The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu, Ken Liu

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Book cover for The Three-Body Problem
Book cover for The Three-Body Problem
Book cover for The Three-Body Problem
Book cover for The Three-Body Problem
Book cover for The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu, Ken Liu

Description

Soon to be a Netflix Original Series!

"War of the Worlds for the 21st century." - Wall Street Journal

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

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.

Critical Reviews

Praise for the Three-Body Problem series:

"Wildly imaginative."--President Barack Obama

"A mind-bending epic."--The New York Times

"Absolutely mind-unfolding. . . . a science-fiction epic of the most profound kind."--NPR

"A breakthrough book . . . a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology."--George R. R. Martin

"Liu Cixin's writing evokes the thrill of exploration and the beauty of scale. . . . Extraordinary."--The New Yorker

"[Liu turns] technically complex and existentially dreadful ideas into books that are impossible to put down."--GQ

"A fascinating novel of ideas."-TIME

"The best kind of science fiction, familiar but strange all at the same time."--Kim Stanley Robinson

"Remarkable, revelatory, and not to be missed."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Fans of hard SF will revel in this intricate and imaginative novel."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"War of the Worlds for the 21st century."--Wall Street Journal

"Liu's picture of humanity's place in the cosmos is among the biggest, boldest and most disturbing we've seen."--Los Angeles Times

"Provocative."--Slate

"A gripping and haunting sci-fi mystery."--Cosmopolitan

"A must-read in any language."--Booklist

Publishing Information

Publisher: Tor Books
Pub date: 2016-01-12
Length: 416 pages
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