Ball Lightning

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Call Number: Science Fiction / Liu, Cixin, Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / General / Liu, Cixin
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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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."
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
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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This was my intro to this author submitted by tropology on August 29, 2020, 9:01pm I enjoyed this - and went on to read his famous trilogy. The translator is also an excellent sci fi & fantasy author.

Excellent book submitted by reenay13 on July 3, 2023, 10:41pm I read Liu’s trilogy first, and I honestly didn’t know how any book would be able to compare. Months later, I finally dared to pick up this book, and it was an excellent read.