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Ball Lightning
Hardback
Main Details
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Ball Lightning
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Cixin Liu
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Translated by Joel Martinsen
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:384 | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 145 |
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Category/Genre | Science fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781786694683
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Head of Zeus
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Imprint |
Head of Zeus
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NZ Release Date |
2 August 2018 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier in particle physics. Although Chen's quest provides a purpose for his lonely life, his reasons for chasing his elusive quarry come into conflict with soldiers and scientists who have motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge.
Author Biography
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.
ReviewsPRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM TRILOGY: 'A marvellous melange of awe-inspiring scientific concepts, clever plotting and quirky yet plausible characters' TLS. 'A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology' George R.R. Martin.
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