Liu Cixin, male, Han nationality,Born in Beijing on June 23, 1963，His ancestral home is Henan[37][79]，Senior engineer, science fiction writer.[196]Member of the 9th and 10th Plenary Committees of the Chinese Writers Association[1][42]、Chinese Writers AssociationMembersChina Association of Popular Science WritersMembersShanxi Writers Associationvice president[2]、Honorary President of the 5th Council of Yangquan Writers Association[66]Honorary Chairman of Yangquan Federation of Literary and Art CirclesLiu Cixin College of LiteratureLifetime honorary president[64]。
Liu CixinGrowing up in Yangquan, Shanxi[37]。Graduated from Yangquan No. 1 Middle School in June 1981[81][192]。In 1981, he was admitted to the hydropower major of North China University of Water Resources[62][193]。In 1985, after graduating from university, he worked as a computer engineer in Shanxi Niangziguan Power Plant.In the 1990s, science fiction began to be published[70]。In June 1999, he published his maiden work "Whale Song".Later, he successively published Micro Ends, etcWorks, consecutively selected from 1999 to 2006 Chinese science fictionGalaxy AwardHis creation entered a blowout period[3][71]。In 2011, "Three Body 3: Immortal Death" won the third place in the top five novels of the year of Contemporary[3]。On August 23, 2015, Liu Cixin won the award ofHugo AwardBest Novel Award, the first award in Asia[4]。On June 25, 2017《Three Body 3: Immortal Death》GetTrack AwardBest Science Fiction[3]。On November 8, 2018, he won the 2018 Clark Imagination Service Society Award[5]。February 5, 2019, adapted film《Wandering the earth》And《Crazy aliens》Shown[6-7]；In August, selected in 2019ForbesHonorable List of China's 100 Celebrities[8]；September 23, novel《Trisomy》Selected“Collection of 70 Novels in 70 Years of New China”[72]。On June 14, 2023《Sea of dreams》The line-up officer Xuan and Liu Cixin acted as the supervisor.[61]
Liu Cixin is known as the leader of Chinese science fiction. His work "Tri body Trilogy" is a landmark of Chinese science fiction literature, which has pushed Chinese science fiction to the height of the world.[194-195]
In June 1963, Liu Cixin was born in Beijing, his ancestral home is Luoshan, Xinyang City, and grew up in Yangquan, Shanxi Province[80]。Liu Cixin's father is an ordinary miner[122]，Mother is a primary school Chinese teacher and head teacher[123]，The cultural atmosphere at home is very strong[81]。In 1966, Liu Cixin's father lost his job in the design institute and was sent to Yangquan, Shanxi Province to dig coal.Liu Cixin was sent to his hometown in Henan for refuge. Only in the second grade of primary school did he get together with his parents in Yangquan.[82]
Science fiction enlightenment
In high school, Liu Cixin entered Yangquan No. 1 Middle School to study.During this period, Liu Cixin will read some science fiction besides studying textbook knowledge.After reading Arthur Clark's 2001 Space Odyssey, Liu Cixin, a senior high school student, was excited and felt as if he was born for science fiction[81]。On April 25, 1970, Liu Cixin always mentioned that this day was China's first man-made satellite, "Dongfanghong-1". The successful launch of the satellite also gave Liu Cixin an inexplicable yearning[83]。In the summer of 1981, Liu Cixin saw "spherical lightning" for the first time in the thunderstorm weather in Handan, which became his later work《Globular lightning》Inspiration in.[67]
Try writing
In 1978, Ye Yonglie's "PHS in the Future" was published.Seeing the science fiction written by Chinese people, Liu Cixin felt cordial, and was eager to try, and began to write science fiction[85]。In 1985, "The Collapse of the Universe" and "The Micro End" were two attempts by Liu Cixin to regain science fiction at the beginning of his work. Although the language seemed a bit awkward, they already contained the style of boldness and suspense in later novels[85]。In 1989, Liu Cixin wrote science fiction《Supernova era》First edition and《China 2185》, but not published.[89-90]
Life photo of Liu Cixin
Pause writing
In the 1980s, China's science fiction fell into a low tide, and the press could not publish or publish science fiction anymore[124]。In 1981, Liu Cixin was admitted to North China Water Conservancy University to study hydropower[84]。In 1985, Liu Cixin graduated from university and was assigned to Shanxi Niangziguan Power Plant[85]。In 1989, Science Literature and Art was renamed "Odd Tales". Liu Cixin found this magazine and wrote to ask for one.After reading it, I didn't think it was interesting.At that time, he was busy with work and love, and had no time to collect hobbies. He was getting away from science fiction。It was seven or eight years later when Liu Cixin began to write science fiction again.As for the reason for writing again, even Liu Cixin forgot.[86]
Return to writing
In the 1990s, Liu Cixin began to《Science Fiction World》Contributed by magazine[10]。In 1998, Liu Cixin sent the completed novel "Supernova Era" to Yang Xiao, the president of the magazine[87]。In June 1999, Liu Cixin published two works for the first time in Science Fiction World《Whale song》And《Microscopic end》；For the first time in the same year《Take her eyes》Won the first prize of China Science Fiction Galaxy Award in 1999.[10]
Career peak
In 1999, Liu Cixin published Whale Song in Science Fiction World magazine, marking that Liu Cixin really embarked on the creative road of combining science fiction and social reality.Taking this as a watershed, he stepped into the fast lane of creating fine works.[88]
Liu Cixin (right) and Yao Haijun, editor of Science Fiction World
In 2000, Liu Cixin published short stories《Underground fire》《Wandering the earth》, won the special prize of China Science Fiction Galaxy Award by virtue of Wandering Earth.In 2001, Liu Cixin published short stories《Rural teachers》《Microera》《Full band blocking jamming》And so on, with the help of "Full Band Blocking Interference" and《Rural teachers》Won two awards of Galaxy Award for the first time[10]。From 2002 to 2005, Liu Cixin won the China Science Fiction Galaxy Award for a series of short stories and novellas. During this period, his main works were《Chaowen Taoism》The Thinker《Earth cannon》《Poem 》Mirror《Support mankind》And published novels successively in January 2003 and June 2004《Supernova era》And《Globular lightning》。[91]
In May 2006, Liu Cixin wrote a long science fiction novel《Trisomy》The first series began in Science Fiction World and lasted for more than half a year until the end of the year;In the same year, he won the Special Award of China Science Fiction Galaxy Award[10]。At the end of 2007, the series of sequels were completed《Three Body 2: Dark Forest》, published in May 2008[93]。October 2010, Part III《Three Body 3: Immortal Death》, won Chinese science fiction againGalaxy AwardSpecial award.In 2011, by virtue of Three BodiesGlobal Chinese Science Fiction Nebula AwardGold Award for Best Novels, Five Best Novels of the Year of 2011 for Contemporary Novels[10]；oneOn October 21, Liu Cixin was elected as the vice chairman of Yangquan Writers Association at the first board meeting of the fourth session of Yangquan Writers Association.[92]
Interview photo of Liu Cixin
In 2013, Liu Cixin won the title ofWest Lake · Typological Literature Biennial AwardGold Award, the 9thNational Outstanding Children's Literature Award；In the same year, it was listed on the list of rich Chinese writers for the first time with an annual royalty income of 3.7 million yuan[10]。On May 26, 2014, China Education Book Import and Export Co., Ltd. announced that the English version of the trilogy "Three Body" will be published in the United States in three steps in October 2014, May 2015 and January 2016[94]；In July, served as the judge of the first "This novel is very beautiful" type literature award[95]；In August, Liu Cixin was officially transferredYangquan Literature and Art Creation Research Office, engaged in specialized literary creation and research.[10][96]
In February 2015, Liu Cixin won the title of "Three Body" in the United StatesXingyun Awardnomination[11]；In March, he took over as "Imagination Architect" of Tencent mobile games;April, works《Time migration》Won the award of "2014 China Good Book"[98]；In June, he was awarded the 2015 Tencent Academy Literature Award "Tribute to Novelists"[12][98]；On August 23, with the help of the science fiction novel Three Bodies, it was awarded by the 73rd World Science Fiction CongressHugo AwardThe best novel award is the first time that Asians have won the Hugo Award, and it is also an important step for Chinese science fiction to go abroad to the world[13]；On September 12, won the special merit award of the 26th Science Fiction Galaxy Award[14]；On October 18, he won the highest achievement award of Chinese science fiction literature issued by the organizing committee of the 6th Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award with the help of Three Bodies, and was awarded the super level Chinese science fiction nebula medal, which only the writers who have won the highest international science fiction award Hugo Award and the nebula award are eligible to obtain.[98]
Liu Cixin won the highest achievement award of Chinese science fiction nebula award
On January 19, 2016, Liu Cixin was named "2015 China Science News Person of the Year".He published the short story "Festival that can't coexist"[3]；threeOn April 4, Liu Cixin confirmed in an interview that he had been elected Vice Chairman of Shanxi Writers Association[98]；In October, he became China's "Mars Ambassador" and spoke for the publicity and promotion of the global collection of names and graphic signs of China's Mars exploration projects.[98]
Liu Cixin Becomes "Mars Ambassador"
On April 4, 2017,Hugo AwardWhen the list of candidate novels was announced, Liu Cixin was again nominated for the best novel of Hugo Award with the third part of Three Bodies, Immortal Death (English translation: Liu Yukun);On June 25, with《Three Body 3: Immortal Death》Won the track award of the world-class science fiction award and the best long science fiction award[100]。On July 12, 2018, IDG Capital announced that it had officially hired Liu Cixin, a famous science fiction writer, as the "chief imagination officer" of IDG Capital[15]；On the evening of November 8, Liu Cixin was awarded the 2018 Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society in recognition of his contributions to science fiction creation.[5]
Liu Cixin won the 2018 Clark Imagination Service Society Award
On April 14, 2019, Liu Cixin was elected to the seventh sessionShanxi Writers Associationvice president[101]。On October 20, 2020, the BBC announced a strategic cooperation with Station B to jointly launch a series of documentaries. Liu Cixin was invited by the BBC to join the production of scientific documentary Odyssey into the Future[16]；In the same year, science fiction《Full band blocking jamming》It will be adapted into a film of the same name, which has passed the record and will be launched in 2021[17]。In July 2021, Liu Cixin joinedShangtang TechnologyDirector of the Science Fiction Planet Research Center[33-34]；In November, the Navigator Youth Science Fiction Series, led by Liu Cixin and edited by famous science fiction editor Liu Weijia, was officially launched[40]。On August 16, 2022, the premiere of Liu Cixin's Creation Chronicle 1999-2022 was held in Yangquan, Shanxi Province.[103]
In 2023, Liu Cixin will be the screenwriter of the film Wandering Earth 2[47]；On March 10, foreign media reported that Conqueror Entertainment, a film and television company, had turned Liu Cixin's sci-fi work Supernova Era into a film and television project for the first time. In addition to Chinese editing, the company also planned to produce at the same time《Supernova era》English film and TV version of[54]；At 8:00 p.m. on June 1, the "June 1 Evening Party 2023" starring Liu Cixin was broadcast on China Central Radio and Television[59]；On June 10, won the first Million Fishing City Science Fiction Award Achievement Award - Science FictionMaster Award[60]；On October 7, the unveiling ceremony of Liu Cixin Exhibition Hall was held at Saiyu Primary Schoolthat 's ok.[63]
In 2024, at the 8th China Science Fiction Conference, the science fiction short film adapted from Liu Cixin's novel of the same name "Earth Cannon" made its debut.[108]
Liu Cixin Exhibition Hall Officially Opened
Cross border attempts
2014In November, Liu Cixin announced to act as a film《Trisomy》Supervised by[97]。In late January 2016, "Spherical Lightning" was one of the scripts put on record and approved by the National Film Script (Outline), and was put on record by Beijing Ferris Wheel Cultural Media Co., Ltd.Liu Cixin will also be deeply involved in the production of the film[102]；On June 15, Yuanli Cinema started shooting the youth science fiction action film "Chaotic City", which was supervised by Liu Cixin[99]。In January 2019, he participated in the variety show "Xiao Shuo" and was interviewed by Gao Xiaosong[104]；In February, the novel adapted film "Wandering Earth" was released.[105]
On September 1, 2020, the copyright owner of the "Three Body" trilogy, the Three Body Universe and Youzu Group, and Netflix, the world's largest paid streaming media platform, jointly announced that they had reached an agreement to jointly develop and produce the English series of "Three Body". Liu Cixin and the English translator Liu Yukun ("Three Body I" and "Three Body III - Immortal Death") will jointly serve as the production consultant of the series[106]。In 2021, the novel Bring Her Eyes will be adapted into a film, and Liu Cixin himself will be the screenwriter[107]。On July 14, 2022《Don't answer》On July 18, Liu Cixin joined in[45]；On November 16, Liu Cixin participated in the first international co production documentary produced by Bilibili《Future Roaming Guide》Formal filing[46]。On June 14, 2023《Sea of dreams》Team officer Xuan, Liu Cixin as supervisor[61]；On November 3, Liu Cixin acted as the screenwriter of the film《Wandering Earth 3》Finalize the New Year's Day 2027, and release the "first" poster[65]。On June 24, 2024, the TV play Three Bodies: A Grand History, with Liu Cixin as the consultant, is expected to start in the second quarter of 2025.[69]
Liu Cixin's father was a mechanic in the Third Mine. Before becoming a miner, Liu Cixin's father was a soldier. In order to make a living, his father joined the Eighth Route Army, while his brother joined the national army.The war lasted for a long time, and there were not many living people left in the company. As a survivor, Liu Cixin's father became a company commander.After liberation, he was discharged from the army and transferred to work, and was assigned to Beijing Coal Mine Design Institute.In 1966, when the Cultural Revolution broke out, Liu Cixin's father lost his job as a design institute and was sent to Yangquan, Shanxi Province to dig coal[189]。Liu Cixin's mother is a primary school teacher.[190]
real life
Liu Cixin has persisted in the creation of science fiction for many years and won numerous awards. He is well-known, but he has been unknown in Niangziguan Power Plant.In sharp contrast to the unconstrained "three body" world, his real life is not science fiction at all, not "cool", and almost no one pays attention to him[191]。Occasionally, there was a voice of curiosity: "Liu Cixin, I saw a science fiction writer on the Internet who was very popular, and his name was exactly the same as yours." One of my colleagues told Liu Cixin like this.Only statement, not inquiry, very insipid.Or, after the children in the factory went to college, they learned that Liu Cixin, a famous science fiction writer on the Internet, was really Liu Cixin, the one who shut the power plant with my wife, so they got a book and asked him to sign it[191]。Liu Cixin's sci-fi novels are avant-garde and trendy, but he is relatively ordinary in life. His mobile phone clothes are very old, and he does not have QQ, WeChat and other chat tools.[191]
Selected Works of Liu Cixin's Science Fiction is a book published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House in October 2018. The author is Liu Cixin.
Twelve tomorrows is a book published by Beijing United Publishing Company in 2018. It is a collection of hard science fiction novels jointly dedicated to all mankind by 13 global science fiction masters who have won the nebula award, Hugo award, etc.In this book, there is no dragon, no magic, no time to travel or warp speed flight, and all the scenes are the future you are currently experiencing - artificial intelligence, virtual reality, brain implantation, blockchain
Life Intelligence Volume Mercury Seeding, published by Shenyang Publishing House in 2017, is the first volume of the series of "Chinese science fiction gene library", with the theme of life science and artificial intelligence science fiction stories.The other two volumes are called Earth Universe Volume Space Traveller and Oriental Civilization Volume Human Base.This book includes nine science fiction novels from different writers, including Mercury Seeding by Wang Jinkang and Mountain by Liu Cixin.
Man and the Devourer is a collection of short stories and novellas by the famous science fiction writer Liu Cixin. The selected works represent the highest level of Liu Cixin's short stories and novellas.Among them, 8 are award-winning articles.It is significant that Liu Cixin's two novels published in Science Fiction World magazine for the first time were both selected, which is the beginning of his becoming a leading figure in Chinese science fiction writing and is also very representative.This book is the culmination of Liu Cixin's winning the "Hugo Award" in August 2015
China Sun is a book published by Liaoning Children's Publishing House in January 2016. The authors are Liu Cixin, Zheng Jun and Dong Renwei.The book introduces the reader's perspective into space through the dream of a rural boy, and shows his magnificent imagination and humanistic thinking spirit.
Liu Cixin's Works: Mirror tells about a computer simulation technology. The superstring computer mentioned in the article is powerful enough to simulate the creation of different universes and everything after that. Therefore, the model of our universe has also been simulated. With this model, the past, present and future of human beings will be exposed to the people who control computers,The world has finally become transparent, and all darkness will have nowhere to hide.But!!The great mirror age has come, sin
The Lonely Evolutioner is a book published by Guangxi Normal University Press in November 2015 by Liu Cixin.The series is Liu Cixin's Science Fiction Series for Teenagers.
Time Migration is a short and medium length science fiction created by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, and was published by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House in 2014.It mainly tells about that in the future, due to environmental degradation and population pressure, the earth government decided to send an expedition team and select human members under the age of 25 to migrate to the future.
City of Destruction: Earth Fragments is a book published by New Star Publishing House in 2013. The author is Liu Cixin/Yan Ran/Jia Xi/Xia Jia/He Yang/Luo Lingzuo/Wen Zhou/bucket rider/Chi Hui.
Planetary Storm is a book published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House in 2012. The authors are Liu Cixin, Wang Jinkang, Han Song, He Xi, Chang Jian, Xia Jia, Fei Deuterium, Mo Xiong, Wanxiang Peak Year, Zheng Chong, Chen Tianzhong, Dong Renwei and Cheng Xuhui.
Liu Cixin Volume: The Age of Angels is a book published by the People's Posts and Telecommunications Press in July 2012. The authors are Liu Cixin, the World Chinese Science Fiction Association Group, Dong Renwei and Yao Haijun.
Micro Era is a science fiction book published by Shenyang Publishing House in April 2010. The author is Liu Cixin. The book tells about the future of human beings to find a new planet, and the last one returns to find that human beings have changed their way of life.
The Complete Collection of Chinese and Foreign Science Fiction Masterpieces: The Past in the Cretaceous (the Complete Collection) is a book published by Northern United Publishing Media (Group) Co., Ltd. and Liaoning Children's Publishing House on August 1, 2010. The author is Liu Cixin. This book includes his works, including The Past in the Cretaceous, Wandering Earth, Sea of Dreams, etc.
Full Band Blocking Interference is a book published by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press in 2009. The author is Liu Cixin, a Chinese science fiction writer.
The Devil's Building Blocks in the Cretaceous Past (Liu Cixin's award-winning work) is a collection of Liu Cixin's two outstanding science fiction novels The Devil's Building Blocks and The Cretaceous Past.
Wandering the Earth is a science fiction created by Chinese writer Liu Cixin.Wandering Earth is a book published by Hubei Changjiang Publishing Group and Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House in November 2008.The book tells about the huge escape plan of the Earth, escaping from the solar system and going to a new home.In June 2018, Wandering Earth reappeared as one of Liu Cixin's Children's Science Fiction Series published by China Science and Technology Press.In 2019, "Wandering Land..."
Devil's Building Blocks is a science fiction novel created by Liu Cixin, a well-known Chinese science fiction writer, on November 1, 2008. It predicts the development of genetic modification technology and its impact on future human society from one aspect.
The Complete Works of Three Bodies is a collection of science fiction published by Chongqing Publishing House by Liu Cixin. This package includes five volumes of Three Bodies, Three Bodies 2, Three Bodies 3, Spherical Lightning and Supernova Era.
Einstein Equator is a book published by Tianhai Culture Co., Ltd. in 2003 by Liu Cixin.This book includes four science fiction novellas written by Liu Cixin.
Chaowen Dao is a science fiction novel published in Science Fiction World in January 2002 by Liu Cixin.The novel tells the story of human beings using the particle accelerator - Einstein's equator to explore the truth of the universe.
The Rural Teacher was published in Science Fiction World in January 2001 by Liu Cixin and later included in the 2001 Best Collection of Chinese Science Fiction Novels.It mainly tells the author Liu Cixin's admiration for the majority of teachers, and his thinking and interpretation of the significance of education itself.
Supporting human beings, published in Science Fiction World, a short story.Later included in Liu Cixin's novel collection 2018.The author is Liu Cixin, the main representative writer of the new generation of science fiction in mainland China.Published in Science Fiction World in November 2005.In terms of content, it is regarded as the sequel of "Supporting God".
In this book, Liu Cixin creates a world controlled by children, but in this world, children boldly rebel against and subvert the pure image of children in the eyes of adults.Although these new masters of the world fight with adults in general, they regard war as a game. They are fighting and killing the bloodiest on the pure Antarctic continent.Tanks, aircraft carriers, fighter planes, nuclear warheads... All weapons are their new toys.Some people say
Liu Cixin, the first person in Chinese science fiction, winner of the ninth Galaxy Award, and author of Three Bodies.2018 and Time Migration are the first two works of Liu Cixin's science fiction series, which includes 27 excellent works of Liu Cixin.This book is in an internationally popular format, with 80 grams of pure text paper. The layout is simple and comfortable.It is not only suitable for the vast collection of "magnets", but also suitable for sending to relatives and friends who like science fiction.
Liu Cixin's Talk about Science Fiction (Volume 1) has the author's mental journey when creating science fiction, some excellent book reviews and film reviews of some classic science fiction works, as well as some dialogues and interviews, reflecting the author's views on science fiction and the future as a science fiction fan, and also showing the unique romantic feelings of science fiction writers.Liu Cixin Talks about Science Fiction (Volume 1) has the author's mental journey when creating science fiction, and the author's wonderful experience of some classic science fiction works
Civilization in One Billion is one of Liu Cixin's series of science fiction novels for teenagers, which is published by Guangxi Normal University Press.
Liu Cixin, the king of science fiction (his representative work "Three Body"), and other popular science fiction writers Bao Shu (his representative works "Three Body X", "The Ruins of Time"), Chen Lifan (his representative work "The Waste Tide"), and Jin Kang, the former king of science fiction (his representative work "Song of Life"), have produced works with related themes around the topic of environmental pollution,The collection of ten short stories on the theme of environmental pollution is called "Under the Dome - Crisis Volume";Under the Dome, the Doomsday Volume is the book of science
People are used to separating everything from black and white, but the reality is gray. The essence of life creation challenges the imagination. Another masterpiece after the "three bodies"
The Age of Angels is a science fiction novel written by Liu Cixin. It is about a series of incredible things that happen after human genes are reprogrammed.
The Devourer is a science fiction novel written by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Liu Cixin, the winner of the Hugo Prize for the famous Chinese science fiction writer, was published in the Science Fiction World in November 2002 and won the Reader Nomination Award of the China Science Fiction Galaxy Award that year.
The Earth Cannon is a science fiction novel published by Shanxi Chunqiu Electronic Audio Video Publishing House on November 1, 2014. The author is Liu Cixin.It mainly tells the story of mankind's struggle for the Antarctic continent with the depletion of resources and the deterioration of the environment in various continents.This is also a special work in Chinese science fiction.
Earthfire is a short science fiction novel, published by the famous Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin in the Science Fiction World in February 2000, and included in the Collection of Science Fiction Works in the 1990s.
Chaotic Butterfly is a short science fiction story with the theme of butterfly effect in chaos and the background of the war launched by NATO led by the United States against Yugoslavia in 1999.
Liu Cixin's Science Fiction Cartoon Series: Yuan is an original Chinese cartoon work, which was adapted by Liu Cixin under his authorization and published exclusively by CITIC Press.The series of Liu Cixin's sci-fi comic books is adapted from Liu Cixin's representative sci-fi works. The first series of the series includes Wandering Earth, Devourers, Round Soap Bubbles and Rural Teachers.
Human beings use stratum spaceships to explore the interior of the earth. A stratum spaceship crashed during the voyage and sank to the center of the earth. Only one young female pilot was left on the ship. She could only spend the rest of her life in the closed center of the earth. This is the story deduced in Liu Cixin's award-winning novel Bring Her Eyes.
Spherical Lightning is a long science fiction novel centered on spherical lightning written by the famous science fiction writer Liu Cixin. It describes the hard research process of a hero who has experienced spherical lightning, and shows us a unique, mysterious and strange world.On August 14, 2018, the English version of Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "Spherical Lightning" published in 2005 was officially released.
Science and technology promote the progress of human society and greatly promote the development of productive forces.But at the same time, the extreme expansion of science and technology will also lead to various drawbacks.In this regard, Liu Cixin showed a more rational attitude. On the one hand, he affirmed the progress brought by science and technology, on the other hand, he calmly pondered the drawbacks caused by science and technology.The development of science and technology has accelerated the pace of human exploration of the world and the universe, allowing human beings to constantly understand the earth and the remote space on which they live, including human beings themselves.But in the process of exploration, human beings pay a heavy price."Take Her Eyes", "Earth Cannon" and other novels fully illustrate this through the twists and turns of the plot or the fate of the protagonist.In the book "Time Migration", the ambassador refused to stay in the invisible era. Although the technology there has reached the peak, he still chose to go into super sleep, which was set to unfreeze 11000 years later.When we woke up, the invisible era had disappeared. We saw the river, the blue sky, the green grass, and the sun again. We were far away from high-tech problems and returned to nature.How to get rid of the disasters brought by high technology and restore the freedom of human nature has become the common purpose of many of Liu Cixin's novels.[181]
Belief consciousness
Facing the world of chance, Liu Cixin did not persuade people to give up their faith and allow chance to tease them.On the contrary, he who has a strong "hero complex" often makes his characters become tragic heroes who "know they can't do it". They are wise men, brave men and spiritual pillars of this society.In the novel "Chaowen Dao", scholars who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of truth, one group after another of scientists who complete the exchange of life and truth turn into fireballs and rise to the sky. Successors step forward one by one and ask the risk eliminator questions.They are moths fighting fire, flapping their wings in pursuit of light.When I hear about it in the morning, I will die in the evening.The infinite approach to the truth is mankind's never-ending belief.Liu Cixin seems to be eulogizing a great spirit, which can transcend poverty, race, interstellar, and reshape history.[181]
Characters and emotions
Liu Cixin's novels inherit the rule of characterization in classical science fiction, that is, whether technical experts or ordinary people, they must be pushed to the elite stage of changing the world in the social transformation.On《Glory and dream》In this book, the hero Cinny ignites glory and dreams at the cost of her life.The most moving part of the work is the final marathon race. The author uses the way of cross between memory and reality to push the spiritual strength of the hero to the extreme.[180]
Liu Cixin and His Novels
In terms of emotional clues, Liu Cixin never put the relationship between men and women at the center of emotion.When love, ideal and country conflict, many characters choose the latter.However, in Liu Cixin's works, there is often a plot of classicism that is strongly dedicated to science, which is prominently reflected in many works.In "Bring Her Eyes", the heroine, although faced with the cruel reality of being forever closed in the heart of the earth, still displayed the soul stirring righteousness and courage.[180]
Liu Cixin also made a comprehensive change to the basic formula in science fiction to describe the beautiful love story.In his novels, love is always connected with helplessness.The lover in the book "The Thinker" constantly returns to the same place and looks for the same kind of dreamy feelings in the life journey separated for decades.However, in the real world, they have no choice but to live in their own world.Time gives this love story a strong sense of vicissitudes, but the cosmic wisdom that two people share in each other reflects the insignificance of life with an infinite distance.Such a complex "emotion theme cross design" was quite rare in the past science fiction works.Liu Cixin not only updated the relationship between men and women, but also excavated the most important character association in classical science fiction, and gave it new value.[180]
Narrative characteristics
Liu Cixin inherits the characteristics of tense rhythm and vivid plot in classical science fiction, and plays up the great power of science and nature in the seemingly plain language.Liu Cixin is good at shaping the process of industrialization and science and technology into a powerful force, and his works are full of heroism.In the novel《Wandering the earth》In, the work combines the grand themes of natural disasters, technological progress, and the cosmic dilemma of human existence. The earth must make a solemn expedition to escape from the solar system because of the destruction of the sun.[179-180]
Liu Cixin is also good at using the techniques of "intensive narration" and "time hopping" to speed up the pace of narration in his works, so that readers' thinking can not catch up with the author's thinking, leaving a lot of time gaps in the narrative process, presenting opportunities for future development to readers, and generating a unique sense of history of "thousands of sails sailing by the side of the sinking boat".On《Underground fire》The Devourer and《Sea of dreams》In such novels, the intensive narration has improved the readability of the works, not only increasing readers' feelings of the ever-changing nature, but also increasing readers' confidence in science and technology to cope with the crisis.[179-180]
Description and creativity
In terms of description techniques, Liu Cixin's works often have the literary characteristics of British and American "space opera" or Soviet classic science fiction. The scenes of his works are grand, the description is exquisite, and even make people feel the flavor of Tolstoy's epic.Positive description of the big scene, ultimate inquiry of good and evil, facing the complexity of the world, while preserving the pursuit of simple truth, etc[182]。On《Immortal death》In this book, Liu Cixin described the end of the solar system in this way: an instrument like a small piece of paper "two-dimensional foil" changed the basic structure of space and time, and the entire solar system began to fall from three-dimensional to two-dimensional plane, gradually becoming a huge and detailed picture.While this description is magnificent and difficult to grasp, it is also serious in logic and details, which makes readers feel extremely shocked.[183]
Many science fiction images in Liu Cixin's novels are full of humanism and idealism.In the novel《Poem 》In China, aliens who have super technical ability and regard humans as insects accidentally fell in love with the old style poetry of the Chinese people when destroying the earth civilization, so they turned into "Li Bai" and exhausted the energy of the solar system to create and store all "poetry" formed by the arrangement and combination of all Chinese characters.The universe image in the novel not only shows the huge scale of superhuman, but also contains strong humanistic color.This image is a product of imagination that transcends reality in both science and humanity. It not only makes readers have unlimited awe of the stars overhead, but also maintains an idealistic belief in human civilization itself.[184]
Liu Cixin often conveys a strong and unique sense of nostalgia to his works. The sci-fi image in his works is often set with a strong industrial color.The huge geocentric cavity, the magnificent earth engine, and the heroic smash of the moon, which have a strong industrial color to form a unique rough beauty, are strongly exaggerated in the novel.In addition to the nostalgia for classical technology, the past life has also carved traces in Liu Cixin's works.In some of his works, Soviet songs, Verne novels《Brainstorm Grandpa》, colorful cartoons and modern words such as "nuclear energy" and "conductor" are fused together, while classic science fiction themes such as freezing the body and migrating to time go hand in hand with such fantastic ideas as treating the earth people as "vegetable people" (meaning edible humans).[23]
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What science fiction writers can do is to arouse people's interest in the universe and space. It can be said that this is a trivial but valuable effort.Liu Cixin once said, "In fact, all my science fiction novels only want to express one purpose, that is, to tell a good story." The entry point of science fiction works is actually very flexible. "Some works are close to reality, while others are far away from reality. It can extend from reality, or even have nothing to do with reality.".However, considering the reading habits of domestic readers, Liu Cixin is more willing to start his works from the reality, "I am generally willing to take real life as a platform to take off, step by step across to the future, giving readers a platform to transition from reality to the future".He felt that "Three Bodies" was such a type, starting from reality and embarking on the journey of the future. With all these points of entry, Liu Cixin believed that science fiction literature was actually doing a geometric arrangement, arranging various possibilities.[185]
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Liu Cixin has published about 4 million words of works and won many domestic literary awards[173]。His representative works "Three Body" trilogy, namely "Three Body", "Three Body 2: Dark Forest" and "Three Body 3: Immortal Death", are widely regarded as the landmark of Chinese science fiction literature. They are not only praised by readers and media, but also recognized by many awards. Their domestic sales of more than 1 million copies also show that they have passed the test of the market,It is widely regarded as a landmark of Chinese science fiction literature, which has pushed Chinese science fiction to the height of the world.In 2013, Liu Cixin was listed on the rich list of Chinese writers for the first time with an annual royalty income of 3.7 million yuan, which is also a breakthrough for domestic science fiction writers[174-175]。Liu Cixin's creation, not only involves more subjects, but also his unique analysis of the good and evil of human nature, as well as his in-depth thinking of social problems, has made his novels recognized by more readers.After the novels "Chinese Sun", "Thinker", "Earth Cannon", "Mirror" and "Supporting Human Beings" were published one after another, graduation theses with Liu Cixin as the research object gradually appeared in colleges and universities, and various works were sought after by young readers.[175]
Professor Luo Gang believes that Liu Cixin's novels stand in the dominant position of genre literature, occupying a position similar to "small era literature", with a large number of fans, fans, readers and a whole set of science fiction production system including awards.On the other hand, Liu Cixin's description of the imagination of contemporary China and the relationship between contemporary China and human civilization in his novels has transcended the thinking intensity of contemporary literature, rewriting the territory of contemporary literature, and has symbolic significance in the perspective of Chinese modern and contemporary literature research[176]。As the first full-length science fiction novel exported from New China to the United States, the publication and distribution of the English version of Three Bodies in the United States made Liu Cixin famous, and became the first writer to be shortlisted for the "Star Cloud Award" and the "Hugo Award", two international science fiction awards. Therefore, Liu Cixin was also praised by many science fiction fans and literary critics as "the first person in China's science fiction".[10]
Cultural communication
Created by Liu Cixin, translated by Liu Yukun, a Chinese American sci-fi writer, and published by Tor Books, a well-known American sci-fi literature publishing house, the English version of Three Bodies won the Hugo Award for "Best Novel" that year.This is the first time in the history of Hugo Awards that a translated work has won the best novel award, and it is also the first Asian work to win this award. Liu Cixin has therefore become the first Asian writer to win this award[177]。Praises from all over the world poured in.Former US President Barack Obama once praised Three Bodies in an interview, saying that compared with daily "trivia", this novel is very interesting to read.Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recommends it on his personal page.The Washington Post reported that "Liu Cixin has profound insights into the resentment, absurdity and occasional detachment contained in human political thinking".In November 2014, the English version of Three Bodies was launched by the American Thor Press, which has published many works of the Nebula Award and Hugo Award, and quickly received a warm response from American science fiction fans. Even former President Obama, the late theoretical physicist Hawking, the famous director Cameron and others have become fans of Liu Cixin.In less than a year, the number of global collection libraries has reached 725[178]。"Three Body" was listed on the New York Times bestseller list, and remained on the German Der Speigel bestseller list for 11 weeks. It was translated into more than 10 languages and won awards in Spain, Germany and other countries. In April 2019, "Three Body" sold more than one million copies overseas, and the total number of trilogy exceeded 1.5 million.[177]
In the Spring Festival of 2019, the film of the same name adapted from Liu Cixin's novella "Wandering the Earth" was released in China, creating a box office of 4.6 billion yuan.After the film was released overseas, it earned nearly US $100 million at the box office, and the global total box office (Korean box office is not counted) was close to US $700 million.The New York Times said that it made "the Chinese film industry join the space race".Accordingly, the English version of the short sci-fi collection of Wandering Earth has 1880 scores on the reading community website Goodreads, of which about 400 were given from February to April (that is, during the film release)[177]。On September 23, 2019, Three Bodies was selected into the "Collection of 70 Novels in 70 Years of New China", which is enough to prove that science fiction literature has returned to the mainstream literary vision.The theme of science fiction literature is often related to the common problems faced by human beings, so it is regarded as the most "cosmopolitan" writing, which can transcend national boundaries and languages and cause cross-cultural resonance."Three Bodies" winning Hugo Prize is a typical example of overseas dissemination of Chinese science fiction literature, which has a direct relationship with translation.[178]
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2023-6-10
The 1st Million Fishing City Science Fiction Award Achievement Award - Science FictionMaster Award[60]
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Ranked 106th in 2020 China Top 500 Brand Characters.[27]
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The 51st Japanese nebula award overseas novel department award[24]
Liu Cixin is an indifferent observer of the universe, a cold moral judge, and a calm thinker.（Science fiction writerHe Xireview）[29]
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Liu Cixin built an exhibition hall on a light year scale with great energy, which is full of miracles created by science and technology in the history of cosmic civilization that are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.When you enter Liu Cixin's world, you will immediately feel the surging passion like a particle storm - the passion for science and technology.It is this passion that makes his world bright in the heart of the Milky Way.This passion is reflected not only in his behavior of constructing grand scenes, but also in the fate choices of his characters.The choice of those lonely and weak lives contrasted by the grand world shocked people from another angle, increasing the sense of seriousness of the works.（《Science Fiction World》Associate EditorYao Haijunreview）[125]
Liu Cixin's world covers all the dimensions from the singularity to the edge of the universe, and spans the long time from the Cretaceous to the next millennium. The speed and breadth of his thoughts have gone beyond the traditional realm of "being able to reach the moon in nine days and catch turtles in five oceans".But Liu Cixin's significance is far beyond the grandeur of imagination.In the process of flying and surpassing, Liu Cixin never stopped paying attention to practical problems, human difficulties and human limitations.After reading almost all of Liu Cixin's works, I have no doubt that this man, aloneChinese science fictionLiterature has risen to a world-class level.（Fudan UniversityComments by Yan Feng, Associate Professor of Chinese Department）[30][126]
Not long ago, this writer was a software engineer of a hydropower station in Shanxi, and has published 13 collections of novels so far.Liu Cixin is as famous in China as William Gibson (an American Canadian science fiction novelist);People often compare him to Sir Arthur Charles Clark of China, and Liu Cixin also lists Sir Clark as one of the writers who influenced him.（United States《New Yorker》Comments by editor and writer Joshua Rothman）[31][127]
People are brought to a new world by him, which is a grand and logical world never created by Chinese characters.In this world, the earth is like a leaf in the sea, insignificant and precarious.（《South Weekend》Comments）[32]
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Respond to "Fishing and Writing at Work"
On February 12, 2019, Liu Cixin responded to the issue of "writing novels during office hours when working in a power plant", saying that "writing novels is also in your spare time, and you can't write them during office hours." At the same time, he said that the domestic science fiction market is very small, and can't support full-time writers, so you can only write them part-time. "Most writers can't live by writing".Liu Cixin said in an interview with the media that novels are mainly written in his spare time, including after work and holidays. He is busy at work and has more things to do, so he has no time.[186]
Previously, he said in the video that when he worked in the power plant, "everyone has a computer in front of him, and everyone sits in front of the computer every day, and no one knows what he is doing there. If someone pushes the door, it is not normal to see you typing in front of the computer.And I especially liked to use the LCD screen with poor quality at that time. I couldn't see it at a slight angle. "Is there such a phenomenon?He responded that this kind of thing can not be said to be totally absent, but it is rare because there is no time."The engineers and technicians in our grass root power plants are very busy every day. They have to work every day. How can you have time to write?"[186]
Watch the rocket launch
On April 29, 2021, the Long March 5B Yao-2 carrier rocket was fired off at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan, China. Liu Cixin also came to the launch site. At this exciting moment, Big Liu stood on a chair with a telescope and mask in his left hand. His head was slightly tilted up, looking straight ahead, and his expression was serious.[187]
Respond to the call to the three persons
As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon approaches in 2024, the Beijing News will launch a special plan for the Spring Festival, "Call 2024!" If you can only make one call, who will you call?Astronomy enthusiast Shi Yi decided to call the three body man described by science fiction writer Liu Cixin.He hoped that the earth people and the three body people would not break out conflicts and wars, but learn from each other and achieve peaceful exchanges.Liu Cixin responded to the call, saying: "Up to now, we have not encountered any alien civilization, so we should consider all kinds of situations." In addition, Liu Cixin also answered questions such as the choice if the end comes.[188]
