Fiction
Orphans of the Red Planet
by Liu Yang
Description
Jinteng, a mysterious high school with unusual ways of teaching, has been able to send unbelievable numbers of students to great universities. But behind its brilliant
achievements, the seeds of revolt are sprouting. While Jinteng is experiencing internal chaos, a number of strange events take place around the world -- a big truck flies to the air without any reason, countless mysterious stone tablets rise up from the earth. Humanity has to survive with a declining civilization. And now, a group of high school students become the last candle light for humanity...
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Reviews
We must pay attention to the promising new author Liu Yang. Orphans of the Red Planet has carried forward the valuable tradition of science fiction. It unveils the poetic side of science and the beauty of the universe.
-- Liu Cixin, author of The Three-Body Problem, winner of Hugo Award
I couldn’t stop when I read Orphans of the Red Planet. Solid technical details push
readers from ordinary exam papers to the edge of imagination.
-- Ken Liu, winner of Hugo and Nebula Awards
Author Biography
LIU YANG, a Ph.D. in physics, is currently teaching at the
Southern University of Science and Technology. He
has written and published over 600,000 characters,
most of them novellas and short stories. His stories
have been included in the Yearly Collection of the Best Chinese Sci-fi for 5 years consecutively.
China Education Publishing & Media Group
China Education Publishing & Media Group is the largest educational publishing enterprise in China. It specialises in publishing and distributing textbooks, periodicals, electronic audio and video products, digital publications, along with cinema and theatre chain, film and TV program production and investment, and in importing and exporting books, journals and educational instrument and equipment.
View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
- ISBN/Identifier 9787020146734
- Publication Country or regionChina
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Title火星孤儿
- Original Language Authors刘洋
