The three-body problem /

By: Liu, Cixin [author.]Contributor(s): Liu, Ken, 1976- [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publication details: London : Head of Zeus, 2018Description: vi, 434 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781788543002 (pbk.) :Genre/Form: Science fiction. | Science fiction. | Fiction in Translation. DDC classification: 895.136 LOC classification: PL2947.C59Awards: 2015 Hugo Award for Best NovelSummary: 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.
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This translation originally published: New York: Tor, 2014.

Translated from the Chinese.

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.

2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel