{"product_id":"9781250771889","title":"To Hold Up the Sky","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTo Hold Up the Sky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Cixin Liu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTo Hold Up the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physicas to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction's most visionary writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExperience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu's writing and imagination in this stunning collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories included are:\u003cbr\u003eContraction\u003cbr\u003eFull Spectrum Barrage Jamming\u003cbr\u003eThe Village Teacher\u003cbr\u003eFire in the Earth\u003cbr\u003eTime Migration\u003cbr\u003eOde to joy\u003cbr\u003eCloud of Poems\u003cbr\u003eMirror\u003cbr\u003eSea of Dreams\u003cbr\u003eCloud of Poems\u003cbr\u003eThe Thinker    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by:\u003c\/b\u003e Vikas Adam, Feodor Chin, Greg Chun, Robert Fass, Catherine Ho, Natalie Naudus, Brian Nishii, P. J. Ochlan, Emily Woo Zeller, and Nancy Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eSupernova Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eThree-Body\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wildly imaginative.”—President Barack Obama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e for the twenty-first century . . . Packed with a sense of wonder.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A breakthrough book . . . A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology.”—George R. R. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tackles politics, philosophy, and virtual reality in a story that moves at a thriller's pace.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Evokes the thrill of exploration and the beauty of scale.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stunning, elegant . . . A science fiction epic of the most profound kind.”—NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250771889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":40744275116238,"sku":"9781250771889","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_80835472-a54b-4f3f-88de-97965d9a92af.jpg?v=1641446343","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250771889","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}