Fiction – Science Fiction – Collection & Anthologies

RELEASE DATE: 4/2/2024(WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S WAREHOUSE)

A new collection of essays and short stories from theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Three-Body Problem

“Were mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core. . . . Were as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring.We sci-fi fans are people from the future.”Cixin Liu, from the essay “Sci-Fi Fans”

A VIEW FROM THE STARSfeatures a range of short works from the past three decades ofNew York Timesbestselling author Cixin Liu’s prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu’s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.

“Science fiction without guile, without snark, without ironic disaffection and all its exhausting modern baggage. It just askswhat would happen?Waits for someone to answer. And then it asks again.”NPR on the works of Cixin Liu

AUTHOR BIO:

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 includeThe Three-Body Problem,The Dark Forest, andDeath’s End.