"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 you're 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 the Three-Body trilogy: "Wildly imaginative."--President Barack Obama " The War of the Worlds for the twenty-first century .

Packed with a sense of wonder."-- The Wall Street Journal "A breakthrough book . A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology."--George R. R. Martin "Tackles politics, philosophy, and virtual reality in a story that moves at a thriller's pace."-- The Washington Post "Evokes the thrill of exploration and the beauty of scale."-- The New Yorker "Stunning, elegant .

A science fiction epic of the most profound kind."--NPR.