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Death's End

2010

Library edition: September 2016, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Tor

ISBN 978-0-7653-7710-4

Hardcover, 608 pages

$26.99 / C$37.99

Notes:

  •  'Remembrance of Earth's Past' series #3.

  •  Translated by Ken Liu.

The Dark Forest

2008

Library edition: August 2015, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Tor

ISBN 978-0-7653-7708-1

Hardcover, 512 pages

$25.99 / C$29.99

Notes:

  •  'Remembrance of Earth's Past' series #2.

  •  Translated by Joel Martinsen.

  •  Winner of the 2021 Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel.

The Three-Body Problem

2006

Library edition: November 2014, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Tor

ISBN 978-0-7653-7706-7

Hardcover, 399 pages

$25.99 / C$29.99

Notes:

  •  'Remembrance of Earth's Past' series #1.

  •  Translated by Ken Liu.

  •  'Postscript for the English Edition' by Liu Cixin, 'Translator's Postscript' by Ken Liu.

  •  First serialised in Science Fiction World in 2006.

  •  Winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Ball Lightning

2004

Library edition: August 2018, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Tor

ISBN 978-1-786-69468-3

Hardcover, 399 pages

$28.99 / C$37.99

Notes:

  •  Afterword by Cixin Liu.

  •  Translated by Joel Martinsen.

刘 慈欣  |  Cixin Liu

Legal name:  刘 慈欣

Transliterated name:  Liu, Cixin

Birth place:  Yangquan, Henan, China

Birth date:  23 June 1963

Language:  Chinese

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Novels

Collections

The Wandering Earth

2017

Library edition: May 2017, 1st UK edition, 1st printing

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-78497-849-5

Hardcover, 447 pages

£18.99

Notes:

  •  Translated by Ken Liu, Elizabeth Hanlon, Zac Haluza, Adam Lanphier and Holger Nahm.

  •  Contents differ considerably from the 2013 English edition published by CreateSpace.

  •  Library copy signed by the author in black pen on the title page, which states 'Signed and Limited First Edition'.

Fiction: The Wandering Earth  //  Mountain  //  Sun of China  //  For the Benefit of Mankind  //  Curse 5.0  //  The

Micro-Era  //  Devourer  //  Taking Care of God  //  With Her Eyes  //  Cannonball

Short fiction chapbooks

The Weight of Memories

2016

Library edition: August 2016, 1st edition

Tor

ISBN 978-0-7653-9403-3

Digital

$0.99

Notes:

  •  Translated by Ken Liu.

Supernova Era

2003

Library edition: October 2019, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Tor

ISBN 978-1-250-30603-6

Hardcover, 348 pages

$27.99 / C$37.99

Notes:

  •  Afterword by Cixin Liu.

  •  Translated by Joel Martinsen.

Of Ants and Dinosaurs

2010

Library edition: May 2020, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-7895-4611-8

Hardcover, 249 pages

£18.99

Notes:

  •  Translated by Elizabeth Hanlon.

  •  Library copy signed by the author in black pen on the title page, which states 'Signed and Limited First Edition'.

Hold Up the Sky

2020

Library edition: October 2020, 1st UK edition, 1st printing

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8389-3760-7

Hardcover, 334 pages

£18.99

Notes:

  •  Foreword by Cixin Liu.

  •  Translated by John Chu, Adam Lanphier, Joel Martinsen and Carmen Yiling Yan.

  •  Library copy signed by the author in black pen on the title page, which states 'Signed and Limited First Edition'.

Fiction: The Village Teacher  //  The Time Migration  //  2018-04-01  //  Fire in the Earth  //  Contraction  //  Mirror  //  

Ode to Joy  //  Full-Spectrum Barrage Jamming  //  Sea of Dreams  //  Cloud of Poems  //  The Thinker

Graphic format

Sea of Dreams

2020

< August 2021, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-18002-4997-4

Trade paperback, 98 pages

£14.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted by Rodolfo Santullo, illustrated by JOK.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #2.

The Wandering Earth

2020

< August 2021, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8011-0002-1

Trade paperback, 63 pages

£14.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted by Christopher Bec, Illustrated by Stefano Rofoelle.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #1.

The Village Teacher

2020

< August 2021, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-18002-4999-8

Trade paperback, 110 pages

£14.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted and illustrated by Zhang Xiaoyu.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #3.

Yuanyuan’s Bubbles

2020

Library edition: August 2021, 1st English language edition, 1st printing

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8011-0002-1

Trade paperback, 63 pages

£14.99

Notes:

  •  Translated by Nicholas Blackburn Smith.

  •  Adapted by Valérie Mangin, Illustrated by Steven Dupré.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #4.

The Butterfly

2020

< April 2022, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8032-8277-0

Trade paperback, 98 pages

£9.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted and illustrated by Dan Panosian.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #5.

The Devourer

2020

< April 2022, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8032-8281-7

Trade paperback, 98 pages

£9.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted by Jean-David Morvan, illustrated by Yang Wei-Lin.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #6.

For the Benefit of Mankind

2020

< April 2022, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8032-8275-6

Trade paperback, 98 pages

£9.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Miki Montlló.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #7.

The Circle

2020

< April 2022, 1st English language edition

Head of Zeus

ISBN 978-1-8032-8279-4

Trade paperback, 98 pages

£9.99

Notes:

  •  Adapted and illustrated by Xavier Besse.

  •  'The Worlds of Cixin Liu' publication series #8.

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