Liu Cixin

An omnibus edition of books 1-3 in China's best-selling apocalyptic space opera trilogy, comprising The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End. The trilogy weaves a web of physics, philosophy and history, taking the reader from the Cultural Revolution to the heat death of the universe.

<b>'We're mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core... We're as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring. We sci-fi fans are people from the future.' -</b> <b>Cixin Liu, from the essay 'Sci-Fi Fans'</b> <i>A View from the Stars </i>features a range of short works from the past three decades of <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Cixin Liu's prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.

<p><b>The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! </b></p><p><b>WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL </b></p><p><b>Over 1 million copies sold in North America</b></p><p><b>"A mind-bending epic."--<i>The New York Times</i></b><br/><b> - "War of the Worlds for the 21st century."--<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br/><b> - "Fascinating."--<i>TIME</i></b><br/><b> - "Extraordinary."--<i>The New Yorker </i></b><br/><b>- "Wildly imaginative."--Barack Obama </b><br/><b>- "Provocative."--<i>Slate</i> </b><br/><b>- "A breakthrough book."--George R. R. Martin </b><br/><b>- "Impossible to put down."--<i>GQ</i> </b><br/><b>- "Absolutely mind-unfolding."--NPR </b><br/><b>- "You should be reading Liu Cixin."--<i>The Washington Post</i></b></p><p><b>The Three-Body Problem is the first novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.</b></p><p>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.</p>