Description
Soon to be a Netflix Original Series!
An NPR Best Book of the Decade
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel
The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision. The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End Other Books
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up The Sky (forthcoming)
Author: Cixin Liu
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 11/11/2014
Series: Remembrance of Earth's Past #1
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780765377067
Award: John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Third Place
Award: Nebula Awards - Nominee
Award: Hugo Award - Winner
Award: Locus Awards - Nominee
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2014
Library Journal 10/15/2014 pg. 69
Booklist 10/15/2014 pg. 28
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014
About the Author
CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is avwinner of the Hugo Award, an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo), and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award.
KEN LIU (translator) is a writer, lawyer, and computer programmer. His short story "The Paper Menagerie" was the first work of fiction ever to sweep the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He has written two novels (The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms) and edited and translated the Chinese science fiction anthology Invisible Planets.