First American edition, first printing. 399 pp. 8vo. Original blue-grey paper boards, gilt-stamped spine. Spine ends lightly bumped, negligible toning and a few fox-spots to fore-edges of text block. A fine copy in near-fine dust jacket (tiny closed tear to rear panel near spine).

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The first English-language edition of this beloved science fiction novel. The first in a trilogy and adapted for television by Netflix, it was originally serialized in the Chinese magazine Science Fiction World in 2006 and published in China in 2008.