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The three-body problem

by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu

During the Cultural Revolution, a secret military project contacts an alien civilisation on the brink of collapse. As an invasion looms, human factions emerge to either welcome the outsiders or defend Earth's future and its scientific development.

Accession 32634 ISBN 9781800246683 Publisher Subterranean Press
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