The Three-Body Problem Trilogy

Translated by Ken Liu. Featuring a full-color dust jacket and full-color interior illustrations by Marc Simonetti. It only becomes yours when a transaction is completed. For this reason, you may wish to buy The Three-Body Problem separate from any other items, as there will be a number of people all trying to get a copy at the same time. (We're sorry about the frustration this causes. It's the way our shopping cart is set up. About the Book: Cixin Liu, China’s preeminent science fiction writer for more than twenty years, first came to the attention of English speaking readers with the 2014 publication of The Three-Body Problem, the opening movement of a dazzling, dizzying trilogy called The Remembrance of Earth’s Past. Its appearance here was an immediate cultural event, and it became the first work in translation ever to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. It isn’t hard to understand why. The book takes its title from a classical physics problem involving the effects – gravitational and climatic – of three celestial bodies occupying a limited space. It also refers to an immensely sophisticated “game” in which players enter a world (Trisolaris) dominated by three different suns. Under the shifting influence of these suns, Trisolaris cycles repeatedly between “Chaotic Eras” and “Stable Eras” as their planet moves inexorably toward destruction. When a signal from Earth—a compatible planet—reaches them, the Trisolarians initiate an extremely long-range plan to vacate their dying planet and make Earth their new home. This is the central element in an enormously erudite narrative that ranges from the Cultural Revolution of 1967 to the imperiled present, illuminating events from the alternating perspectives of its human and non-human protagonists. Seamlessly combining politics, social history, and rigorous hard science, The Three-Body Problem is an alien invasion story unlike any you have ever read. It offers the sort of speculative pleasures only science fiction can provide, and leaves us waiting, satisfied and anxious, for the unpredictable pleasures still to come. The Subterranean Press edition of The Three-Body Problem will be oversize, printed in two colors throughout on 80# Finch, and feature a number of full-page full-color interior illustrations. The lettered edition will also include a gatefold illustration not in the limited. Limited: 500 numbered copies, oversized, printed in two colors Lettered: 26 specially bound copies, housed in a custom traycase

A signal sent across the stars changes everything in Liu Cixin’s trilogy, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End.

What happens when we realise we're not alone in the universe? And what happens to any civilisation unwise enough to broadcast its location? This series starts with a moment of violence in 1967, ends with humanity facing the vast, cold truth of the universe, and throughout charts an epic tale of first contact, fragile alliances and the battle for survival across millennia. When physicist Ye Wenjie sends a signal to space during China's Cultural Revolution, she sets in motion a chain of events that will unravel human civilisation. As scientists die under mysterious circumstances and a virtual world of three suns reveals impossible physics, Earth learns it has been targeted by an alien fleet – and not all humans oppose their arrival. From secret scientific cabals to interstellar diplomacy, from unfolding dimensions to weaponised sophons, this trilogy – The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End – is a fusion of science, suspense and narrative grandeur. This is not just the story of a planet under threat; it's a philosophical reckoning with our place in the cosmos.

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.

Translated by Ken Liu. Featuring a full-color dust jacket and full-color interior illustrations by Marc Simonetti. It only becomes yours when a transaction is completed. For this reason, you may wish to buy The Three-Body Problem separate from any other items, as there will be a number of people all trying to get a copy at the same time. (We're sorry about the frustration this causes. It's the way our shopping cart is set up. About the Book: Cixin Liu, China’s preeminent science fiction writer for more than twenty years, first came to the attention of English speaking readers with the 2014 publication of The Three-Body Problem, the opening movement of a dazzling, dizzying trilogy called The Remembrance of Earth’s Past. Its appearance here was an immediate cultural event, and it became the first work in translation ever to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. It isn’t hard to understand why. The book takes its title from a classical physics problem involving the effects – gravitational and climatic – of three celestial bodies occupying a limited space. It also refers to an immensely sophisticated “game” in which players enter a world (Trisolaris) dominated by three different suns. Under the shifting influence of these suns, Trisolaris cycles repeatedly between “Chaotic Eras” and “Stable Eras” as their planet moves inexorably toward destruction. When a signal from Earth—a compatible planet—reaches them, the Trisolarians initiate an extremely long-range plan to vacate their dying planet and make Earth their new home. This is the central element in an enormously erudite narrative that ranges from the Cultural Revolution of 1967 to the imperiled present, illuminating events from the alternating perspectives of its human and non-human protagonists. Seamlessly combining politics, social history, and rigorous hard science, The Three-Body Problem is an alien invasion story unlike any you have ever read. It offers the sort of speculative pleasures only science fiction can provide, and leaves us waiting, satisfied and anxious, for the unpredictable pleasures still to come. The Subterranean Press edition of The Three-Body Problem will be oversize, printed in two colors throughout on 80# Finch, and feature a number of full-page full-color interior illustrations. The lettered edition will also include a gatefold illustration not in the limited. Limited: 500 signed numbered copies, oversized, printed in two colors Lettered: 26 signed specially bound copies, housed in a custom traycase

The book takes its title from a classical physics problem involving the effects – gravitational and climatic – of three celestial bodies occupying a limited space. It also refers to an immensely sophisticated “game” in which players enter a world (Trisolaris) dominated by three different suns. Under the shifting influence of these suns, Trisolaris cycles repeatedly between “Chaotic Eras” and “Stable Eras” as their planet moves inexorably toward destruction. When a signal from Earth—a compatible planet—reaches them, the Trisolarians initiate an extremely long-range plan to vacate their dying planet and make Earth their new home. The narrative ranges from the Cultural Revolution of 1967 to the imperiled present, illuminating events from the alternating perspectives of its human and non-human protagonists.

A signal sent across the stars changes everything in Liu Cixin’s trilogy, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End.