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In a novel by this author, a Byzantine woman mysteriously gains the ability to retrieve small objects but fails to use it to kill Mehmet II. (10[1])The protagonist of a story by this author travels with Big-tooth to the South Pole and sees a god’s creation of a cloud containing all possible poetry. In a novel by this author, a society that later divides into factions called Adventists and Redemptionists is founded by Mike Evans. In that novel by this author, a virtual-reality game that flips between Stable and Chaotic Eras (-5[1])is used to simulate the title phenomenon (10[1])experienced by Trisolaris. Years after (10[1])witnessing (-5[1])her father’s death in the Cultural Revolution, Wénjié (“yeh wun-j’yeh”) responds to an interstellar message and sparks an alien invasion in a novel by this author. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of The Three-Body (10[1])Problem. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Liú Cíxīn (“lyoh tsuh-sheen”) [or Cixin Liu] (The second line is from “The Poetry Cloud.”)
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