Cixin Liu's The Village Teacher: A Graphic Novel by Cixin Liu (English) Paperbac

Description: Cixin Liu's The Village Teacher by Cixin Liu, Zhang Xiaoyu Humanity attempts to reason, navigate and, above all, survive in a desolate cosmos. Cixin Lius Village Teacher is now realised as a graphic novel for the first time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries have transformed 15 of Cixin Lius – Chinas answer to Arthur C. Clarke (New Yorker) – award-winning stories into graphic novels.In the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition, one man has dedicated his life to igniting a passion for maths and science in the hearts of the peasant children around him. Now his life is coming to its end, he draws his students around him so he can impart knowledge on them to his final breath.All the while, in a far corner of outer space, fifty thousand light-years away, an interstellar war that has waged for thousands of years is coming to an end. The victor plans to perform the full-scale extermination of any low-intelligence lifeforms that remain in what is now his solar system.In order to gauge the intelligence of a planet, the victor devises a test – posed to a group of lifeforms selected at random by a computer – of science and mathematics. On a green-and-blue planet nestled in a spiral arm of the Milky Way, the computers selection falls to a group of children, in the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition...Praise for Cixin Liu:Your next favourite sci-fi novel WiredImmense Barack ObamaUnique George R.R. MartinSF in the grand style GuardianMind-altering and immersive Daily MailA milestone in Chinese science-fiction New York TimesChinas answer to Arthur C. Clarke New YorkerWinner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel Author Biography Zhang Xiaoyu is a Chinese graphic novel artist. He is one of few Chinese graphic novel artists to have achieved international influence, and has served a great contribution to revitalising the form in China and disseminating Chinese culture in the wider world. His work has been recognised with prices both in China and globally.Cixin Liu is Chinas #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. Review The illustrations by Zhang Xiaoyu have a wonderful earthy quality to them... This adaptation by Zhang Xiaoyu has masterfully captured the human qualities that Cixin Liu is so good at illustrating with words... Its another great adaptation in this series of graphic novels based on Cixin Lius works, faithfully presenting his vision in a new format that adds depth and pathos. It is a highly effective and enjoyable version of this tale * SF Crowsnest *The whole project offers a fascinating insight to a new author, with the graphic novels serving as a gateway drug to a traditionally inaccessible voice in the realm of SFF * SciFiNow *A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology -- George R.R. MartinWildly imaginative, really interesting... The scope of it was immense -- Barack ObamaA milestone in Chinese science fiction * New York Times *A marvellous mélange of awe-inspiring scientific concepts, clever plotting and quirky yet plausible characters... Exhilarating, mind-stretching * TLS *Chinas answer to Arthur C. Clarke * The New Yorker * Promotional Cixin Lius story The Village Teacher is now boldly realised as a graphic novel for the first time. Review Quote A milestone in Chinese science fiction New York Times . Promotional "Headline" Cixin Lius story The Village Teacher is now boldly realised as a graphic novel for the first time. Feature Cixin Lius work has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Galaxy Awards and Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, been praised by every major publication and public figures from Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg to George R.R. Martin and Michaela Coel, and sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. Description for Sales People Cixin Lius work has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Galaxy Awards and Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, been praised by every major publication and public figures from Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg to George R.R. Martin and Michaela Coel, and sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. Details ISBN1800249993 Author Zhang Xiaoyu ISBN-10 1800249993 ISBN-13 9781800249998 Format Paperback Language English Year 2021 Illustrator Zhang Xiaoyu Subtitle A Graphic Novel DEWEY 741.5 Publication Date 2021-08-05 UK Release Date 2021-08-05 Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 100 integrated col NZ Release Date 2021-08-05 Series The Worlds of Cixin Liu Place of Publication London Imprint Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book Pages 110 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Alternative 9781800240018 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134800320;

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