Liu Cixin (simplified Chinese:刘慈欣; traditional Chinese:劉慈欣, IPA: [ljǔtsʰɨ̌ɕín]; born 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer. He is a nine-time winner of the Galaxy Award (China's most prestigious literary science fiction award) and winner of The Hugo Award. Liu's work is considered hard science fiction. In English translations of his works, his name is given in the form Cixin Liu.
Liu's most famous work, The Three-Body Problem, was published in 2007. It was translated into English by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books in November 2014, and won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel. He was the first Asian writer to win "Best Novel".
In the style of Chinese animation and comics, this graphic novel brings Liu Cixin's science fiction to life, offering a fresh reading experience for global audiences after the TV-series adaptations by Tencent and Netflix ...[email protected].
klyaksun/Shutterstock ... Both fears are very old ... This is an idea neatly captured in recent times by the Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu, who compares space to a “dark forest” in which alien civilisations are trying to hide from each other ... .
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Based on a short story by Three-Body Problem author Liu Cixin, The Wandering Earth focuses enough on family drama to keep the story relevant and accessible, but the real draw is the scope and sweep of ...
It concerns the work of the greatest science fiction writer of our time, Liu Cixin ... Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem trilogy has striking similarities with Ai’s childhood in Northern China.
China's science fiction literature has gained global prominence in recent years, driven by works from authors like Liu Cixin and Wang Jinkang, as well as films and TV series such as "The ...