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2014

Title:	The three-body problem / Cixin Liu ; translated by Ken Liu.
Author:	Liu, Cixin
Format:	Book
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Tor Books, 2014.
Description:	399 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:	Three-body trilogy ; 1
Subjects:	Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction. China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.
Genre:	Science fiction.
Other Author:	Liu, Ken, 1976- translator.
Other Title:	San ti. English
ISBN:	9780765377067 9780765382030
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CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is a winner of the Hugo Award, an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo), and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award.

KEN LIU (translator) is a writer, lawyer, and computer programmer. His short story "The Paper Menagerie" was the first work of fiction ever to sweep the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He has written two novels (The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms) and edited and translated the Chinese science fiction anthology Invisible Planets.

- (McMillan Palgrave)

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