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The Collected Short Stories

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Collected Short Stories

Contributors:

By (Author) Cixin Liu

ISBN:

9781035903931

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book

Publication Date:

2nd December 2025

UK Publication Date:

11th September 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Short stories

Dewey:

895.136

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

1056

Dimensions:

Width 170mm, Height 240mm

Description

The collected short stories of Cixin Liu, author of The Three Body Problem trilogy (now a major Netflix series).

The collection will comprise of stories from:

- The Wandering Earth
- Hold Up the Sky
- Of Ants and Dinosaurs

Collected in a beautiful hardback anthology for the first time.

Reviews

'Liu conjures a sense of wonder while grounding his tales in well-wrought characters. This is a masterwork.' * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
'The passion in Liu's writing becomes an unstoppable force. These are the stories that really leap off the page and stick with you long after youre done.' * Tor.com *
'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 on Supernova Era *

PRAISE FOR CIXIN LIU:

'A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology' - George R.R. Martin

'Wildly imaginative, really interesting... The scope of it was immense' - Barack Obama

'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' - The New Yorker

'SF in the grand style' Guardian

'Mind-altering and immersive'

* Daily Mail *

Author Bio

Cixin Liu is China's #1 SF writer and author of The Three-Body Problem the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan.

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