'We're mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a flash, we can reach the edge of the universe, or tunnel into a quark, or swim within a star-core... We're as unassuming as fireflies, yet our numbers grow like grass in spring. We sci-fi fans are people from the future.' - Cixin Liu, from the essay 'Sci-Fi Fans' A View from the Stars features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu's prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.

A collection of stories and essays from Cixin Liu, New York Times bestselling author of the Three-Body Problem Trilogy

About the Author
Cixin Liu is China's #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.

Reviews
A true genius of the genre... leave[s] readers refreshingly excited not just about sf but about humanity's future * Booklist, STARRED REVIEW *
Very reminiscent of Golden Age science fiction, and it's great * SF Crowsnest *
A vital collection. . . . down-to-earth, but unafraid to ask big questions * Publishers Weekly *
His stories are filled with a sense of wonder as they push ideas about the future of humanity to their extremes, and the personal essays offer a rare glimpse into attitudes towards science fiction in China and how the genre has changed. A fascinating collection. * Guardian *



Book Information
ISBN 9781035908592
Author Cixin Liu
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC