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The Three-Body Problem Trilogy (Limited Edition)

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The Three-Body Problem Trilogy (Limited Edition)

Name: The Three-Body Problem Trilogy (Limited Edition)
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Author: Liu Cixin

£530

Illustrated By Matt Griffin

Introduced By the author

Translated By Ken Liu and Joel Martinsen

From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to a future 18 million years away, Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem Trilogy takes science fiction to mind-bending new dimensions. This spectacular limited edition brings all three novels together with artwork by Matt Griffin and a new introduction by Liu, never before published in English. Signed by author and artist, it’s an ambitious Folio treatment of a story that spans worlds, civilisations and millions of years.

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Book Details

Production DetailsBound in printed cloth with a design by Matt Griffin and blocked lettering by Steve O Connell
Digitally printed book edges
Foiled endpapers on Sirio Color Dark Blue paper
Printed in two colours throughout
Ribbon Marker
Outer clamshell case covered in holographic foil blocked cloth
Lined in copper holographic foil blocked paper with a design by Matt Griffin
Printed and holographic foiled limitation label signed by Liu Cixin and Matt Griffin
Printed in Italy

Dimensions10 inches × 6¾ inches (25.4 × 17.1 cm)

FontTypeset in Arno with Proxima Nova as Display

Pages1344

AuthorLiu Cixin

Illustrated ByMatt Griffin

IllustrationDecorative title page spread; three black and white part title spread illustrations;
15 colour illustrations including three double-page spreads

Publication Date08/09/2026

PrintingLimited to 750 copies

Editor's Notes

Spanning some 18 million years, Liu Cixin's masterpiece is as broad as it is compelling. A tale of humanity's struggle, and that of a civilisation fighting for its very existence, this dares to answer the question 'Are we alone in the Universe?' Beautifully and brilliantly evoked in Matt Griffin's artwork, this is the ultimate edition of an award-winning science-fiction phenomenon, complete with the author's own signature and a new introduction.

Synopsis

What happens when we realise we're not alone in the universe? And what happens to any civilisation unwise enough to broadcast its location? This award-winning series starts with a moment of violence in 1967, ends with humanity facing the vast, cold truth of the universe, and throughout charts an epic tale of first contact, fragile alliances and the battle for survival across millennia.

When physicist Ye Wenjie sends a signal to space during China's Cultural Revolution, she sets in motion a chain of events that will unravel human civilisation. As scientists die under mysterious circumstances and a virtual world of three suns reveals impossible physics, Earth learns it has been targeted by an alien fleet – and not all humans oppose their arrival.

From secret scientific cabals to interstellar diplomacy, from unfolding dimensions to weaponised sophons, this award-winning trilogy – The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End – is a bold fusion of science, suspense and narrative grandeur. This is not just the story of a planet under threat; it's a philosophical reckoning with our place in the cosmos.

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Holographic foiled limitation label signed by the author and the artist

Digitally printed book edges

Clamshell box lined in copper holographic foil blocked paper with a design by Matt Griffin featuring three-body problem solutions

Holographic foiled endpapers

Artist Matt Griffin has created a decorative title-page spread and 15 colour illustrations including three double-page spreads

Three black and white part-title spreads

Housed in a clamshell case covered in cloth blocked in holographic foil with lettering by Steve O Connell

About the Illustrator

Matt Griffin

Matt Griffin is an award-winning Irish artist and author whose work spans illustration, literature and world-building. Internationally recognised for his contributions to fantasy and science fiction, he has created art for Disney, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins and The Folio Society. His illustrations for the deluxe editions of Frank Herbert's Dune series and the Folio book of Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama (1973; Folio 2020) are widely acclaimed. He is the author and illustrator of The Ayla Trilogy (2015) and creator of The Endling Saga (2018), a multimedia exploration of myth, technology, and storytelling. He lives in County Clare, Ireland.

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About the Author

Liu Cixin is the most prolific and popular science fiction writer in the People's Republic of China. Liu is the first Asian writer to win a Hugo Award, a nine-time winner of the Galaxy Award (the Chinese Hugo) and a winner of the XINGYUN Award (Chinese Nebula). Prior to becoming a writer, he worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan, Shanxi.

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