{"product_id":"cixin-lius-the-village-teacher-by-cixin-liu-9781800249998","title":"Cixin Liu's The Village Teacher","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries has transformed 15 of Cixin Liu's – 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) – award-winning stories into graphic novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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, as his life is coming to its end, he draws his students around him so he can impart knowledge to them with his final breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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 computer's selection falls to a group of children, in the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Cixin Liu:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWired\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Immense' \u003cb\u003eBarack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Unique' \u003cb\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'SF in the grand style' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Mind-altering and immersive' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A milestone in Chinese science-fiction' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383599218924,"sku":"9781800249998","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26685863482828.jpg?v=1773377845","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cixin-lius-the-village-teacher-by-cixin-liu-9781800249998","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}