{"product_id":"to-hold-up-the-sky","title":"To Hold Up the Sky","description":"From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past.\n\nIn To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives or unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself.\n\nWritten between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction's most visionary writers.\n\nExperience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu's writing and imagination in this stunning collection.\n\nStories included:\n\"Contraction\"\n\"Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming\"\n\"The Village Teacher\"\n\"Fire in the Earth\"\n\"Time Migration\"\n\"Ode to joy\"\n\"Cloud of Poems\n\"Mirror\"\n\"Sea of Dreams\"\n\"Cloud of Poems\"\n\"The Thinker\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 125030606X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.125030606X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Liu, Cixin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41419914674234,"sku":"DBV.125030606X.G","price":14.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/125030606X-0.jpg?v=1778867928","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/to-hold-up-the-sky","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}