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First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d. Inspiration for the film The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and its remakes, this Science Fiction classic is set in Mill Valley, California, where seeds fall from space replacing real people with identical aliens who only live for five years while their victims turn to dust. If these seed are allowed to invade totally mankind will die since the aliens do not procreate! Ink name and initials to front endpapers; jacket with some wear, overall very good.

The Three-Body Problem is the first novel of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Chinese author Liu Cixin. The story revolves around a secret military project and an impending alien invasion. The narrative pulls together various strands of people who are affected by the discovery that Earth is not alone in the universe.