Cixin Liu is China's #1 SF writer and author of The Three-Body Problem - the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan.
'Wildly imaginative, really interesting... The scope of it was
immense' -- Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
'A marvellous melange of awe-inspiring scientific concepts, clever
plotting and quirky yet plausible characters, all conveyed in in a
plain style capable of signalling hidden depths' * The Times *
'A milestone in Chinese science fiction' * New York Times *
'The best kind of science fiction' -- Kim Stanley Robinson
'Liu Cixin's impressive The Three Body Problem won the 2015
Hugo award for best novel, the first time a Chinese writer has
taken that prize' * Guardian (2015 Books of the Year) *
It's a stunning, high-concept, rollercoaster of a novel which
offers an intriguing Eastern perspective... this is a trilogy
which, like Asimov's Foundation epic, looks set to quickly become
an essential science fiction classic' * Starburst Magazine (rating:
9/10) *
'China has a lively SF scene inaccessible to western audiences
until recently, so it's a great pleasure to read this book by Cixin
Liu - the country's most popular SF writer - in English. Handled
expertly on the terms of the genre, it is seeing this tale played
out through a different cultural lens that makes the book
fascinating. The translation is exemplary. The book is top-flight
SF; smart, informative and engaging' * SFX *
'Hard science fiction at its finest, and fans will appreciate the
superb attention to detail that drives this constantly evolving and
impressive series' * SciFiNow Magazine *
The writing is superb... The ideas are astounding, real eye-openers
that expand the mind and really get the old grey matter going... A
stand-out, award-worthy novel and one that deserves a place amongst
the science fiction classics' * SF Book Reviews *
'For a book that makes you think, and holds true to some of the
traditional values of SF, this one can't be beat' * SFF World
Magazine *
'[The Three-Body Problem and The Dark Forest are] the
works of fiction I am most enthusiastic about' * Bloomberg *
A breakthrough book... a unique blend of scientific and
philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory
and cosmology, where kings and emperors from both western and
Chinese history mingle in a dreamlike game world, while cops and
physicists deal with global conspiracies, murders, and alien
invasions in the real world' -- George R.R. Martin
'A celebration of science as saviour' * The Hindu *
'This book lives and dies by the quality of its ideas. Fortunately,
the many, many different questions posed are fascinating and
imaginative and I barreled through this novel right up to its
gripping conclusion' * Bending Over Bookwards *
A book rich in ideas, puzzles and theories but each of them is
explained in a way that isn't only accessible but is also
absolutely engrossing... The ideas are vast but they are
beautifully expressed and, for this, credit must also go to Ken Liu
who has done a fantastic job of translating this masterpiece. I
loved where The Three Body-Problem took me - it is tense, wondrous
and fascinating and I am so ready to read its successor, The
Dark Forest, the next in this exciting, original and
gobsmacking trilogy' * For Winter Nights *
A really fascinating book and I'm delighted that there are two more
to come in the series... I'd recommend to readers who want to enjoy
the science as much as the story' * SFcrowsnest *
A book that you must have read, whether you are a Science Fiction
fan or not. Cixin Liu tackles so many different topics from action,
thriller and a strong emotional backdrop... I cannot imagine what
effort it must have cost to translate such an epic story to English
but it paid off really well. A great performance' * The Book Plank
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'Even what doesn't happen is epic' * London Review of Books *
Cixin Liu began his massively ambitious trilogy with this dazzling
work of SF... Hard to sum up in a few short lines, but one you read
it you'll be doing your best to tell everyone else to follow suit'
* SciFiNow *
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