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Cixin Liu

Author of The Three-Body Problem

87+ Works 17,257 Members 705 Reviews 12 Favorited

About the Author

Cixin Liu is the author of The Three Body Problem, which won Best Novel at the Hugo Awards 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)

Series

Works by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem (2008) 8,425 copies
The Dark Forest (2015) 3,407 copies
Death's End (2010) 2,803 copies
Ball Lightning (2018) 658 copies
Supernova Era (2019) — Author — 399 copies
To Hold Up the Sky (2020) — Author — 253 copies
The Wandering Earth {story} (2013) — Author — 222 copies
Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (2008) — Author — 171 copies
Of Ants and Dinosaurs {story} (2012) — Author — 96 copies
The Weight of Memories (2016) — Author — 43 copies
Devourer {story} (2012) 36 copies
The Cretaceous Past (2021) 34 copies
Cixin Liu's Sea of Dreams: A Graphic Novel (2021) — Author — 27 copies
Mirror {short story} (2017) — Author — 22 copies
Mountain {story} (2012) — Author — 16 copies
The Micro-Age {story} (2012) — Author — 14 copies
Sun of China {story} — Author — 11 copies
The Longest Fall {story} (2012) — Author — 8 copies
Taking Care of Gods {story} (2012) — Author — 7 copies
Curse 5.0 {story} (2013) — Author — 5 copies
With Her Eyes {story} (2012) — Author — 5 copies
The Wandering Earth, Part 1 of 2 (2013) — Author — 5 copies
The Wandering Earth, Part 2 of 2 — Author — 4 copies
Remembrance of Earth's Past: Tetralogy (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies
Fulmine globulare (2022) 4 copies
The Wages of Humanity {story} — Author — 4 copies
L'ère de la supernova (2024) 3 copies
The Thinker {short story} (2002) 2 copies
Cloud of Poems {short story} — Author — 2 copies
Trelegemeproblemet (2019) 2 copies
Cannonball 2 copies
Moonlight 1 copy
Kraj smrti (2021) 1 copy
三体 1 copy
Ball Lightning Sneak Peek (2018) — Author — 1 copy
The Circle {short story} — Author — 1 copy
2016 1 copy
Jing zi = Mirror (2015) 1 copy
Surm on igavene (2022) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 411 copies
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition (2017) — Contributor — 134 copies
Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth (2018) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5 (2020) — Contributor — 53 copies
Twelve Tomorrows (2018) — Contributor — 43 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 111 (December 2015) (2015) — Author, some editions — 14 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 113 • October 2019 (2019) — Contributor, some editions — 7 copies
Bifrost n°87 - Special Jean Ray (2017) — Contributor — 4 copies
Apex Magazine 76 (September 2015) (2015) — Author — 3 copies
SFが読みたい! 2020年版 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Cixin Liu
Legal name
劉慈欣
Other names
刘慈欣
Birthdate
1963-06-23
Gender
male
Nationality
China
Country (for map)
China
Birthplace
Henan, China
Places of residence
Beijing, China
Shanxi, China
Education
North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Occupations
science fiction writer
power plant computer engineer
Organizations
Beijing Guomi Digital Technology
Short biography
Liu Cixin, born in June 1963, is a representative of the new generation of Chinese science fiction authors and recognized as a leading voice in Chinese science fiction. He was awarded the China Galaxy Science Fiction Award for eight consecutive years, from 1999 to 2006 and again in 2010. His representative work The Three-body Problem is the BEST STORY of 2015 Hugo Awards, the 3rd of 2015 Campbell Award finalists, and nominee of 2015 Nebulas Award.

His works have received wide acclaim on account of their powerful atmosphere and brilliant imagination. Liu Cixin's stories successfully combine the exceedingly ephemeral with hard reality, all the while focussing on revealing the essence and aesthetics of science. He has endeavoured to create a distinctly Chinese style of science fiction. Liu Cixin is a member of the China Writers' Association and the Shanxi Writers' Association.

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Jeff's 2019 Reads in The Green Dragon (April 2021)

Reviews

I don’t even know how to describe this one well enough without giving stuff away. It’s a scifi novel set in china over several decades starting during the Cultural Revolution, and it involves a cult conspiracy, a VR video game with a more sinister purpose, and lots and lots of physics.

I enjoyed the plot (although I confess I was hoping for a more twisty reveal of the mysterious bits), but I could certainly have done with a great deal less science exposition. Hoping that the Netflix rendition leaves all that to the imagination.… (more)
 
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electrascaife | 393 other reviews | Mar 16, 2024 |
Loved it mostly. Did not keep me up trying to find out what would happen next, but since I read before bed, that can be a good thing.

I loved that the characters are believable. The writing style is enjoyable and does not get in the way of the story. Kudos to the translator. I also love that science is an integral part of the story. I will be reading the sequels.
 
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RuthInman123 | 393 other reviews | Mar 12, 2024 |
I felt mixed about this novel by the end. Once I had settled in to a different style of writing, a Chinese style, there were elements of the story that I enjoyed. There was also a lot of maths and physics that I found tedious and too difficult to grasp. The beginning and the historical context of the cultural revolution and how science fitted in to that was good. And once the story got going, once first contact with a race on another planet had been made, the narrative gained some momentum. It still felt quite rambling and the characters seemed two dimensional, although there were points of time when Wang Miao developed somewhat. Some of the ideas were so radical and fascinating and I was gripped, such as the nanotech filaments that sliced a ship but at other times I was willing the story to move on. So generally interesting but I'm not going to rush out and read another.… (more)
 
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CarolKub | 393 other reviews | Mar 9, 2024 |
"The fate of the entire human race was now tied to these slender fingers. Without hesitation, Ye pressed the button."

i don't know what i was expecting. i knew next to nothing of the plot going in and it was better than i could have ever hoped for!!! taking my ass to the library posthaste for the second book
 
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bisexuality | 393 other reviews | Mar 3, 2024 |

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Statistics

Works
87
Also by
16
Members
17,257
Popularity
#1,286
Rating
3.9
Reviews
705
ISBNs
366
Languages
21
Favorited
12

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