Hold Up the Sky

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First published in the UK in 2020 by Head of Zeus Ltd

An Ad Astra book

Copyright © 2020 by 刘慈欣 (Cixin Liu)

English translation © 2020 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.

This publication was arranged by Hunan Science & Technology Press.

“Ode to Joy” by Friedrich Schiller quoted in the story “Ode to Joy.” English translation by William F. Wertz in Friedrich Schiller Poet of Freedom Vol. 1. Published by The Schiller Institute.

The moral right of 刘慈欣 (Liu Cixin) to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this work are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 9781838937638

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