Others also deserve thanks. Joe Monti, my former agent (and current editor of my original fiction), dispensed much useful advice. Liz Gorinsky, my editor at Tor Books, helped me improve the translation in a thousand ways large and small, and I can’t imagine a better editorial experience than working with her. My wife, Lisa, provided the support and encouragement to keep me going on many late nights. More than anyone else, she made this possible.
Finally, I thank Liu Cixin, who entrusted me with his work and, in this process, became my friend.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cixin Liu is the most prolific and popular science-fiction writer in the People’s Republic of China. Liu is an eight-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the Nebula Award. Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan, Shanxi.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Ken Liu is a writer, lawyer, and computer programmer. His short story “The Paper Menagerie” was the first work of fiction ever to sweep the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards.
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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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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