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1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind.
Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.
This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces.
The bestselling conclusion to the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.
Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early twenty-first century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds.
Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?
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Vagabonds (Paperback)
Hao Jingfang; Translated by Ken Liu
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The conclusion to Ken Liu's chronicle of the Dandelion Dynasty -
one of the Greatest Fantasy Series of all Time (TIME MAGAZINE)
Ukyu-Gonde: Stalked by foes and dogged by betrayal, Princess Thera
is pursued across a continent vaster than she could ever have
imagined, to the hidden valleys of the World's Edge Mountains, into
the barrows and subterranean halls of the City of Ghosts, across
the ice floes of the far north. She breached the Wall of Storms
intent on taking war to the Lyucu homelands, but how do you conquer
the unconquerable? Dara: Empress Jia, Prince Phyro and Pekyu
Tanvanaki find themselves bound to paths they never would have
chosen. Amid atrocity and subterfuge, they will discover that the
Courage of Brutes is no substitute for the Grace of Kings, and that
little separates the Grace of Kings from the Madness of Tyrants. On
both sides of the Wall of Storms, defeat's bitter tears mix with
the fruits of knowledge new and ancient as two empires bound by
blood and bone, by writ and iron, by time and custom, face a
whirlwind that threatens to utterly consume them. The teeth, as
they say, are on the board. Reviews for The Dandelion Dynasty:
'Epic fantasy fans will enjoy this large-scale story of political
strategy and skullduggery.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Impossibly exciting'
EVENING STANDARD 'An instant classic... poetry on every page' HUGH
HOWEY
'This series will soon become a Netflix series... so get in on the
ground floor while you still can' Esquire Imagine a universe
patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. Imagine what might
happen to any civilisation unwise enough to broadcast its location.
This is Cixin Liu's THREE-BODY PROBLEM TRILOGY. Weaving a complex
web of stratagem, subterfuge, philosophy and physics across light
years of space and 18.9 million years of time, this tale of
humanity's struggle to reach the stars is a visionary masterwork of
unprecedented scale and momentum. Available now in a single volume,
including: 1 THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM 2 THE DARK FOREST 3 DEATH'S END
Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-selling
phenomenon - soon to be a Netflix Original Series from the creators
of Game of Thrones. Reviews for Cixin Liu: 'A milestone' New York
Times 'Immense' Barack Obama 'Unique' George R.R. Martin 'SF in the
grand style' Guardian 'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail
Published with the blessing of Cixin Liu, The Redemption of Time
extends the astonishing universe conjured by the Three-Body
Trilogy. Death is no release for Yun Tianming - merely the first
step on a journey that will place him on the frontline of a war
that has raged since the beginning of time. At the end of the
fourth year of the Crisis Era, Yun Tianming died. He was flash
frozen, put aboard a spacecraft and launched on a trajectory to
intercept the Trisolaran First Fleet. It was a desperate plan, a
Trojan gambit almost certain to fail. But there was an
infinitesimal chance that the aliens would find rebooting a human
irresistible, and that someday, somehow, Tianming might relay
valuable information back to Earth. And so he did. But not before
he betrayed humanity. Now, after millennia in exile, Tianming has a
final chance at redemption. A being calling itself The Spirit has
recruited him to help wage war against a foe that threatens the
existence of the entire universe. a challenge he will accept, but
this time Tianming refuses to be a mere pawn... He has his own
plans. Published with the blessing of Cixin Liu, The Redemption of
Time extends the astonishing universe conjured by the Three-Body
Trilogy. You'll discover why the universe is a 'dark forest', and
for the first time, you'll come face-to-face with a Trisolaran...
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Death's End (Paperback)
Cixin Liu; Translated by Ken Liu
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Jumpnauts
Hao Jingfang; Translated by Ken Liu
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From the title story's fantastical inter-dimensional assassins to
the steampunk dystopia of "Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard"
burrowing through the ruins of a civilisation destroyed by a
plague, from Black Mirror-esque tales of blockchain cryptography
("Byzantine Empathy") and Internet trolling ("Thoughts and
Prayers") to a three-story hard-SF arc about artificial
intelligence and the singularity ("The Gods Will Not Be Chained",
"The Gods Will Not Be Slain" and "The Gods Have Not Died In Vain"),
here are 17 interlinking visions that explore what it is to be
human, and what it is like to abandon or transcend that. This
collection confirms Ken Liu, author of the astonishing and
multi-award winning The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, as one
of speculative fiction's greatest short story writers. Contents
include: Ghost Days, Maxwell's Demon,The Reborn, Thoughts and
Prayers, Byzantine Empathy, The Gods Will Not Be Chained, Staying
Behind, Real Artists, The Gods Will Not Be Slain, Altogether
Elsewhere Vast Herds of Reindeer, The Gods Have Not Died in Vain,
Memories of My Mother, Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit -
Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts, Grey Rabbit, Crimson
Mare, Coal Leopard, A Chase Beyond the Storms (an excerpt from The
Veiled Throne, Book 3 of the Dandelion Dynasty), The Hidden Girl,
Seven Birthdays, The Message, Cutting.
A TIME MAGAZINE BEST FANTASY BOOK OF ALL TIME Emperor Mapidere was
the first to unite the island kingdoms of Dara under a single
banner. But now the emperor is on his deathbed, his people are
exhausted by his vast, conscriptive engineering projects and his
counsellors conspire only for their own gain. Even the gods
themselves are restless. A wily, charismatic bandit and the
vengeance-sworn son of a deposed duke cross paths as they each lead
their own rebellion against the emperor's brutal regime. Together,
they will journey to the heart of the empire; witnessing the clash
of armies, fleets of silk-draped airships, magical books and
shapeshifting gods. Their unlikely friendship will drastically
change the balance of power in Dara... but at what price? The Grace
of Kings is the first novel by Hugo-, Nebula- and World Fantasy
Award-winner Ken Liu and the first in a monumental epic fantasy
series.
Ken Liu is one of the most original, thought-provoking and
award-winning short-story writers of his generation. This is the
first collection of his work - sixteen stories that invoke the
magical within the mundane, by turns profound, beguiling and
heartbreaking. Included here are: The Man Who Ended History: A
Documentary (Finalist for Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon Awards), Mono
No Aware (Hugo Award winner), The Waves (Nebula Award finalist),
The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species (Nebula and Sturgeon award
finalists), All the Flavors (Nebula Award finalist), The Litigation
Master and the Monkey King (Nebula Award finalist) ,and the most
awarded story in the genre's history, The Paper Menagerie (the only
story ever to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).
Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed,
multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon - soon to be
a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of
Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth
enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran
knowledge and, with human science advancing and the Trisolarans
adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can
co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of
mutually assured annihilation. But peace has made humanity
complacent. Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the 21st century,
awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings knowledge of a
long-forgotten program dating from the start of the Trisolar
Crisis, and her presence may upset the delicate balance between two
worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?
Praise for The Three-Body Problem: '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 Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel
The second book in The Dandelion Dynasty, the epic fantasy trilogy
by Ken Liu. Dara is united under the Emperor Ragin, once known as
Kuni Garu, the bandit king. There has been peace for six years, but
the Dandelion Throne rests on bloody foundations - Kuni's betrayal
of his friend, Mata Zyndu, the Hegemon. The Hegemon's rule was
brutal and unbending - but he died well, creating a legend that
haunts the new emperor, no matter what good he strives to do. Where
war once forged unbreakable bonds between Kuni's inner circle,
peace now gnaws at their loyalties. Where ancient wisdoms once held
sway, a brilliant scholar promises a philosophical revolution. And
from the far north, over the horizon, comes a terrible new
threat... The scent of blood is in the water.
A chilling horror anthology of 18 stories about the terrifying
fears of isolation, from the modern masters of horror. Featuring
Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and
many more. Lost in the wilderness, or shunned from society, it
remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology calls
on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the
challenges that we must face alone: hikers lost in the woods;
astronauts adrift in the silence of deep space; the quiet voice
trapped in a crowd; the prisoner, with no hope of escape.
Experience the chilling terrors of Isolation. Featuring Paul
Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, Ken Liu, M.R. Carey, Jonathan Maberry,
Tim Lebbon, Lisa Tuttle, Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell,
Nina Allan, Laird Barron, A.G. Slatter, Mark Morris, Alison
Littlewood, Owl Goingback, Brian Evenson, Marian Womack, Gwendolyn
Kiste, Lynda E. Rucker and Chikodili Emelumadu.
A mind-blowing anthology of 18 stories bringing you the infinite
Earths of the multiverse. Featuring Alix E. Harrow, Clive Barker,
Ken Liu, Charlie Jane Anders, Annallee Newitz, Alastair Reynolds
and more. Imagine infinite Earths, an endless universe containing
every possible world. What if the mistakes we make be taken back?
What if the war wasn't won, or that life wasn't saved, or that
heart wasn't broken? Explore the infinite potential of the
multiverse with the finest minds writing in science fiction today,
and see what could have been... Featuring stories from: Alix E.
Harrow Clive Barker Alastair Reynolds Ken Liu Charlie Jane Anders
Annalee Newitz Ian McDonald Lavie Tidhar Jeffrey Thomas Chana
Porter Paul Di Filippo Jayaprakash Satyamurthy Eugen Bacon Yukimi
Ogawa Alvaro Zinos Amaro D. R. G. Sugawara Rumi Kaneko.
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Waste Tide (Paperback)
Chen Qiufan; Translated by Ken Liu
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Finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. Celebrate
the fifteenth anniversary of cutting-edge science fiction from the
hit podcast, Escape Pod. Escape Pod has been bringing the finest
short fiction to millions of ears all over the world, at the
forefront of a new fiction revolution. This anthology gathers
together fifteen stories, including new and exclusive work from
writers such as from Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, Mary Robinette Kowal,
T. Kingfisher and more. From editors Mur Laffterty and S.B. Divya
comes the science fiction collection of the year, bringing together
bestselling authors in celebration of the publishing phenomenon
that is, Escape Pod.
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