{"product_id":"to-hold-up-the-sky-9781250306067","title":"To Hold Up the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTo Hold Up the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExperience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu's writing and imagination in this stunning collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories included: \u003cbr\u003eContraction\u003cbr\u003eFull Spectrum Barrage Jamming\u003cbr\u003eThe Village Teacher\u003cbr\u003eFire in the Earth\u003cbr\u003eTime Migration\u003cbr\u003eOde to joy\u003cbr\u003eCloud of Poems\u003cbr\u003eMirror\u003cbr\u003eSea of Dreams\u003cbr\u003eCloud of Poems\u003cbr\u003eThe Thinker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250306067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Cixin Liu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40793446744245,"sku":"9781250306067","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_293da630-36ee-4fcb-8708-7e7b16a3e222.jpg?v=1629205238","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-hold-up-the-sky-9781250306067","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}