Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu (English) Paperback Book

Description: Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen When Chens parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this enigmatic natural phenomenon. His search takes him to across mountain peaks and deep into highly classified subterranean labs. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel WIRED.On his fourteenth birthday, right before his eyes, Chens parents are incinerated by a blast of ball lightning. Striving to make sense of this bizarre tragedy, he dedicates his life to a single goal: to unlock the secrets of this enigmatic natural phenomenon. His pursuit of ball lightning will take him far from home, across mountain peaks chasing storms and deep into highly classified subterranean laboratories as he slowly unveils a new frontier in particle physics.Chens obsession gives purpose to his lonely life, but it cant insulate him from the real worlds interest in his discoveries. He will be pitted against scientists, soldiers and governments with motives of their own: a physicist who has no place for moral judgement in his pursuit of knowledge; a beautiful army major obsessed with new ways to wage war; a desperate nation facing certain military defeat.Conjuring awe-inspiring new worlds of cosmology and philosophy from meticulous scientific speculation, Ball Lightning has all the scope and imagination that so enthralled readers of Cixin Lius award-winning Three-Body trilogy. Author Biography Cixin Liu is Chinas #1 SF writer and author of The Three-Body Problem – the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan. Review A striking, strange and sometimes quite chewy standalone novel about the uneasy alliance between cutting-edge scientific research and the agencies that fund it * SFX *A fascinating piece of speculative fiction... This is unsettling and thoughtful writing... Ball Lightning does what all the best science fiction does - it makes the reader look at the world around them anew, and makes them think about the possibilities of the future * Big Issue *As elusive as a Venusian scout ship and as deadly as a nest of vipers... Through these characters we learn an awful lot about ball lightning and it shows the authors deep knowledge of physics, cosmology, meteorology and the politics and morality of scientific research * Starburst *Cixin Liu is one of the most significant authors working in the genre today... Expect inspirational cosmology and philosophy with meticulous scientific speculation; Ball Lightning is likely to enthral you * Starburst magazine * Promotional A new standalone science fiction novel from Cixin Liu, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem. Review Quote A striking, strange and sometimes quite chewy standalone novel about the uneasy alliance between cutting-edge scientific research and the agencies that fund it Promotional "Headline" A new standalone science fiction novel from Cixin Liu, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem . Feature From the author of the Hugo-award winning The Three-Body Problem . Details ISBN1786694697 Author Joel Martinsen Pages 384 Language English Translator Joel Martinsen ISBN-10 1786694697 ISBN-13 9781786694690 Format Paperback Imprint Head of Zeus Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Year 2018 Translated from Chinese DEWEY 895.136 NZ Release Date 2018-08-14 Publisher Head of Zeus Edition Description UK Airports ed Publication Date 2018-08-14 Alternative 9781786694676 Audience General UK Release Date 2018-08-14 AU Release Date 2018-07-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134569566;

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