Fiction

The Three-Body Problem

by Liu Cixin

Description

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.

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Endorsements

First translated novel to win a Hugo Award, one of the most prestigious SF&F awards, Death's End, the third book of the trilogy, nominated by Hugo again in 2017

A finalist for the Nebula Award, making it the first translated novel to be nominated for a major SF award since Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities in 1976.

Winner of Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society

Winner of Locus Award, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, KurdLaßwitz Preis, Ignotus Award and Kelvin 505 Award.

More than 3.1 million foreign language copies sold since its initial publication. · In September 2020, Netflix officially announced that it would adapt The Three-Body Problem into TV series

Author Biography

Liu Cixin is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is the first Asian writer to win a Hugo Award, a nine-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Xingyun Award (Chinese Nebula). Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan, Shanxi.

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.

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Publication Date January 2008
Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
ISBN/Identifier 9780765377067
Publication Country or regionChina
FormatPaperback
Pages302
ReadershipGeneral
Publish StatusPublished
Original Language Title三体问题
Original Language Authors刘慈欣
SeriesThree-Body Trilogy
Series Part1