New Releases by Liu Cixin

Den mörka skogen – Uppföljaren till Trekropparsproblemet Universum är en mörk skog där varje civilisation jagar i tystnad – och den som avslöjar sin plats riskerar utplåning. Jorden har gjort just det. Nu är något på väg. En djärv, idédriven sci-fi-thriller om överlevnad, kosmisk skräck och mänsklighetens plats i universum. Av Liu Cixin, författaren till den prisbelönta Trekropparsproblemet.

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem series—now a Netflix Original series—A View from the Stars is a new collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces. A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu''s prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu''s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years. “A vital collection. . . . down-to-earth, but unafraid to ask big questions.”—Publishers Weekly The Three-Body Problem Series The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death''s End Other Books by Cixin Liu Ball Lightning Supernova Era To Hold Up the Sky The Wandering Earth A View from the Stars At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Porte-étendard incontesté de la science-fiction chinoise, Liu Cixin apparaît dans ses textes courts (nouvelles et novellas) comme un maître de la dramaturgie cosmique en même temps qu’un écrivain profondément humaniste. Qu’il mette en scène l''invention d''une matière néosolide qui permet de creuser la Terre de part en part, une petite fille qui n''aime rien tant que les bulles de savon et fera de sa passion le salut de l''humanité, ou un alpiniste qui gravit des montagnes d''eau à la nage, l’auteur de la trilogie du "Problème à trois corps" poursuit en autant de formes brèves la réflexion mélancolique sur le sens de la vie et l’avenir de l’humanité qui caractérisent tous ses romans.

The fourth in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press Ever since she was a child, Yuanyuan always dreamed of blowing big bubbles. But her father worries about her fascination—he wants Yuanyuan to be as responsible and devoted to a calling as her mother was. As an adult, Yuanyuan creates a multimillion-dollar business out of the technology she developed for her doctoral thesis. But she still dreams of blowing the biggest bubble she can. When his daughter uses her high-tech methods to blow a bubble big enough to envelop a city, Yuanyuan’s father thinks back to the dreams he and Yuanyuan’s mother chased when they were young. In the end, Yuanyuan’s bubbles bring her father’s dreams to life. The fourth of sixteen new graphic novels from Liu Cixin and Talos Press, Yuanyuan''s Bubbles is an epic tale of the future that all science fiction fans will enjoy.

From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth is a science fiction short story collection featuring the title tale--the basis for the blockbuster international film, now streaming on Netflix. These ten stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu''s fiction takes the reader to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu''s stories show humanity''s attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The third in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press In the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition, a man dedicates his life to igniting a passion for science and culture in children’s hearts. As his life draws to an end, he uses his dying breaths to impart knowledge on others. Fifty thousand lightyears away, in the depths of outer space, an interstellar war that has lasted for twenty thousand years draws to an end. In order to preserve the Milky Way’s many civilizations, the victor begins to exterminate lower-level life forms. When they reach Earth, they pose a test. The eighteen children deep in the mountains use the last lesson their teacher taught them to shine bright the hope of civilization… The third of sixteen new graphic novels from Liu Cixin and Talos Press, The Village Teacher is an epic tale that all science fiction fans will enjoy.

Cixin Liu is one of the most important voices in world science fiction. A bestseller in China, his novel, The Three-Body Problem, was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Liu''s writing takes the reader to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu''s stories show humanity''s attempts to reason, navigate and, above all, survive in a desolate cosmos. Praise for Cixin Liu: ''Your next favourite sci-fi novel'' Wired ''Immense'' Barack Obama ''Unique'' George R.R. Martin ''SF in the grand style'' Guardian ''Mind-altering and immersive'' Daily Mail ''A milestone in Chinese science-fiction'' New York Times ''China''s answer to Arthur C. Clarke'' New Yorker Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel

From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physicas to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself. Written between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction''s most visionary writers. Experience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu''s writing and imagination in this stunning collection. Stories included are: Contraction Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming The Village Teacher Fire in the Earth Time Migration Ode to joy Cloud of Poems Mirror Sea of Dreams Cloud of Poems The Thinker At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Dans un futur proche, le Soleil se transforme progressivement en géante rouge. La Terre se meurt. Pour contrer cette extinction programmée, les Nations se regroupent pour mettre en branle un projet d''une ambition folle : transformer la planète bleue en un vaisseau spatial à part entière... Novella écrite en 2000, Terre errante manifeste déjà tout le talent et l''imagination de Liu Cixin. L''adaptation cinématographique (2019), disponible sur Netflix, a été l''un des plus gros succès au box-office mondial.

''Like Ursula K. Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age'' NPR ''Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel'' WIRED Eight years ago and eight light years away, a supermassive star died. Tonight, a supernova tsunami of high energy will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as a new star blooms in the heavens and within a year everyone over the age of thirteen will be dead, their chromosomes irreversibly damaged. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge they''ll need to keep the world running. But the last generation may not want to carry the legacy of their parents'' world. And though they imagine a better, brighter future, they may not be able to escape humanity''s dark instincts...

„A hard sci-fi egyedi mixe: összeesküvés-elmélet és kozmológia, természettudomány és villámgyors akció.” (George R. R. Martin) 1967-ben, a maoista kulturális forradalom alatt egy fiatal egyetemista lánynak, Ye Wenjiének végig kell néznie, ahogy a vörösgárdisták halálra verik édesapját, a köztiszteletben álló tudóst. Ez a trauma nemcsak Ye Wenjie életét terelte gyökeresen eltérő irányba, hanem az egész emberiség sorsát is megváltoztatta. Negyven évvel később a pekingi rendőrség felkeresi Wang Miaot, a nanokutatással foglalkozó mérnököt, hogy férkőzzön be egy tudósok alkotta, titkos társaságba, és szolgáltasson nekik értesüléseket. Ezekben a hetekben Kína-szerte több híres tudós lett öngyilkos, nem lehet tudni, miért. Wangot a nyomozás egy rejtélyes online számítógépes játékhoz vezeti el, és amikor játszani kezd, belemerül egy virtuális világba, ahol három, szabálytalan időközönként felkelő és lenyugvó nap határozza meg az élet kereteit. A három nap rapszodikus viselkedésének feltérképezése jelenti a háromtest-problémát, és ez a probléma a végső kulcs a halálesetek felderítéséhez is. Wang, ahogy előrehalad a játékban, rádöbben, fényéveken átívelő összeesküvés részévé vált, és az emberiségnek hamarosan a legsúlyosabb fenyegetéssel kell szembenéznie. Hogyan kerülheti el a Föld teljes lakossága a kipusztulást? Cixin Liu Hugo-díjas és kilencszeres Galaxy-díjas szerző, 1963-ban született Yangquanban. Első novelláskötete 1998-ban, első regénye 2002-ben látott napvilágot. Negyedik, ötödik és hatodik regénye együtt adja ki a Háromtest-trilógiá-t, amely az egész világon nagy sikert aratott. Mielőtt főállású író lett, mérnökként és számítástechnikusként dolgozott. A trilógia első könyvéből készülő kínai filmet 2017-ben mutatják be. „Szerintem van élet a földön kívül, csak azért nem találtuk még nyomát, mert nem szántunk rá elég időt, vagy technikailag nem elég fejlett módszerrel kutatunk. Persze egyéb lehetőségek sem kizártak – A Háromtest-problémában felvázoltam a legijesztőbb, legborzalmasabb lehetőséget.” (Cixin Liu)

Lorsque les parents de Chen sont incinérés devant ses yeux, le soir de son quatorzième anniversaire, par l’explosion d’une foudre en boule, il jure de consacrer sa vie à l’élucidation de ce phénomène naturel resté mystérieux pour la science. Sa quête le mènera au sommet de montagnes battues par la tempête, dans des laboratoires militaires d’armes expérimentales et dans une station scientifique soviétique désaffectée en pleine Sibérie. Il comprend bientôt que la foudre en boule constitue la manifestation d’un plan de réalité encore inconnu jusqu’ici. Cette découverte sera peut-être la clé permettant de comprendre l’une des caractéristiques les plus singulières de la foudre en boule : sa sélectivité. Elle est en effet capable d’incinérer une personne à l’intérieur de ses vêtements en laissant ceux-ci intacts. Si l’homme apprend à diriger cette sélectivité, il détiendra l’arme ultime. Comme dans la trilogie du Problème à trois corps, Liu Cixin excelle à donner une forme romanesque aux concepts les plus abscons de la physique. Foudre en boule est un page-turner d’exception.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Three-Body Trilogy, Cixin Liu''s Ball Lightning is the story of what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against the drive to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences. When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier. While Chen’s quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge. "Wildly imaginative."—Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy Tor books by Cixin Liu The Three-Body Problem Series #1 The Three-Body Problem #2 The Dark Forest #3 Death''s End At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Nella Cina della Rivoluzione culturale, un progetto militare segreto invia segnali nello spazio cercando di contattare intelligenze aliene. E ci riesce: il messaggio viene captato però dal pianeta sbagliato, Trisolaris, l''unico superstite di un sistema orbitante attorno a tre soli, dominato da forze gravitazionali caotiche e imprevedibili, che hanno già arso undici mondi. È quello che i fisici chiamano "problema dei tre corpi", e i trisolariani sanno che anche il loro destino, prima o poi, sarà di sprofondare nella superficie rovente di uno dei soli. A meno di non trovare una nuova casa. Un pianeta abitabile, proprio come il nostro. Trisolaris pianifica quindi un''invasione della Terra. Sul Pianeta azzurro, nel frattempo, l''umanità si divide: come accogliere i visitatori dallo spazio? Combattere gli invasori o aiutarli a far piazza pulita di un mondo irrimediabilmente corrotto?

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”—Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”—GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”—NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”—The Washington Post The Three-Body Problem Series eBook bundle contains all three volumes of the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series—The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death''s End—by China''s most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. A secret military group sends signals into space in hopes of establishing contact with aliens—and succeeds. Picking up their signal is an alien civilization on the brink of destruction who now readies to invade Earth. News of the coming invasion divides humanity like never before. Some want to help the superior beings take over a world they see as corrupt. Others prepare to fight the invasion at all cost. The Three Body Problem trilogy is a ground-breaking saga of enormous scope and vision. The Three-Body Problem Series The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death''s End Other Books by Cixin Liu Ball Lightning Supernova Era To Hold Up the Sky The Wandering Earth A View from the Stars At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

En pleine Révolution culturelle, le pouvoir chinois construit la base militaire secrète de Côte Rouge, destinée à développer une arme de grand calibre. Ye Wenjie, une jeune astrophysicienne en cours de “rééducation”, intègre l’équipe de recherche. Dans ce lieu isolé où elle croit devoir passer le restant de sa vie, elle est amenée à travailler sur un système de télétransmissions dirigé vers l’espace et découvre peu à peu la véritable mission de Côte Rouge... Trente-huit ans plus tard, alors qu’une étrange vague de suicides frappe la communauté scientifique internationale, l’éminent chercheur en nanotechnologies Wang Miao est témoin de phénomènes paranormaux qui bouleversent ses convictions d’homme rationnel. Parmi eux, une inexplicable suite de nombres qui défile sur sa rétine, tel un angoissant compte à rebours... Hugo 2015 du meilleur roman, «Le Problème à trois corps» est le premier volume d’une trilogie culte d’une ambition folle.

Mutually assured destruction has led to decades of peace between humanity and the Trisolarans, but a new force is awakening and this delicate balance can no longer hold... Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent. Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early twenty-first century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle? Death''s End is the New York Times bestselling conclusion to Cixin Liu''s tour-de-force series that began with The Three-Body Problem. "The War of the Worlds for the twenty-first century . . . Packed with a sense of wonder." --The Wall Street Journal "A meditation on technology, progress, morality, extinction, and knowledge that doubles as a cosmos- in-the-balance thriller." --NPR The Remembrance of Earth''s Past Trilogy The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death''s End Other Books Ball Lightning (forthcoming)

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death''s End comes a story about unborn memories. With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking listeners got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China''s most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. The Weight of Memories is a Tor.com Original story. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Time is running out for humanity in The Dark Forest, the stunning sequel to Cixin Liu''s award-winning and bestselling masterpiece, The Three-Body Problem. Earth is still reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion. The aliens'' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth''s defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four people enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he''s the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead. The Dark Forest continues Cixin Liu''s ground-breaking saga of incredible scope and vision. "The War of the Worlds for the twenty-first century . . . Packed with a sense of wonder." --The Wall Street Journal "A meditation on technology, progress, morality, extinction, and knowledge that doubles as a cosmos- in-the-balance thriller." --NPR The Remembrance of Earth''s Past Trilogy The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death''s End Other Books Ball Lightning (forthcoming)

Experience Cixin Liu''s award-winning and bestselling masterpiece, The Three Body Problem. A secret military group sends signals into space in hopes of establishing contact with aliens--and succeeds. Picking up their signal is an alien civilization on the brink of destruction who now readies to invade Earth. News of the coming invasion divides humanity like never before. Some want to help the superior beings take over a world they see as corrupt. Others prepare to fight the invasion at all cost. The Three Body Problem begins a ground-breaking saga of enormous scope and vision. "The War of the Worlds for the twenty-first century . . . Packed with a sense of wonder." --The Wall Street Journal The Remembrance of Earth''s Past Trilogy The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death''s End Other Books Ball Lightning (forthcoming)

Deaths End is book 3 of 3 of the phenomenal science fiction The Three-body Problem trilogy (also known as Remembrance of Earths Past) by China''s top sci-fi novelist Liu Cixin. An alien civilization of a dying planet is about to take over the earth. How would humans evaluate this civilization? Should they take them as foe or friend? Cixin Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Nebula Award. The trilogy has been translated into English, titled The Three-body Problem, by Ken Liu (book 1 and 3, ) the sci-fi writer who swept the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy Awards and Joel Martinsen (book 2). Professor Derwei Wang touted The Three Body Problem as the top pick of the Chinese sci-fi genre. Liu is acclaimed to be the Jin Yong (the number one Kung Fu novelist) of Chinese sci-fi. The English titles of the trilogy are: The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and "Death''s End." "The Three-Body Problem" has won Best Novel of the 2015 Hugo, the top honor of the Sci-fi genre. The English version of the novel is topping the Amazon bestselling list.

A doua parte din trilogia Amintiri din trecutul Terrei. „A doua parte a trilogiei e mult mai întunecată și introspectivă decât Problema celor trei corpuri și ne duce mai aproape de un final cu totul imprevizibil.“ Tor.com Imaginează-ți că universul ar fi o pădure plină de prădători necunoscuți, în care să te ascunzi înseamnă să supraviețuiești. Pământul a ieșit însă din ascunzătoare, iar prădătorii au pornit deja spre el. Socotind în ani-lumină, vor ajunge în patru secole. Dar agenții și sabotorii lor extradimensionali au sosit deja. Și numai mintea umană poate rămâne imună la influența lor. Ultima redută a apărării Terrei este Proiectul Celor cu Fața la Zid, condus de patru persoane care au puterea să ia decizii strategice, ce le sunt ascunse pământenilor și extratereștrilor deopotrivă. Trei dintre aceste persoane sunt oameni de stat și savanți influenți, dar a patra este total necunoscută. Luo Ji, un astronom chinez lipsit de ambiții, știe doar că e singurul pe care Trisolaris încearcă să-l omoare. De ce? „Cel mai bun fel de science-fiction!” Kim Stanley Robinson „Uimitoare ca forță creativă, cu idei care te înfioară, purtându-te prin cuvinte până la capătul timpului și al spațiului, romanele lui Liu Cixin reprezintă, probabil, cea mai grandioasă epopee spațială scrisă până acum. Tragică, profundă, poetică și caleidoscopică, trilogia AMINTIRI DIN TRECUTUL TERREI este una dintre acele opere complete care te bântuie multă vreme după ce îi citești ultima pagină.“ MARIAN COMAN, redactor-șef ARMADA

Prima parte din seria Amintiri din trecutul Terrei. Sursa de inspirație a serialului Netflix. Câștigător al premiilor Hugo, Yinhe, Kurd-Laßwitz & Ignotus Finalist al Nebula, Locus, Prometheus, John W. Campbell & Grand Prix de lʼImaginaire Revoluția Culturală aproape a luat sfârșit, iar armata chineză demarează un proiect pentru a trimite semnale în spațiu și a stabili contactul cu extratereștrii. O civilizație aflată la ani-lumină distanță și care e pe cale de dispariție primește semnalul și plănuiește să invadeze Pământul. Populația Terrei se împarte atunci în două tabere: una pregătită să primească ființele superioare ca să preia controlul asupra societății noastre corupte, iar cealaltă, gata să lupte din toate puterile împotriva invaziei. În centrul acțiunii se află Wenjie, fiica unui fizician ucis în timpul Revoluției pentru ideile lui despre relativitate, considerate „reacționare“ de către comuniști, și Miao, un cercetător în domeniul nanomaterialelor care petrece mult timp în realitatea virtuală numită Trei Corpuri, un joc metafizic care își îndoctrinează utilizatorii. „O imaginație incredibilă, cu adevărat interesantă!“ Barack Obama „Uimitoare ca forță creativă, cu idei care te înfioară, purtându-te prin cuvinte până la capătul timpului și al spațiului, romanele lui Liu Cixin reprezintă, probabil, cea mai grandioasă epopee spațială scrisă până acum. Tragică, profundă, poetică și caleidoscopică, trilogia AMINTIRI DIN TRECUTUL TERREI este una dintre acele opere complete care te bântuie multă vreme după ce îi citești ultima pagină.“ Marian Coman, redactor-șef Armada

Sfârșitul trilogiei Amintiri din trecutul Terrei. „O carte-eveniment! Un amestec unic de speculație filosofică și științifică, de politică și istorie, de teoria conspirației și cosmologie.“ George R.R. Martin Spaima anihilării reciproce a dus la decenii de pace între pământeni și trisolarieni, dar o nouă forță pune în pericol fragilul echilibru al acestei lumi. Știința umană avansează considerabil datorită infuziei de cunoștințe ale trisolarienilor, iar aceștia împrumută tot mai multe din cultura pământeană. Cele două civilizații coexistă pașnic, dar umanitatea se complace în siguranța oferită de conviețuire. Cheng Xin, un inginer aerospațial din secolul al XX-lea, se trezește din hibernare în această nouă epocă. Ea își amintește de un program de mult uitat, creat la începutul Crizei Trisolariene, care acum poate destabiliza ambele civilizații. Va călători omenirea spre stele sau va muri în leagănul ei? „Războiul lumilor pentru secolul al XXI-lea. Ce surprize îți rezervă fiecare pagină!“ The Wall Street Journal „O meditație asupra tehnologiei, progresului, moralității, extincției și cunoașterii, care însoțește un thriller al universului în echilibru.“ NPR „Uimitoare ca forță creativă, cu idei care te înfioară, purtându-te prin cuvinte până la capătul timpului și al spațiului, romanele lui Liu Cixin reprezintă, probabil, cea mai grandioasă epopee spațială scrisă până acum. Tragică, profundă, poetică și caleidoscopică, trilogia AMINTIRI DIN TRECUTUL TERREI este una dintre acele opere complete care te bântuie multă vreme după ce îi citești ultima pagină.“ MARIAN COMAN, redactor-șef ARMADA