Most Popular Books by Liu Cixin

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)

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 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.

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.

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “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 Dark Forest is the second novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China''s most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries'' time. 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 men 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

From science fiction legend Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem, comes a vision of the future that reads “like Ursula K Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age.” (NPR). In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end. Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of thirteen will die. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge needed to keep the world running. But when the world is theirs, the last generation may not want to continue the legacy left to them. And in shaping the future however they want, will the children usher in an era of bright beginnings or final mistakes? "This audacious and ultimately optimistic early work will give Liu''s English-reading fans a glimpse at his evolution as a writer and give any speculative fiction reader food for deep thought." -- Shelf Awareness At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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

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

Download a FREE sneak peek of Superova Era, a new science fiction masterpiece from Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author of The Three Body Problem! In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end. Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of thirteen will die. 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 world, they may bring about a future so dark humanity won''t survive. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

El primer libro de la «Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos», el fenómeno editorial chino que ha conquistado al mundo y ha ganado el premio Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela. El problema de los tres cuerpos es la primera novela no escrita originariamente en inglés galardonada con el premio Hugo, el Nobel del género de la ciencia ficción. Su autor, Cixin Liu, ha sido considerado el gran descubrimiento del género y es capaz de vender cuatro millones de ejemplares solamente en China y de hacerse con prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, quien seleccionó El problema de los tres cuerposcomo una de sus lecturas navideñas de 2015, y Mark Zuckerberg, que lo convirtió en la primera novela de su club de lectura. El público y la crítica de los cinco continentes se rinden ante esta obra maestra, enormemente visionaria, sobre el papel de la ciencia en nuestras sociedades, que nos ayuda a comprender el pasado y el futuro de China, pero también, leída en clave geopolítica, del mundo en que vivimos. ENGLISH 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.

Boken bakom Netflix-serien med samma namn "Världarnas krig för 2000-talet." - Wall Street Journal The Three-Body Problem är den första chansen för svenska läsare att uppleva det Hugo Award-vinnande fenomenet från Kinas mest älskade science fiction-författare, Liu Cixin. Mot bakgrund av Kinas kulturrevolution skickar ett hemligt militärt projekt signaler ut i rymden för att etablera kontakt med utomjordingar. En utomjordisk civilisation på randen av förstörelse fångar signalen och planerar att invadera jorden. Under tiden, på jorden, börjar olika läger bildas, som planerar att antingen välkomna de överlägsna varelserna och hjälpa dem att ta över en värld som ses som korrupt, eller att kämpa mot invasionen. Resultatet är ett science fiction-mästerverk av enorm omfattning och vision.

A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem. On an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth''s first and greatest civilization were sown in the grisly aftermath of a Tyrannosaurus'' lunch. From humble tooth-picking origins, ants and dinosaurs – two species so unalike and yet so complementary – forged an alliance that culminated in an antimatter-powered Age of Wonder. But such magnificent industry came at a price – a price paid first by Earth''s biosphere, and then by all those dependent on it. And yet the dinosaurs refused to heed all warning of impending ecological collapse, leaving the ants facing a single dilemma: destroy their allies... or perish alongside them? ''Made my brain itch with its creativity and klaxon alarm... Deceptively simple and brilliantly clever, I simply adored it'' LoveReading ''Liu''s sense of fun is contagious'' Locus

All the years of human civilization represent an infinitesimal fraction of the time since life first burgeoned on planet Earth. How likely is it, then, in those great depths of time, that humanity alone benefitted from the spark of intelligence which gave rise to culture? This is the question posed by China''s preeminent science fiction writer for more than twenty years and Hugo-Award-winner for The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu in his magisterial new short novel, The Cretaceous Past. The answer he offers is unexpected, supposing an unlikely alliance between the largest creatures in the world of the deep past and some of the smallest. And it all begins with a toothache. When a Tyrannosaurus rex suffers pain from meat trapped between its enormous teeth, a nearby colony of ants risks entering the great creature''s maw to make their own repast from the remains of the dinosaur''s most recent meal. From this humble beginning, over the course of millennia, a symbiotic civilization achieves amazing advances, reaching dizzying heights in countless endeavors scientific and social, facing dangers and exploiting opportunities at every turn. In this absorbing tale, Cixin Liu manages to describe the history of successive epochs of a might-have-been world, doing for the past what Olaf Stapledon''s classic Last and First Men did for the future. Here, Liu embarks on a new journey, sure to please the legions of devoted readers of the Remembrance of Earth''s Past trilogy. The Cretaceous Past offers Liu at his finest, demonstrating flights of imagination and depths of speculation sure to reward new fans and old alike.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our December 2015 issue (#111) contains: Original Fiction by Liu Cixin ("Yuanyuan''s Bubbles"), Tamsyn Muir ("Union"), Seth Dickinson ("Morrigan in Shadow"), and Cassandra Khaw ("When We Die on Mars"). Reprints by Sean McMullen ("Technarion"), Walter Jon Williams ("Daddys World")Walter Jon Williams ("Daddy''s World"). Non-fiction by Jason Heller (A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex), an interview with Gene Wolfe, an Another Word column by Cat Rambo, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

La nueva novela del autor chino que arrasa en todo el mundo con El problema de los tres cuerpos: 5.000.000 de lectores. El día en que cumple catorce años, Chen presencia cómo una esfera luminosa entra en su casa y calcina a sus padres. Con el propósito de encontrar algún sentido a esta extraña desgracia, decide dedicarse a descifrar el secreto del misterioso fenómeno a causa del cual quedó huérfano. La búsqueda de la esfera luminosa lo llevará lejos de casa, a perseguir tormentas en las cimas de montañas y a adentrarse en laboratorios subterráneos secretos para, poco a poco, ir descubriendo nuevos límites en la física de partículas. Aunque la obsesión de Chen es la razón de que la suya sea una vida solitaria, esta no podrá protegerle de los intereses globales que hay detrás de sus descubrimientos. Así pues, tendrá que enfrentarse a un físico que no entiende de límites morales en lo que al conocimiento se refiere; una atractiva militar obsesionada con nuevas técnicas bélicas; a una nación entera, en suma, desesperada por hacer frente a una derrota militar inevitable... Invocando nuevos mundos cosmológicos y filosóficos a partir de una minuciosa especulación científica, La esfera luminosa tiene todo aquello que hizo que los lectores de Cixin Liu disfrutaran tanto con El problema de los tres cuerpos. La crítica ha dicho: «Los lectores interesados en la ciencia más avanzada y ligeramente especulativa y en la filosofía de la ética científica querrán leer esta magnífica novela.» Publishers Weekly « La esfera luminosa muestra los peligros inherentes al desarrollo experimental de armas y, en última instancia, tiene todos los elementos que hicieron que, con El problema de los tres cuerpos, Liu Cixin irrumpiera con fuerza en la escena mundial de la ciencia ficción.» The Verge «Sorprendente y fascinante por igual (aunque no por los motivos habituales).» Kirkus Reviews

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 une inversion du temps, qu’il revisite le voyage au centre de la Terre ou imagine le rêve fou d’un scientifique persuadé qu’il peut utiliser la théorie du battement d’ailes du papillon pour stopper les guerres et soigner sa petite fille malade, 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.

La esperada continuación de El problema de los tres cuerpos, el mejor libro de ciencia ficción y fantasía de 2016 según El Periódico, y uno de los diez mejores libros de ficción de 2016 según Playground. Ahora la Tierra tiene cuatro siglos para defenderse de lo inevitable: la llegada de los Trisolaris. Los colaboracionistas humanos pueden haber sido derrotados, pero los sofones permiten a los extraterrestres acceder a la información de la humanidad, dejando al descubierto toda estrategia de defensa. Solo la mente humana sigue siendo un secreto, y ahora también la clave del acuciante plan que urdirán tres estadistas, un científico y un sociólogo. «La trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos» es el gran fenómeno editorial que ha conquistado Occidente tras vender cuatro millones de ejemplares solamente en China y haberse hecho con prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, George R.R. Martin o Mark Zuckeberg. Cixin Liu se considera el gran descubrimiento de la ciencia ficción internacional tras alzarse con el Premio Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela, siendo la primera vez que una obra no escrita originariamente en inglés recibe este auténtico Nobel del género. La crítica ha dicho... «Increíblemente imaginativa, realmente interesante.» Barack Obama «Un descubrimiento. Una mezcla única de especulación científica y filosófica, de teoría de la conspiración y cosmología.» George R.R. Martin «Una tregua divertida a todos esos libros sobre economía y ciencias sociales que he estado leyendo últimamente.» Mark Zuckeberg

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.

Après cinq cents millions d’années d’existence, une étoile inconnue de la constellation du Cocher finit ses jours en une spectaculaire explosion d’énergie : une supernova. Elle déclenche des tempêtes de radiations qui touchent bientôt la Terre et endommagent grièvement l’ADN de tous les êtres vivants. Les études scientifiques prouvent toutefois que ces dégâts ne sont pas irréversibles pour les individus de moins de treize ans, dont le corps est en mesure de restaurer l’ADN. Les enfants seront donc les seuls survivants de leur espèce, et leur tour sera bientôt venu de présider à la destinée du monde. Les adultes, se sachant condamnés, se hâtent de transmettre à leur progéniture les connais¬sances et les savoirs nécessaires au bon fonctionnement de leur monde. Mais les humains de l’Ère de la supernova se satisferont-ils de l’héritage de leurs aînés ? Avec son imagination débordante, et son obsession du devenir macroscopique et collectif des sociétés humaines, Liu Cixin signe avec L’Ère de la supernova une passionnante fable philosophique et un magnifique hommage à Sa Majesté des mouches, de William Golding.

„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)