Supernova Era

Product Description
From science fiction legend Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem, comes Supernova Era, a vision of the future that reads “like Ursula K. Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age.” (NPR).In those days, Earth was a planet in space.In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth.On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end.Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of thirteen will die.And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge needed to keep the world running. But when the world is theirs, the last generation may not want to continue the legacy left to them. And in shaping the future however they want, will the children usher in an era of bright beginnings or final mistakes?"This audacious and ultimately optimistic early work will give Liu's English-reading fans a glimpse at his evolution as a writer and give any speculative fiction reader food for deep thought." -- Shelf Awareness
Review
“Stunning concepts and a contemplative tone that provides vital insight into the formative years of one of the genre's masters. In Liu's hands, ‘the children are our future’ becomes far more than a cozy cliché; it's a springboard for the kind of agile and relevant thought experiment that science fiction, at its best, manifests.”―NPR“This audacious and ultimately optimistic early work will give Liu's English-reading fans a glimpse at his evolution as a writer and give any speculative fiction reader food for deep thought.”―Shelf AwarenessPraise for the Three-Body trilogy“Wildly imaginative.”―President Barack Obama“The War of the Worlds for the twenty-first century . . . Packed with a sense of wonder.”―The Wall Street Journal“A breakthrough book . . . A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology.”―George R. R. Martin“Tackles politics, philosophy, and virtual reality in a story that moves at a thriller's pace.”―The Washington Post“Evokes the thrill of exploration and the beauty of scale.”―The New Yorker“Stunning, elegant . . . A science fiction epic of the most profound kind.”―NPR
About the Author
CIXIN LIU is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People’s Republic of China. Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award. Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant. His novels include
The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and
Death's End.\nJoel Martinsen is research director for a media intelligence company. His translations have appeared in
Words Without Borders,
Chutzpah!, and
Pathlight. He lives in Beijing.