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To Hold Up the Sky

Written by: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Brian Nishii, Catherine Cho, Emily Woo Zeller, Feodor Chin, Greg Chun, Nancy Wu, Natalie Naudus, P. J. Ochlan, Robert Fass, Vikas Adam
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Publisher's Summary

From New York Times best-selling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. 

In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself. 

Written between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction's most visionary writers. 

Experience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu's writing and imagination in this stunning collection.

Stories included are:

"Contraction"

"Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming"

"The Village Teacher"

"Fire in the Earth"

"Time Migration"

"Ode to Joy"

"Mirror"

"Sea of Dreams"

"Cloud of Poems"

"The Thinker"

This program is read by: Vikas Adam, Feodor Chin, Greg Chun, Robert Fass, Catherine Ho, Natalie Naudus, Brian Nishii, P. J. Ochlan, Emily Woo Zeller, and Nancy Wu 

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books 

©2020 Cixin Liu (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

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Disappointments Over Poor Translation

Superb compilation,in this review i want to talk about full spectrum barrage jamming

characters are stiff,interesting story set up,poor translation

I am a Chinese and I have read most of these novels in its original language close to 10 years ago

the translator that worked on full spectrum barrage jamming is making some obvious mistakes on terminologies like at the end of the book where the Americans are defending their line

the translated version stated that the Americans are using "Grenade Launchers" where it is just the literal translation of "榴弹炮" in Chinese,the correct translation would be "Artilleries" or "Cannons"

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Excellent writing!

The performances of the narrators were a little uneven, but overall this was an excellent audiobook!

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