Books by Cixin Liu

After a spate of apparent suicides among elite scientists, nanotech engineer Wang Miao is asked to infiltrate a secretive cabal. During his investigation, Wang is inducted into a mysterious online game that is the key to humanity's place in the cosmos and the key to the extinction-level threat it now faces.

Earth and Trisolaris must face a new threat of an altogether different magnitude: the stunning conclusion of the Three-Body Problem trilogy.

The universe is a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, others are hell, a dire existential threat. Stealth is survival. Any civilisation that reveals its location is prey. Earth has. And the others are on the way.

Reissue

An omnibus edition of books 1-3 in China's best-selling apocalyptic space opera trilogy, The Three-Body Problem.

« Je n’avais jamais vu la nuit. Je n’avais jamais vu les étoiles. Je n’avais jamais vu le printemps, ni l’automne, ni l’hiver. Je suis né à la fin de l’Ère du freinage. La Terre venait tout juste d’arrêter de tourner. »Lorsque les astrophysiciens découvrent que la conversion de l’hydrogène en hélium s’est accélérée à l’intérieur du Soleil, ils comprennent que notre étoile est sur le point de se transformer en une géante rouge qui absorbera de manière inéluctable la Terre. Pour contrer cette extinction programmée de l’humanité, les nations se regroupent pour mettre en branle un projet d’une ambition folle : élaborer des moteurs gigantesques afin de transformer la planète bleue en véritable vaisseau spatial et de l’emmener à la recherche d’une nouvelle étoile... Dans cette novella écrite en 2000, Liu Cixin manifeste déjà tout le talent que l’on retrouvera à l’œuvre dans la trilogie du « Problème à trois corps ». Disponible sur Netflix sous le titre « The Wandering Earth », l’adaptation cinématographique qui en fut tirée en 2019 se hissa au troisième rang du box-office mondial.Né en 1963, Liu Cixin est une véritable légende de la science-fiction en Chine et dans le monde entier depuis la traduction du « Problème à trois corps » (2016). Il est aussi l’auteur de « La Forêt sombre » (2017), « La Mort immortelle » (2018), et « Boule de foudre » (2019).

Short stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, take you from Earth to the edge of the Universe and back again.

An international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries have transformed 15 of Cixin Liu's - 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' (New Yorker) - award-winning stories into graphic novels.The Sun is dying. Helium will soon permeate its core, triggering a violent explosion, and its burning-hot diameter will increase until it has consumed everything that stands in its way.As long as we remain in its path, humanity stands no chance.Interstellar emigration is the only way out. Reaching a consensus on a destination has been easy: the only viable target is Proxima Centauri. It is the star closest to our own, a mere 4.3 light-years away.How to reach our new solar system is more difficult. Spaceships stand no chance in open space, and the nearest inhabitable planet lies hundreds of thousands of years away. If humanity leaves Earth behind, our continued existence is impossible. The only way to survive is to find a way to propel Earth out of its orbit. But how?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 YorkerWinner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel

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 enigmatic natural phenomenon. His search takes him to across mountain peaks and deep into highly classified subterranean labs.

A collection of award-winning hard science fiction short stories.

When radiation from a supernova kills all the adults, the children become divided: some forge an imitation of the previous society; the others devolve into savagery and violence.

The alliance between ants and dinosaurs created a veritable Age of Wonder! But such magnificent industry comes at a price - a price paid first by Earth's biosphere, and then by all those dependent on it. A satirical fable and ecological warning.