth telling the story in more detail way because it is so profound and extensive. What's more the music is also great and appropriate.

[@TheOrbitalArray]

Thanks for your feedback

[@ugoeze7360]

Booooooo this video is literally ChatGPT reading the Wikipedia article.

[@sharongillesp]

@@ugoeze7360 So, you’re going to ignore the graphics and music selections that made it come alive??

[@ThanhTran-ji3fm]

​@@sharongillesp they are also AI generated

[@Crob3621]

This has really helped me recap the books to better understand after reading it… I highly recommend doing both to everyone!

[@ugoeze7360]

Booooooo this is literally ChatGPT reading the Wikipedia article.

[@irkurniadi]

Well, I can sleep peacefully now with this ending. Thank you!

[@hattorihonzo5804]

This was gooooood omg the ending was heart breaking but at the same time mind boggling. The cycle of universes life and death and a race that can destroy entire systems.

[@Nitrus17]

bloody hell that was sad at the end.

[@jxmai7687]

Ture, it was so sad when you were reading every word in the book slowly.

[@randomman1050]

@@jxmai7687 Life left as a mesage in a bottle, a fight yet to happen again. and again. and......

[@jackieclan815]

​@randomman1050 maybe they will learn from the events of the past

[@breadordecide]

@@jackieclan815not likely

[@jackieclan815]

@@breadordecide damn

[@mikkpunning5702]

One correction. Trisolaris and it's suns weren't "far away in a distant galaxy" It was in the same galaxy, and fairly close in that.

[@windupbirdpictures]

The book started well but just feel like Liu didn't quite know how to end it. Love the idea of 10 dimensions being the default state of the universe and the returners trying to get things back to default. The 2 dimensionalisation super weapon was terrifying. My least favourite from the series. There so much more from this that could be explored for sure.

[@NymeriaDT]

I watched your three-part breakdown and thank you so much for making it clear. I had dnf'ed the first book because it was such a slog to get through. I watched the Netflix series in one sitting which made it a lot clearer visually for me. But I had to know how it all ended and found your series. If the show makes it as clear and concise as you have explained it then it will be a hit. Thank you for this breakdown.

[@tanimal3964]

Wade was the hero mankind needed.

[@christinearmington]

All roads, all choices lead to death. 💀

[@taotzu1339]

It's not surprising that a white man saves the human race, again. LOL

[@MonaeJohnson]

He could've saved humanity so many times if they'd only listened to him.

[@Starrypaws64]

Mankind needed his bestial nature 🐺

[@raemontoney8658]

@@christinearmingtonand that is the very fact of the book. It’s not about saving us. It’s about if one of us survive, WE ALL do 🫶 this is why love was illuminated much was the signals in book 3. Circling back to the premise of book 1 and the trisolarans message. If love is present in the dark forest of our reality and universe we should explore and nurture that🤲 thus giving into the human ego that we see important even tho we are not. But to keep the reader we are watching humanity choose it’s cancellation with everything in its current big universe and the rebirth, a big bang if you will which is exactly the theory our signal senders father was beat to death over in communist china. Everything circles back. Everything every little story ♾️

[@Sun.Shine-]

Book 2 had the dark forest revelation 🤯 Book 3 had the weapon which eliminates dimension, hence 3D - 2D 🤯 And i thought gargatua & 6 dimensions in Interstellar were peak sci fi theories 💀

[@mattslade1633]

Excellent timing. Only found and subbed yesterday was wondering when this would be out and, bang! Top of feed straight in from work today. Thanks for doing these, the books were epic.

[@TheOrbitalArray]

Thanks for subbing!

[@DLNOT]

0:00 - 0:06 Imagine hearing this excerpt but is read in Werner Herzog's voice (A big dream will be to see Werner Herzog cast in an upcoming future season of 3 Body Problem series)

[@WebWeev]

Welp after a night of binging this is exactly where I expected it to end lol

[@taotzu1339]

This story reminds me of 2 stories I've read: 1) The Marvel Comics story line titled, Marvel Universe: The End (2003) and 2) Asimov's short story: The Last Question. Both are great stories.

[@ferjo3192]

Many of the ideas of the book went past my low IQ so I have to watch some explainers like this one, I still dont understand much of it but now I have better appreciation of the books which I read in a hurry because I have video games to play. Thank you, subscribed!

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

The series delves into many theoretical concepts in physics, so it's most likely an issue with your current understanding than it is your IQ.

[@lynahiacampbell8232]

This was fascinating 😮😮😮 but I’m terrified ! What if this really happens and people who think of these kind of stories is who we need to study !!

[@JamesAllenMcCuneOops]

Honestly the 3rd alien beings who sent the 2 dimensional bomb, sound like 2 dimensional beings, themselves. The way they "throw it" to the solar system sounds specific

[@TheSoy1313]

What an amazing books

[@stussymishka]

This was awesome. looks like it was created with AI but does a great job summarizing the story. Could have spent more time describing the dual vector foil destroying the solar system though that was the scariest part of the book imo.

[@CepheidMax]

Thank you for the summary. I was on the fence on whether to read the trilogy but now I won't touch it with a 10 feet pole. Such a mess!

[@NomNomRawr]

Ur a mess

[@lynahiacampbell8232]

Omg .. no ! Pls read

[@bakulitathagata]

Please also decode the 4th book, Redemption of time. Loved this

[@sampoole-fg1sl]

Beautifully told.

[@rowdyinxs7546]

Thanks for the video. Maybe turn down the background music, it's way to loud.

[@Akkadbakkad1]

Gave me goose bumps

[@rololop34]

Do the Expanse series next please. Especially after Book 6 where the prime series ends.

[@rayperezjr22]

2nd this!

[@tomking7039]

At 8:05 wouldn’t it have not been a faraway galaxy because the trisolarans were part of the centauri system.

[@adityajoshi185]

Dammm the series was epic but make it longer and cover everything the summary of the book includes

[@astridfariasm.7859]

Thank you!!!

[@adityajoshi185]

Now do the all tomorrows if u can just manage to get AI prints of the weirdness of the book

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

ai prints?

[@moreisallyouneed4175]

I have yet to read this series - but I find the concept so interesting - this kind of story telling reminds me of Asminov and Foundation except more dark and nightmare inducing haha

[@likefire1617]

More like Clark's' childhoods end'

[@moreisallyouneed4175]

@@likefire1617 I haven't read that. Putting it on the list. Isaac C. Clark right?

[@andylane3739]

​@@moreisallyouneed4175Arthur C Clark.

[@raydavison4288]

Arthur C. Clark.

[@raydavison4288]

It's definitely worth reading.

[@monzera_game]

It could be hard to adapt this part to a show as the main characters just go hibernate and wake up constantly. Netflix might change it up alot but i hope it come out fine

[@frocurl]

The woman makes horrible choices compared to lu-oG

[@windupbirdpictures]

Yh when she was woken from hyper sleep to make yet another horrible choice. They were all killed as a result if I recall. And she just went on about her life.

[@frocurl]

@@windupbirdpictures exactly in the book luogi even acknowledges her massive mistake of hiding light speed technology but yet she hypocritically is the sole ship that successfully escapes the 2d attack and then gets to live in her own dimension with her man and robot sufon or whatever. She really sours the entire book for me. It should of been luogi who left her and AZ or wutevers butts on Pluto

[@christinearmington]

But Luo ji was accused of mundicide having destroyed an unexplored solar system as his contribution to the Wall Facer program. Ultimately, whether the choices are from love or aggression, the lighthouse drawing all closer is death. 💀

[@Kingbimmy]

@@frocurlyeah but she didn’t know the ship had light speed until Lou Ji told her and AA. And it wasn’t her man, “her man” is supposed to be Yun Tianming. She ended up with Yifan, who AA had immediately developed a crush on 😭 they got swapped

[@MrEliasQueiroga]

Luo Ji was the only good character in these final books and moments. Cheng Xi was so out of place and I could not care less about her story.

[@Bughit69]

The music at the end is too loud

[@klaymoon1]

The series should have ended with book #2.

[@MrEliasQueiroga]

Yes, book 3 is only good the parts which the ships send the grav wave. The whole Cheng Xin and Yun Tianming arc is terrible, as well as the fairty tale part and everything else after the trissolaran destruction.

[@Mireneye]

This is so interesting. I felt like book #2 was struggling and it was only until after book #3 where it recontextualized it and you get some of the payoffs and storylines that come together that I could appreciate book 2 more. And I love book 3 exactly for that. But also because some or the imagery felt dreamy/nightmarish even poetry like.

[@davekerzner]

This is almost verbatim what's on wikipedia. So, was this video copied there or the other way around? Either way it was enjoyable... except was hoping to get more details especially about the end. 18 million years pass? What's a pocket universe? How do you dismantle one?

[@MonaeJohnson]

Honestly they didn't discuss in details what happens during the 18 millons years. It goes by so fast. To get every detail I recommend reading the book. That's the best you'd do.

[@MohitSingh-kk4fr]

I am not one of those ungrateful viewers who won't subscribe 😅 and like thank you so much for this

[@rickjames5998]

why was Cheng Xin allowed to hibernate if the "stair case" project like failed, basically. Like what purpose does she have for future people?

[@MrEliasQueiroga]

Basically plot armor, but the excuse of the books is that she is only FIA agent who understands how the staircase project work entirely, so if somehow it became a topic on the future, then she could be reanimated. But she is reanimated because of other reasons and end up fuxkin everything being elected the swordholder

[@Haydenthemaker1000]

Amazing vid

[@Kaister007]

This is an exact summary from Wikipedia Summary of the Death's end...

[@genesis14000]

You deserve a subscribe!

[@Antiposmoderno]

It's a very dark view of life.

[@jfkst1]

Like my Chinese friend says, it's an extremely Chinese outlook on existence.

[@marijkevissers8023]

The books are great, the first one so amazing, than the 2e, mindblowing, and the 3e, not good but supergood, the end gives a twist that only in Hindu filosofie was once told and written! Well done mr. L👍

[@zhenyab7142]

I immediately loved the story when i heard there's actual books about it. But in staircase that is not how nuclear pulse propulsion works, I wonder if the auther never heard that there is real nuclear pulse propulsion and it doesn't work like that

[@jamesday1295]

Why doesn't it? Because there is another method of nuclear pulse propulsion like project orion. I think the author is more than aware, and you are taking a single proposition as the only proposition.

[@shaddouida3447]

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[@lynahiacampbell8232]

I need to read these books

[@chartingwithliv]

POV you’ve binged the Netflix adaptation, then watched every video on the books and have now reached the end 😂

[@jStomperr69]

Okay so based on books what happen with humanity and triaolaris at the end?

[@SushmaVivek-xq4nv]

Ring-a-ring-a-rosies A pocket full of posies A tissue, a tissue We all fall down

[@youtubehandol]

but the terrarium will irrevocably end up in a star, not a planet...

[@YkevanLeeuwen]

the background audio is so loud, cannot hear what is being said

[@davidcottrell1308]

..it continues to go in a slightly different direction.....this is the MO of the author...always changing direction....it does feel like a bit of a trope by the end of the books....still, it is a good read...maybe not great...but certainly very good.

[@JakobDam]

AI used to make a recap, which has a lot of inaccuracies and downright mistakes as a result. AI used to make speech/readin. AI used to generate images. Monetizing this should not be possible - it will only encourage others to make this type of low-effort and misleading content.

[@lynahiacampbell8232]

Do y’all ever think how far space goes ? And isn’t it weird that there is a way to freeze your body ! It’s pricey but there is a way with the hopes that in hundreds of years our science will be that advanced that we won’t die ! Isn’t that crazy to y’all 😢! I’m scared but I totally would do it if it means there’s a possibility that I could b awaken in future

[@joshin436]

So if they're going back to the main universe, that's mean they chose death?

[@JustMoviePlots]

As a trisolaran , I invite you to join us.

[@advaitc2554]

For me the background music is too loud and distracting.

[@advaitc2554]

Other than the background music loudness, a very nice video. Thanks.

[@shroomdark4383]

I’m getting ads every 30 seconds wtf KZbin

[@sharongillesp]

Thanks for the excellent summary. Greatest video - ever! However, I’ve decided not to invest time waiting for Netflix’s adaptation and not to purchase any of the audiobooks. It’s like the story is a universal waste of time, resources and lives. There was no “trading “ of ideas” between planets - just the SAMO SAMO: war and destruction. As though we’re doomed to live dystopian lives/deaths. If I were extraterrestrial - I’d stay as far from Earth as possible.

[@davids2cents594]

glad i watched this now i will not need to watch if they do more seasons. its all a waist of time in the end lots of people are going to think wtf i just waisted my time on the show where everything just ends

[@FriarHavs]

THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD!!!!!!!!

[@Tulenoslav]

The generic music is so loud I barely hear the narrator

[@ngockhanh2467]

If you okayed the Halo series. Very similar indeed

[@ugoeze7360]

Booooooo this is literally ChatGPT reading the Wikipedia article.

[@omslaw8258]

I could guess those aliens are humans too.

[@SushmaVivek-xq4nv]

First 2 books were good... 3rd seemed in haste

[@neotheseattledj]

This is the worst book of the series. The protagonist is a terrible person that has no real character arc and doesn't grow to learn any lessons. Everything she is able to do in the book is because people keep giving her valuable gifts and important jobs that she immediately screws up with. everyone insists she is a good person but she lets aliens take over earth her first 15minutes on the job and later on gets 99% of humanity killed before running to a safe space at the end of the universe where she ponders responsibility while robot servants take care of her until the end of time.

[@_Purple_Light]

What the fuck just happened? It started with preparation against threat from an alien civilisation and it ended with what, moral universal code dilemma ?

[@likefire1617]

🔥

[@thejecs8]

I guess death is the only certain about life.

[@genevievebe303]

Man, that music is sure loud..

[@winwinmilieudefensie7757]

The music is anoying and too loud overbearing

[@Jjbird17]

Ok cool well we slept for 18 million years so we will get rid of this pocket universe in 40 years

[@summerwatson3416]

This is all AI generated right?

[@flmak218]

depressing end

[@Moeflyer6213]

Hard time creates strong man, strong man creates good time, good time creates weak man, weak man creates hard time.

[@TheOrbitalArray]

All of these have happened before and will happen again. Bonus point if you know where that is from :D

[@Moeflyer6213]

@@TheOrbitalArray The title from a book written by Stefan Aarnio. And "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" also is the gist of that novel. That proverb is come from Henry G. Bohn's A Handbook of Proverbs.

[@Mekazoic]

​@@Moeflyer6213is seeking a hard man for good times

[@pspjerry]

Well.....Good luck netflix

[@lynahiacampbell8232]

Ok so book 3 is exactly like the Netflix story 🙌🏼

[@ForageGardener]

Its pronounce tsi-shin not sixin 😂

[@ForageGardener]

Or see-shin is another easy pronunciation.

[@Kneedeepinstock]

Yikes! That writer really wrote himself into a 10 dimensional corner. 😅 almost as bad as the ending of Dune.

[@NomNomRawr]

U lack imagination

[@abraham3115]

Is it all the explaination comes from wikipedia? 😂😂😂😂

[@abdelhakyac7285]

Morale of this sci-fi story.... universe blacked out because of Karl Marx

[@georgeburns7251]

So glad I didn’t waste my time reading the last book. Seems like crap.

[@Legola87]

so many errors .. lol

[@Kingbimmy]

Where? I just finished the book, and I didn’t notice errors 😰 (I’m genuinely asking, not saying you’re wrong, I want to notice them if they’re there)

[@harisablay7020]

I'm just confused. Is the Gravity ship an enemy ship? or an earth based ship. And how did they went to that certain planet?@@Kingbimmy

[@nercoG]

🤢

[@asant90]

Story has no character development and its all convoluted plus bad pace. The writer went off to ridiculous sci fi levels with this one but didn’t end up well

[@thesimp-son]

Lol and that makes it perfect for me, it's a story of humanity as a whole. It's pace is excellent started slow and ended at the end of time. It's selfishness that will end humanity. That is perfectly captured in the book. I believe it is intentional that the book isn't about just one person like you.

[@jxmai7687]

It could be fun if someone else rewrite the last book in different version.

[@randomman1050]

@@jxmai7687 The acceptance of man that it must succumb to the innevitable not sitting well with you then.

[@Kingbimmy]

Through all three books, most characters seemed to fall a little flat, but I feel like the main emphasis wasn’t on them, it was on the idea of all this crazy Dark Forest horror that existed, and led to the destruction of everything. It mirrors how destructive humanity is, to everything, including itself!

[@thekienlam7426]

Cheap copycat of the manhwa warrior

[@ATOMICO7]

Another meaningless story 😂 without proper plot and a proper ending. Are we trying to learn ascetism, science and entertainment together? Load of weird dilemma. Author should see a psychiatrist and touch some green grass. He should do some yoga to keep himself away from depression😂

[@santasa8888]

Music is too loud !!!