The Three-Body Problem

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

THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM

Copyright © 2006 by (Liu Cixin)

English translation © 2014 by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd.

Translation by Ken Liu

This publication was arranged by Hunan Science & Technology Press. Originally published as in 2008 by Chongqing Publishing Group in Chongqing, China. First serialized in Science Fiction World () in 2006.

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Cover art by Stephen Martiniere

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Liu, Cixin.

[San ti. English]

The three-body problem / Cixin Liu; translated by Ken Liu.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-7653-7706-7 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-5344-7 (e-book)

I. Liu, Ken, 1976–translator. II. Title.

PL2947.C59S3613 2014

895.13’52—dc23

2014033729

e-ISBN 9781466853447

First U.S. Edition: November 2014