• 26 • THE REMEMBRANCE OF EARTH’S PAST TRILOGY 26 LIU, Cixin. The Three-Body Problem. WITH: The Dark Forest. WITH: Death’s End. New York, 2014, 2015, 2016. Three volumes. Octavo, original blue, brown and black paper boards, dust jackets. $3500 Scarce first editions in English of Liu’s bestselling, award-winning science fiction trilogy. “Remarkable, revelatory and not to be missed… In concept and development, it resembles top-notch Arthur C. Clarke or Larry Niven but with a perspective—plots, mysteries, conspiracies, murders, revelations and all—embedded in a culture and politic dramatically unfamiliar to most readers in the West, conveniently illuminated with footnotes courtesy of translator Liu” (Kirkus Reviews). In 2015 The Three-Body Problem received the Hugo Award, marking both the first novel in translation and the first Asian author to win.Translated from the original Chinese by Ken Liu and Joel Martinsen. Basis for the 3 Body Problem television series. First two books and dust jackets in fine condition, third volume near-fine with very slight bumping to extremities. A bright, attractive set.
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