2016

This book offers the unique opportunity to explore the Chinese publishing phenomenon that has taken the world by storm and won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, marking the first time a work not originally written in English has received such recognition.

Its author, Cixin Liu, is the most prominent science fiction writer in China, capable of selling over a million copies in his country and winning over influencers such as Barack Obama, who chose The Three-Body Problem as one of his holiday reads in 2015, and Mark Zuckerberg, who made it the first novel featured in his book club.

Now, readers and critics across five continents are embracing this visionary masterpiece about the role of science in our societies—one that helps us understand not only the past and future of China, but also, read through a geopolitical lens, the world we live in today.

“A well-deserved Hugo winner that opens Chinese science fiction to the world.” — Science

“A revelatory novel… Don’t miss it.” — Kirkus Reviews

“An ambitious work of science fiction with wild imagination.” — Nature Physics

“China launches a sci-fi invasion with the publication of this book.” — The Wall Street Journal

“A work in the purest style of the great master Arthur C. Clarke.” — The New York Times