Ball lightning
When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he l...
| Main Author: | Liu, Cixin (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Martinsen, Joel (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Published: |
New York :
Tor,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this 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. While Chen's quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published in 2005 by Sichaun Science & Technology Press in Chengdu, China. "The first three chapters of this translation appeared in the online magazine Words Without Borders in a slightly different form in 2009." |
| Physical Description: |
384 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780765394071 0765394073 |
| Author Notes: |
Cixin Liu is the author of The Three Body Problem, which won Best Novel at the Hugo Awards 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) |