The Supernova Era
$23.81
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2021
Summary
‘Like Ursula K. Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age’ NPR ‘Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel’ WIRED
Eight years ago and eight light years away, a supermassive star died.
Tonight, a supernova tsunami of high energy will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as a new star blooms in the heavens and within a year everyone over the age of thirteen will be dead, their chromosomes irreversibly damaged.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800248960 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1800248962 |
| Author: | Cixin Liu |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘A milestone in Chinese science fiction’ New York Times .
A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology – George R.R. MartinA marvellous mélange of awe-inspiring scientific concepts, clever plotting and quirky yet plausible characters * TLS *Wildly imaginative, really interesting… The scope of it was immense’ – Barack ObamaChina’s answer to Arthur C. Clarke * New Yorker *A milestone in Chinese science fiction * New York Times *
About The Author
Cixin Liu
Cixin Liu is China’s #1 SF writer and author of The Three-Body Problem – the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan.
Joel Martinsen is the translator of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu and (with Alice Xin Liu) of The Problem With Me, a collection of essays by Han Han. His translations of short fiction have appeared in Pathlight, Chutzpah, and Words Without Borders. He lives in Beijing.
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