Supernova Era [Paperback]

From science fiction legend Cixin Liu, theNew York Timesbestselling and award-winning author ofThe Three-Body Problem, comesSupernova Era, a vision of the future that reads like Ursula K. Le Guin rewritingThe Lord of the Fliesfor 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

CIXIN LIU is a prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is a winner of the Hugo Award and a multiple winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and the Xing Yun Award (the Chinese Nebula). His novels includeThe Three-Body Problem,The Dark Forest, andDeath's End. He lives with his family in Yangquan, Shanxi.

JOEL MARTINSEN is the translator ofThe Dark Forestby Cixin Liu and (with Alice Xin Liu) ofThe Problem With Me, a collection of essays by Han Han. His translations of short fiction have appeared inPathlight,Chutzpah, andWords Without Borders. He lives in Beijing.

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