New Releases by Liu Cixin

Du temps écoulé depuis l''apparition de la vie sur Terre, le règne de la civilisation humaine ne représente qu’une fraction infinitésimale. Dès lors, quelle est la probabilité que, dans ces grandes pro

Llega la edición estuche de la «Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos», el fenómeno editorial chino que ha conquistado al mundo tras vender cinco millones de ejemplares y lograr prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, George R.R. Martin o Mark Zuckeberg. El problema de los tres cuerpos El problema de los tres cuerpos es la primera novela no escrita originariamente en inglés galardonada con el premio Hugo, el Nobel del género de la ciencia ficción. El público y la crítica de los cinco continentes se rinden ante esta obra maestra, enormemente visionaria, sobre el papel de la ciencia en nuestras sociedades, que nos ayuda a comprender el pasado y el futuro de China, pero también, leída en clave geopolítica, del mundo en que vivimos. El bosque oscuro La esperada continuación de El problema de los tres cuerpos. Ahora la Tierra tiene cuatro siglos para defenderse de lo inevitable: la llegada de los Trisolaris. Los colaboracionistas humanos pueden haber sido derrotados, pero los sofones permiten a los extraterrestres acceder a la información de la humanidad, dejando al descubierto toda estrategia de defensa. Solo la mente humana sigue siendo un secreto, y ahora también la clave del acuciante plan que urdirán tres estadistas, un científico y un sociólogo. El fin de la muerte Tras El problema de los tres cuerpos y El bosque oscuro, la tensa espera de la humanidad concluye ahora con un último episodio, tan extraordinario como los anteriores, lleno de ideas electrizantes y una calidad de obra maestra. Ha pasado medio siglo de la batalla del Día del Juicio Final y la Tierra goza de una prosperidad sin precedentes gracias al conocimiento transferido por Trisolaris. Mientras la ciencia humana avance y los trisolarianos adopten la cultura terrícola, ambas civilizaciones podrán convivir sin temor a ser destruidas. Pero con la paz la humanidad se ha vuelto autocomplaciente. Después de una larga hibernación, Cheng Xin, una ingeniera aeroespacial de comienzos del siglo XX, despierta en esta nueva era. Su mera presencia, sumada a cierta información sobre un proyecto olvidado desde el principio de la Crisis Trisolariana, podría alterar el frágil equilibrio entre ambos mundos... ¿Alcanzará el ser humano las estrellas, o morirá en su cuna? ENGISH DESCRIPTION The Three-Body Problem Boxed Set contains all three volumes of Hugo Award-winning author Cixin Liu''s bestselling science fiction trilogy--The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death''s End--translated by Ken Liu. A secret military group sends signals into space in hopes of establishing contact with aliens -- and succeeds. Picking up their signal is an alien civilization on the brink of destruction who now readies to invade Earth. News of the coming invasion divides humanity like never before. Some want to help the superior beings take over a world they see as corrupt. Others prepare to fight the invasion at all costs. The Three Body Problem trilogy is a ground-breaking saga of enormous scope and vision.

El libro que reúne por primera vez los ensayos y relatos de Cixin Liu, el aclamado autor de El problema de los tres cuerpos . La vista desde las estrellas recopila una gran variedad de textos cortos escritos en las últimas tres décadas por Cixin Liu, el mayor maestro de la ciencia ficción desde Isaac Asimov, gracias a su obra cumbre la Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos. Los ensayos y entrevistas que en él se incluyen explican algunas de sus experiencias como lector, escritor y amante de la ciencia ficción a lo largo de toda su vida. Asimismo, en sus magistrales relatos de ficción, asistimos a la evolución de su voz imaginativa a través de los años. El resultado es la mirada única de una de las mentes más visionarias de nuestro tiempo. «Somos alienígenas misteriosos entre la multitud. Saltamos como pulgas del pasado al futuro y del futuro al pasado, y flotamos como nubes de gas entre las nebulosas. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, podemos llegar hasta los límites del universo, convertirnos en un quark o nadar dentro de un núcleo estelar... Ahora somos pocos y débiles, como las humildes luciérnagas, pero cada vez somos más y crecemos como la hierba en primavera. Los aficionados a la ciencia ficción somos los habitantes del futuro». «Increíblemente imaginativo». BARACK OBAMA

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem series—now a Netflix Original series—A View from the Stars is a new collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces. A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times 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. “A vital collection. . . . down-to-earth, but unafraid to ask big questions.”—Publishers Weekly The Three-Body Problem Series The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death''s End Other Books by Cixin Liu Ball Lightning Supernova Era To Hold Up the Sky The Wandering Earth A View from the Stars At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Boken bakom Netflix-serien med samma namn "Världarnas krig för 2000-talet." - Wall Street Journal The Three-Body Problem är den första chansen för svenska läsare att uppleva det Hugo Award-vinnande fenomenet från Kinas mest älskade science fiction-författare, Liu Cixin. Mot bakgrund av Kinas kulturrevolution skickar ett hemligt militärt projekt signaler ut i rymden för att etablera kontakt med utomjordingar. En utomjordisk civilisation på randen av förstörelse fångar signalen och planerar att invadera jorden. Under tiden, på jorden, börjar olika läger bildas, som planerar att antingen välkomna de överlägsna varelserna och hjälpa dem att ta över en värld som ses som korrupt, eller att kämpa mot invasionen. Resultatet är ett science fiction-mästerverk av enorm omfattning och vision.

Après cinq cents millions d’années d’existence, une étoile inconnue de la constellation du Cocher finit ses jours en une spectaculaire explosion d’énergie : une supernova. Elle déclenche des tempêtes de radiations qui touchent bientôt la Terre et endommagent grièvement l’ADN de tous les êtres vivants. Les études scientifiques prouvent toutefois que ces dégâts ne sont pas irréversibles pour les individus de moins de treize ans, dont le corps est en mesure de restaurer l’ADN. Les enfants seront donc les seuls survivants de leur espèce, et leur tour sera bientôt venu de présider à la destinée du monde. Les adultes, se sachant condamnés, se hâtent de transmettre à leur progéniture les connais¬sances et les savoirs nécessaires au bon fonctionnement de leur monde. Mais les humains de l’Ère de la supernova se satisferont-ils de l’héritage de leurs aînés ? Avec son imagination débordante, et son obsession du devenir macroscopique et collectif des sociétés humaines, Liu Cixin signe avec L’Ère de la supernova une passionnante fable philosophique et un magnifique hommage à Sa Majesté des mouches, de William Golding.

Manusia Bumi mulai menjelajah ke luar tata surya dan menyadari bahwa alam semesta lebih besar dan berbahaya daripada yang dibayangkan. Dan sepertinya bukan hanya satu peradaban luar Bumi—Trisurya—yang harus dikhawatirkan manusia. Tetapi Teori Belantara Gelap telah memungkinkan Bumi mencegah Trisurya menyerbu dan membuat kedua peradaban mengadakan gencatan senjata. Manusia bisa kembali memajukan sains berkat pengetahuan yang didapat dari Trisurya dan Trisurya mulai mengenal budaya Bumi. Tampaknya kedua peradaban akan hidup berdampingan dalam damai... tapi apakah benar demikian? Akankah umat manusia berhasil mencapai bintang-bintang atau musnah tertelan kegelapan antariksa? Pralaya adalah novel ketiga dan terakhir dalam trilogi Trisurya karya Liu Cixin, penulis fiksi sains terlaris di Tiongkok. Trilogi ini telah diadaptasi dalam berbagai media, termasuk komik web, seri animasi, serta dua serial TV karya Tencent dan Netflix yang dirilis pada 2023. Profil Penulis: Liu Cixin ialah penulis fiksi sains paling populer di Republik Rakyat Tiongkok. Liu pemenang Hugo Award dan beberapa kali meraih Penghargaan Galaxy dan Xingyun (Nebula), dua penghargaan tertinggi Tiongkok untuk fiksi spekulatif. Sebelum menjadi penulis, dia bekerja sebagai insinyur di pembangkit listrik di Yangquan, Shanxi. Ken Liu ialah penulis, pengacara, dan pemrogram komputer. Cerita pendek karyanya “The Paper Menagerie” merupakan karya fiksi pertama yang meraih sekaligus penghargaan Nebula, Hugo, dan World Fantasy.

IL GIORNO DEL SUO QUATTORDICESIMO COMPLEANNO, Chen ha visto i suoi genitori carbonizzati davanti ai suoi occhi da un fulmine globulare. Da quel momento, nel tentativo di dare un senso alla tragedia, ha deciso di dedicare la vita a svelare i segreti di questo incredibile fenomeno naturale. Le sue ricerche lo portano tra montagne e temporali, laboratori militari e vecchie stazioni scientifiche. Più studia e impara, più si avvicina al mistero di queste potenti esplosioni di energia, più Chen si convince che il fulmine globulare è la punta dell''iceberg di una nuova frontiera scientifica. Il suo desiderio di conoscenza è ciò che dà un senso alla sua esistenza solitaria, ma non può proteggerlo dalle brame di chi ha interessi nelle sue scoperte. Il demone di Chen lo porterà così a scontrarsi con scienziati, militari, politici: un fisico privo di senso etico, disposto a tutto nella sua folle ed egocentrica corsa verso il sapere; un generale ossessionato dalle nuove guerre; una nazione disperata davanti a una sicura sconfitta.

Porte-étendard incontesté de la science-fiction chinoise, Liu Cixin apparaît dans ses textes courts (nouvelles et novellas) comme un maître de la dramaturgie cosmique en même temps qu’un écrivain profondément humaniste. Qu’il mette en scène l''invention d''une matière néosolide qui permet de creuser la Terre de part en part, une petite fille qui n''aime rien tant que les bulles de savon et fera de sa passion le salut de l''humanité, ou un alpiniste qui gravit des montagnes d''eau à la nage, l’auteur de la trilogie du "Problème à trois corps" poursuit en autant de formes brèves la réflexion mélancolique sur le sens de la vie et l’avenir de l’humanité qui caractérisent tous ses romans.

The fifth in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press Aleksandar is a brilliant Yugoslavian scientist who dedicates himself to controlling local weather patterns through special atmospheric sensitivity points. His beloved young daughter, Katya, suffers from an illness so debilitating she must receive a kidney transplant from her mother just to stay alive. On top of this, the American-led NATO has begun conducting air strikes on Aleksandar’s homeland, whose capital city Belgrade is now the bombardment’s primary target. While she recovers, Katya is eager to play in the sunshine. Aleksandar, on the other hand, is eager to use his new invention: software that can calculate atmospheric sensitivity points and activation mechanisms to control the weather. If it works, he can use it to cloak Belgrade in dark clouds and fog, obstructing NATO’s air raids. But first, Aleksandar will need the help of his old friend Reznik to find a supercomputer powerful enough to run the software. Spurred by his love of country, Aleksandar sets off on an international journey to change his homeland’s destiny and save his daughter’s life. The fifth of sixteen new graphic novels from Liu Cixin and Talos Press, Butterfly is an epic tale of the future that all science fiction fans will enjoy.

The sixth in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press After infamously failing to assassinate King Zheng of Qin with a hidden dagger, the world-renowned scholar Jing Ke is tossed in prison. Yet the king is baffled: though Jing Ke conspired to kill him, he also turned his dagger’s blade away from the king and saved him. Why would Jing Ke attempt regicide . . . and why would he foil his own plot? No amount of torture will make the would-be assassin tell the truth—Jing Ke will only disclose his great secret to King Zheng himself. Under the suspicious glares of the king’s ministers, Jing Ke reveals the true purpose of his journey: to gift King Zheng with a treasure. This gift is not gold, silver, gems, or land, but rather a mathematical language that can decipher even the Will of Heaven. Once 100,000 digits of this ratio are calculated, the king would be able to perceive the Will of Heaven, understand the mysteries of the gods, and even unlock the secret of immortality. King Zheng puts his trust in Jing Ke and mobilizes three million of his elite soldiers to construct a “calculating formation” than can compute Pi at high speeds. All the while, a coup to overthrow King Zheng is steadily growing in the shadow The sixth of sixteen new graphic novels from Liu Cixin and Talos Press, The Circle is an epic tale of the future that all science fiction fans will enjoy.

Apa yang bakal terjadi bila manusia tahu Bumi akan diinvasi alien empat abad lagi? Sesudah mengetahui keberadaan Bumi, peradaban Trisurya mengirimkan armada penyerbu, dan pengintai berupa proton cerdas—sofon—yang bisa mengetahui semua informasi di Bumi kecuali apa yang ada di dalam pikiran manusia. Itulah dasar Proyek Penghadap Tembok, di mana sejumlah ahli siasat ditugasi untuk membuat strategi dalam kepala mereka sendiri tanpa bisa diketahui Trisurya. Sementara itu, Bumi harus membangun armada antariksa, tapi apakah manusia bisa mengatasi perpecahan antarnegara dan antarideologi untuk melakukannya? Inilah langkah peradaban manusia dalam persiapan untuk Perang Terakhir.

Porte-étendard incontesté de la science-fiction chinoise, Liu Cixin apparaît dans ses textes courts (nouvelles et novellas) comme un maître de la dramaturgie cosmique en même temps qu’un écrivain profondément humaniste. Qu’il mette en scène une inversion du temps, qu’il revisite le voyage au centre de la Terre ou imagine le rêve fou d’un scientifique persuadé qu’il peut utiliser la théorie du battement d’ailes du papillon pour stopper les guerres et soigner sa petite fille malade, l’auteur de la trilogie du "Problème à trois corps" poursuit en autant de formes brèves la réflexion mélancolique sur le sens de la vie et l’avenir de l’humanité qui caractérisent tous ses romans.

The fourth in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press Ever since she was a child, Yuanyuan always dreamed of blowing big bubbles. But her father worries about her fascination—he wants Yuanyuan to be as responsible and devoted to a calling as her mother was. As an adult, Yuanyuan creates a multimillion-dollar business out of the technology she developed for her doctoral thesis. But she still dreams of blowing the biggest bubble she can. When his daughter uses her high-tech methods to blow a bubble big enough to envelop a city, Yuanyuan’s father thinks back to the dreams he and Yuanyuan’s mother chased when they were young. In the end, Yuanyuan’s bubbles bring her father’s dreams to life. The fourth of sixteen new graphic novels from Liu Cixin and Talos Press, Yuanyuan''s Bubbles is an epic tale of the future that all science fiction fans will enjoy.

From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth is a science fiction short story collection featuring the title tale--the basis for the blockbuster international film, now streaming on Netflix. These ten stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu''s fiction takes the reader to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu''s stories show humanity''s attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The third in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press In the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition, a man dedicates his life to igniting a passion for science and culture in children’s hearts. As his life draws to an end, he uses his dying breaths to impart knowledge on others. Fifty thousand lightyears away, in the depths of outer space, an interstellar war that has lasted for twenty thousand years draws to an end. In order to preserve the Milky Way’s many civilizations, the victor begins to exterminate lower-level life forms. When they reach Earth, they pose a test. The eighteen children deep in the mountains use the last lesson their teacher taught them to shine bright the hope of civilization… The third of sixteen new graphic novels from Liu Cixin and Talos Press, The Village Teacher is an epic tale that all science fiction fans will enjoy.

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. In the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition, one man has dedicated his life to igniting a passion for maths and science in the hearts of the peasant children around him. Now his life is coming to its end, he draws his students around him so he can impart knowledge on them to his final breath. All the while, in a far corner of outer space, fifty thousand light-years away, an interstellar war that has waged for thousands of years is coming to an end. The victor plans to perform the full-scale extermination of any low-intelligence lifeforms that remain in what is now his solar system. In order to gauge the intelligence of a planet, the victor devises a test – posed to a group of lifeforms selected at random by a computer – of science and mathematics. On a green-and-blue planet nestled in a spiral arm of the Milky Way, the computer''s selection falls to a group of children, in the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition... 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 Yorker Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel

Cixin Liu is one of the most important voices in world science fiction. A bestseller in China, his novel, The Three-Body Problem, was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Liu''s writing takes the reader to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu''s stories show humanity''s attempts to reason, navigate and, above all, survive in a desolate cosmos. 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 Yorker Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel

Un demi-siècle après l’Ultime Bataille, l’équilibre précaire dû à la dissuasion de la forêt sombre continue de maintenir les envahisseurs trisolariens à distance. La Terre jouit d’une prospérité sans précédent due au transfert des connaissances et des technologies trisolariennes. La science humaine connaît des progrès pour ainsi dire quotidiens, les Trisolariens découvrent avec fascination la culture humaine et l’espoir grandit que les deux civilisations puissent bientôt coexister pacifiquement sans la terrible menace d’une annihilation réciproque. Mais lorsqu’une ingénieure en aéronautique originaire du début du XXIe siècle sort de son hibernation, elle réveille avec elle le souvenir d’un programme qui menace cet équilibre. Bientôt, l’humanité aura à faire un choix : partir à la conquête d’autres univers ou mourir dans son berceau. Après Le Problème à trois corps et La Forêt sombre, Liu Cixin referme l’un des cycles de science-fiction les plus ambitieux de ce siècle.

From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physicas to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself. Written between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction''s most visionary writers. Experience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu''s writing and imagination in this stunning collection. Stories included are: Contraction Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming The Village Teacher Fire in the Earth Time Migration Ode to joy Cloud of Poems Mirror Sea of Dreams Cloud of Poems The Thinker At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

El Sol está muriendo y la única opción de la humanidad es alejarse de él, sin abandonar la Tierra. «Nunca he visto la noche. Nunca he visto las estrellas. Tampoco he visto la primavera ni el otoño ni el invierno. Nací a finales de la Era de la Frenada, justo cuando la Tierra dejó de girar.» Así empieza uno de los mejores relatos, adaptado a la pantalla por Netflix, del creador de la aclamada Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos. El sol se está muriendo, y la Tierra, consumida por los últimos suspiros de esta estrella, también desaparecerá. Pero la humanidad, en lugar de abandonar el planeta, construye doce mil grandiosos motores de fusión para desorbitar la Tierra y propulsarla hacia Próxima Centauri en un viaje que durará siglos... La crítica ha dicho: «La escritura de Cixin Liu revive la edad dorada de la ciencia ficción.» The Guardian «La película demuestra que los productores chinos pueden competir con otras compañías de efectos visuales del mundo.» James Cameron

A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem. On an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth''s first and greatest civilization were sown in the grisly aftermath of a Tyrannosaurus'' lunch. From humble tooth-picking origins, ants and dinosaurs – two species so unalike and yet so complementary – forged an alliance that culminated in an antimatter-powered Age of Wonder. But such magnificent industry came at a price – a price paid first by Earth''s biosphere, and then by all those dependent on it. And yet the dinosaurs refused to heed all warning of impending ecological collapse, leaving the ants facing a single dilemma: destroy their allies... or perish alongside them? ''Made my brain itch with its creativity and klaxon alarm... Deceptively simple and brilliantly clever, I simply adored it'' LoveReading ''Liu''s sense of fun is contagious'' Locus

Dans un futur proche, le Soleil se transforme progressivement en géante rouge. La Terre se meurt. Pour contrer cette extinction programmée, les Nations se regroupent pour mettre en branle un projet d''une ambition folle : transformer la planète bleue en un vaisseau spatial à part entière... Novella écrite en 2000, Terre errante manifeste déjà tout le talent et l''imagination de Liu Cixin. L''adaptation cinématographique (2019), disponible sur Netflix, a été l''un des plus gros succès au box-office mondial.