Hold Up the Sky

Cixin Liu

Chapters (20)

COVER

HOLD UP
THE SKY

BY CIXIN LIU

The Three-Body Problem

The Dark Forest

Death’s End

Ball Lightning

Supernova Era

Of Ants and Dinosaurs

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

The Wandering Earth

TITLE PAGE

HOLD UP
THE SKY

CIXIN LIU

AN AD ASTRA BOOK

COPYRIGHT

First published in the UK in 2020 by Head of Zeus Ltd

An Ad Astra book

This publication was arranged by Hunan Science & Technology Press.

“Ode to Joy” by Friedrich Schiller quoted in the story “Ode to Joy.” English translation by William F. Wertz in Friedrich Schiller Poet of Freedom Vol. 1. Published by The Schiller Institute.

The moral right of 刘慈欣 (Liu Cixin) to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this work are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 9781838937638

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COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

“The Village Teacher”

Translated by Adam Lanphier

Originally published as 乡村教师 in 2000 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.

“The Time Migration”

Translated by Joel Martinsen

Originally published as 时间移民 in 2014 by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House in Nanjing.

“2018-04-01”

Translated by John Chu

Originally published as 2018-04-01 in 2009 by Esquire China in Beijing.

“Fire in the Earth”

Translated by Joel Martinsen

Originally published as 地火 in 2000 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.

“Contraction”

Translated by John Chu

Originally published as 坍缩 in 1999 by Science Fiction World in Chongqing.

“Mirror”

Translated by Carmen Yiling Yan

Originally published as 镜子 in 2004 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.

“Ode to Joy”

Translated by Joel Martinsen

Originally published as 欢乐颂 in 2005 by The Novoland Fantasy in Chengdu.

“Full-Spectrum Barrage Jamming”

Translated by Carmen Yiling Yan

Originally published as 全频带阻塞干扰 in 2001 by Science Fiction World in Chengdu.

“Sea of Dreams”