The Three-Body Problem [Paperback]

Wildly imaginative, really interesting. President Barack Obama onThe Three-Body Problemtrilogy

The Three-Body Problemis the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

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.

The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy
The Three-Body Problem
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Death's End

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Wildly imaginative, really interesting. President Barack Obamaon the Three-Body Problem trilogy

A breakthrough book. . . a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology. George R. R. Martin, onThe Three Body Problem

Extraordinary. The New Yorker,onThe Three Body Problem

Remarkable, revelatory andnot to be missed.Kirkus Reviews,starred review,onThe Three Body Problem

Amust-readin any language. Booklist,onThe Three Body Problem

A meditation on technology, progress, morality, extinction, and knowledge that doubles as a cosmos-in-the-balance thriller.... a testament to just how far [Liu's] own towering imagination has taken him: Far beyond the borders of his country, andforever into the canon of science fiction. -NPR,onlÓ4