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Liu Cixin (Chinese: 刘慈欣; pinyin: Liú Cíxīn, pronounced [ljǒʊ tsʰɨ̌ɕín]; born 23 June 1963) is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer. He is a nine-time winner of China's Galaxy Award and has also received the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel The Three-Body Problem as well as the 2017 Locus Award for Death's End. He is also a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award. In English translations of his works, his name is given as Cixin Liu. He is a member of China Science Writers Association and the vice president of Shanxi Writers Association. He is sometimes called "Da Liu" ("Big Liu") by his fellow science fiction writers in China. Life and career Liu was born on 23 June 1963 in Beijing and raised in Yangquan, Shanxi, where his parents had been sent to work in the mines. Due to the violence of the Cultural Revolution he was sent to live in his ancestral home in Luoshan County, Henan. Liu graduated from the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power in 1988. He then worked as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi province. Writing Liu cites English authors George Orwell and Arthur C. Clarke as important literary influences. He was labeled the first cyberpunk Chinese author after his novel China 2185 was published in 1989. Liu's most famous work, The Three-Body Problem, was first published in 2006. It is the first book in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. American author Ken Liu's 2014 translation (published by Tor Books) won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and the book sold 1,200,000 copies in China before it won. Liu Cixin thus became the first author from Asia to win Best Novel. The German translation (which included some portions of the original text not included in the English translation) followed in 2016. Ken Liu also translated the third volume of The Three-Body Problem series, Death's End, in 2016. Death's End was a 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel finalist and won a 2017 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Liu's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy has been a sensation of Chinese science fiction literature within Chinese territory and internationally. In 2012, even the winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature, Mo Yan, acclaimed the remarkable originality of Liu Cixin. Liu's fiction focuses primarily on problems such as social inequality, scientific development and ecological limitations that impact humanity. Adaptations Chinese video platform Tencent Video released a series based on The Three-Body Problem in January 2023.A cinematic adaptation of The Three-Body Problem has been filmed, but its release has been indefinitely postponed. In March 2018, Amazon was rumored to be negotiating for the rights to the project. However, YooZoo Pictures released a statement in response stating that it was the "sole owner of the rights for film and TV series adaptations." Although it "was originally scheduled to be released in 2017," the project "was postponed indefinitely due to the company's internal shuffling and the rumored 'bad quality' of the film's first cut." In June 2019, it was reported that work had begun on an animated adaptation, and in 2020, October Media announced another adaptation in the works.The cinematic adaptation of his short story The Wandering Earth was released in China on February 5, 2019, which became the second highest-grossing film in the Chinese box office within 2 weeks.The science-fiction comedy film Crazy Alien, adapted from his science fiction short story The Village Teacher, had grossed 2.2 billion at the box office, making it the fifteenth film in Chinese film history with a box office exceeding 2 billion.US streaming platform Netflix announced in September 2020 that it had ordered an English-language series based on Liu's well-known trilogy The Three-Body Problem. Liu would serve as a consulting producer on the project. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were named as writers and executive producers. Other members of the creative team included executive producer Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Bernadette Caulfield, Nena Rodrigue, Lin Qi, and Rosamund Pike. The Netflix television adaptation started production in early November 2021, with a scheduled finish date in August 2022. In November of 2023, Netflix released a sneak peek and announced that the drama would be released March 21, 2024.Chinese video sharing website Bilibili released a series exploring the science of Liu Cixin's science fiction in November 2022. Films and TV works Personal life Liu is married and has a daughter. Political views According to a June 2019 interview and profile article by The New Yorker, Liu avoids talking about politics. In the same article, Liu argued that democracy was not appropriate for modern China, and individual liberty and freedom of governance is "not what Chinese people care about", adding "If you were to loosen up the country a bit, the consequences would be terrifying." He expressed support for policies such as the one-child policy and China's Xinjiang policies, saying "Would you rather that they be hacking away at bodies at train stations and schools in terrorist attacks? If anything, the government is helping their economy and trying to lift them out of poverty."Liu's remarks in the New Yorker interview were questioned by five Republican U.S. senators in a letter to Netflix in September 2020. The letter asks whether Netflix was aware of Liu's remarks and demands a justification for proceeding with the adaptation of The Three-Body Problem. Netflix responded that Liu was not the creator of the show, and that Liu's comments "are not reflective of the views of Netflix or of the show's creators, nor are they part of the plot or themes of the show."Liu's works (including some of his adaptations) contain various subtle and plot-wide criticisms of actions of the Chinese Communist Party. In one such case, Liu moved a brutal struggle session from where it was hidden in the middle of the book to the beginning of Three Body Problem's English translation, when suggested by his translator, Ken Liu. In response to the prominently placed plot point, Liu acted positively and replied "That is how I wanted it originally!".. The Netflix adaptation, where Liu Cixin was also a Consulting Producer, also starts with the struggle session. Liu Cixin's Chinese publishers chose to place the politically charged scene in the middle of the book instead of the beginning, in order to get past government censors. Bibliography Novels China 2185 (中国2185) (1989) The Devil's Bricks (魔鬼积木) (2002) Supernova Era (超新星纪元) (2003) Ball Lightning (球状闪电) (2004) The Remembrance of Earth's Past (地球往事) trilogy: The Three-Body Problem (三体) (2006) The Dark Forest (黑暗森林) (2008) Death's End (死神永生) (2010) Of Ants and Dinosaurs (2010), also published as The Cretaceous Past (2021)Works of short fiction Collections 2003 爱因斯坦赤道2004 With her Eyes (带上她的眼睛)2008 The Wandering Earth (流浪地球) 魔鬼积木·白垩纪往事2014 Time Immigrant (时间移民) 20182020 To Hold Up the SkyEssay.... Discover the Cixin Liu popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cixin Liu books.

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  • The Moonday Letters synopsis, comments

    The Moonday Letters

    Emmi Itäranta

    An effortlessly rich and lyrical mystery wrapped in a love story that bends space, time, myth and science, perfect for fans of Octavia Butler and Emily St. John Mandel.Sol has disa...

  • Broken Stars synopsis, comments

    Broken Stars

    Ken Liu

    LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGYSixteen short stories from China's groundbreaking science fiction writers, edited and translated by awardwinning author Ken Liu.In Hugo award...

  • The Wandering Earth synopsis, comments

    The Wandering Earth

    Cixin Liu, Christophe Bec, Stefano Raffaele & S. Qiouyi Lu

    The second in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Awardwinning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press The lifebringing sun is on track to have a catastrophic helium flash within the...

  • Iron Widow - Rache im Herzen synopsis, comments

    Iron Widow - Rache im Herzen

    Xiran Jay Zhao

    Diene den Männern, verheirate dich gewinnbringend und dann stirb! Der »NewYorkTimes«Platz1Bestseller des kanadischen TikTokStars.Die 18jährige Zetian tritt der Armee bei, um Rache ...

  • Die Siliziuminsel synopsis, comments

    Die Siliziuminsel

    Qiufan Chen

    Auf der Siliziuminsel im Südwesten Chinas wird der Elektronikschrott der ganzen Welt recycelt. Inmitten von giftigen Dämpfen und verseuchter Hardware suchen die Müllmenschen nach V...

  • Die Kolonie synopsis, comments

    Die Kolonie

    Jinkang Wang

    1971, Provinz Henan, Zentralchina. Die Kulturrevolution hat das Land in einen blutigen Taumel gestürzt. Zusammen mit Millionen anderen wird die Studentin Guo Qiuyun zur Umerziehung...

  • Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - La Perfection du cercle synopsis, comments

    Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - La Perfection du cercle

    Xavier Besse

    227 avant JC, époque des Royaumes combattants. Ying Zheng, roi de la dynastie Qin, veut unifier la Chine. S'il prouve qu'il connaît le langage du Ciel et en comprend les desseins, ...

  • Sea of Dreams synopsis, comments

    Sea of Dreams

    Cixin Liu & Rodolfo Santullo

    The first in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Awardwinning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press An annual ice sculpture festival draws the attention of an extraterrestrial visi...

  • Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Les Trois Lois du monde synopsis, comments

    Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Les Trois Lois du monde

    Xiaoyu Zhang

    Dans cette école rustique d'une province pauvre et reculée, le professeur consacrait son énergie à une dizaine d'enfants avides de découvrir le monde. Sa vie était certes rude, mai...

  • The Histories synopsis, comments

    The Histories

    Tacitus

    In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, though not of chaos.In the surviving books of his Histo...

  • The Medusa Effect synopsis, comments

    The Medusa Effect

    Justin Richards

    Medusa an experimental spaceship developed by the Advanced Research Department of St Oscar's University. Missing since it was launched, presumed lost in the wars, it was a project...

  • The Redemption of Time synopsis, comments

    The Redemption of Time

    Baoshu & Ken Liu

    Set in the universe of the New York Times bestselling ThreeBody Problem trilogy, The Redemption of Time continues Cixin Liu’s multiawardwinning science fiction saga. This original ...

  • Die Schwerter von Dara synopsis, comments

    Die Schwerter von Dara

    Ken Liu

    Von der TIME zu den 100 besten FantasyBüchern aller Zeiten gewähltDer Auftakt zu Ken Lius meisterhafter SeidenkriegerTrilogie ausgezeichnet mit dem LocusAward für das beste Fantas...

  • Kugelblitz synopsis, comments

    Kugelblitz

    Cixin Liu

    An seinem vierzehnten Geburtstag muss der junge Chen miterleben, wie seine Eltern vor seinen Augen getötet werden. Ein mehrere Tausend Grad heißer Feuerball fährt in das alte Haus ...

  • Speaking Bones synopsis, comments

    Speaking Bones

    Ken Liu

    The battle continues in this silkpunk fantasy as science and destiny collide against the will of the gods in this final installment in the epic Dandelion Dynasty series from the “g...

  • La Nuit du faune synopsis, comments

    La Nuit du faune

    Romain Lucazeau

    Un chefd'oeuvre SF de la littérature française NumeramaUne expérience de lecture unique. LireLe Magazine LittéraireAu sommet d'une montagne vit une petite fille nommée A...

  • The Smoke synopsis, comments

    The Smoke

    Simon Ings

    A searing nearfuture tale about love, loss and loneliness in an incomprehensible world. Humanity has been split into three different species. Mutual incomprehension has fractured t...

  • The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China synopsis, comments

    The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China

    Lu Xun & Julia Lovell

    Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun's stories both indict outdated Ch...

  • The Rig synopsis, comments

    The Rig

    Roger Levy

    On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with ...

  • Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Terre vagabonde synopsis, comments

    Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Terre vagabonde

    Christophe Bec & Stefano Raffaele

    Depuis la prévision de la mort de notre soleil, l'humanité s'activait à sa survie dans un projet sans précédent : piloterla Terre jusqu'à la constellation du Centaure afin d'y trou...

  • Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Les Migrants du temps synopsis, comments

    Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Les Migrants du temps

    Sylvain Runberg & Serge Pellé

    Rongé par la pollution et la surpopulation, l'humanité se résout à la migration dans le temps. 80 millions d'humains sont envoyés dans le futur, espérant que la Terre de demain aur...

  • The Veiled Throne synopsis, comments

    The Veiled Throne

    Ken Liu

    With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the ...

  • Diezukunft - Ausblicke 1 synopsis, comments

    Diezukunft - Ausblicke 1

    Wilhelm Heyne Verlag

    Leseproben aus dem HeyneScienceFictionProgramm – mit Cixin Liu, Andy Weir, Kim Stanley Robinson u.v.m.Sie interessieren sich für Zukunft, Technologie und ScienceFiction? Sie würden...

  • Green Valley synopsis, comments

    Green Valley

    Louis Greenberg

    WINNER OF THE FOREWORD INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD'Immersive, smart, eerily prescient and crackling with tension and atmosphere.' Sarah Lotz, author of Day Three and Day Four.Chil...

  • Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Le Calcul du papillon synopsis, comments

    Les Futurs de Liu Cixin - Le Calcul du papillon

    Dan Panosian

    Belgrade sous les bombes. L'organisme de la petite Katya rejette sa récente greffe de rein. Son père, Alexsander, cherche un supercalculateur pour déterminer les coordonnées terres...

  • The Village Teacher synopsis, comments

    The Village Teacher

    Cixin Liu & Zhang Xiaoyu

    The third in a new series of graphic novels from Hugo Awardwinning author Liu Cixin and Talos Press In the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition, a man dedic...

  • Zerbrochene Sterne synopsis, comments

    Zerbrochene Sterne

    Cixin Liu, Hao Jingfang & Qiufan Chen

    Die besten ScienceFictionAutoren aus China in einem BandEin junger Mann wird dreimal in der Nacht angerufen – und jedes Mal ist er selbst am anderen Ende der Leitung. Genauer gesag...

  • Ecclesiastical History of the English People synopsis, comments

    Ecclesiastical History of the English People

    BEDE, Leo Sherley-Price & D. H. Farmer

    Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to de...

  • The Hidden Girl and Other Stories synopsis, comments

    The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

    Ken Liu

    Includes stories featured in Pantheonnow an animated series on AMC+“I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I’m reading Ken Liu’s stories, I feel like I’m reading a once...

  • Supernova synopsis, comments

    Supernova

    Cixin Liu

    Der letzte Tag der Menschheit ist angebrochen. Eine gewaltige Strahlenwolke, ausgelöst durch eine Sternexplosion acht Jahre zuvor, wird schon bald alle Menschen über dreizehn Jahre...

  • On The Third Day synopsis, comments

    On The Third Day

    Rhys Thomas

    Society is on the brink of collapse. The Old World is vanishing, the New World is taking over. There are no rules. Not now that a deadly disease is spreading that causes its victim...