β Scribed by Cixin, Liu
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Iβve never seen the night, nor seen a star; Iβve seen neither spring, nor fall, nor winter. I was born at the end of the Reining Age, just as the Earthβs rotation was coming to a final halt.
The Sun is about to unleash a helium flash, threatening to swallow all terrestrial planets in the solar system. On Earth, the Unity Government has erected Earth Engines. With them it plans to propel our planet out of the solar system, setting it on a journey into outer space in search of a new sun. The Earth begins its centuries-long, wandering travels through outer space.
Just as we began our journey, my grandfather passed away, his burnt body ravaged by infection. In his final moments, he repeated over and over, βOh, Earth, my wandering Earth...β
China Galaxy Science Fiction Award of Year 2000.
Liu Cixin's writing will remind SF fans of the genre's golden age, with its positive focus on scientific development, combined with a consistently constructive vision of China's future role as a global superpower. It's characteristic of an SF genre which has been embraced by Chinese culture because it is seen as representing the values of technological innovation and creativity so highly prized in a country developing more quickly than any other in the world today.
β Damien Walter, The Guardian
A science fiction tale with a Chinese touch. The Wandering Earth is filled with imaginative tech and a moving world, literally.
β Indiebookoftheday.com
Liu Cixin has put his exuberant energy to good use, erecting a gallery that must be measured on a scale of light-years. Inside this gallery of his, he has stored away marvels beyond imagination produced by the science and technology of cosmic civilizations. The moment you step into Liu Cixin's world, the rush of his enthusiasm buffets you like a particle storm β a storm of enthusiasm for science and for technology; And it is this enthusiasm that bears the heart of his world's magnificent galaxy. We can find it reflected not only in the grand vistas he creates, but also in the fateful decisions of his characters. The stark contrast of his grand worlds against the choices of these lonely and feeble beings can be truly shocking!
β Yao Haijun, editor in chief of βScience Fiction Worldβ
First and foremost, as a reader, I very much enjoy and find great satisfaction in Liu Cixin's stories. The stories he tells are incredibly lucid, their language is conversant, their rhythm is tightly woven and their plots exceedingly compelling; Their imagery is unique, they have a boundless quality about them and they are brimming with powerful language; In these ways he echoes the great Taoist philosopher Chuang-tzu. What is more, I truly adore technology and industrial culture and consider them to be very exquisite, serious and atmospheric; almost holy. Liu Cixin's stories reflect this sentiment of mine. Therefore, I at times think that he echoes Newton. Finally, there is the military side of things. One does not have to look far to see his innate passion for all things to do with weaponry. In Liu Cixin we can see a stubbornness, a heroic ideal of centuries past.
β Han Song, deputy editor of βOriental Outlookβ
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Cixin Liu is one of the most important voices in world Science Fiction. A bestseller in China, his novel, _The Three-Body Problem_ , was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Here is the first collection of his short fiction: these stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award
Short stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, take you from Earth to the edge of the Universe and back again. *This collection's title story, The Wandering Earth, is the biggest SF movie ever to come out of China β taking the world's #1 box office ranking in February 2019.* T
Short stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, take you from Earth to the edge of the Universe and back again. *This collection's title story, The Wandering Earth, is the biggest SF movie ever to come out of China β taking the world's #1 box office ranking in February 2019.* T
Iβve never seen the night, nor seen a star; Iβve seen neither spring, nor fall, nor winter. I was born at the end of the Reining Age, just as the Earthβs rotation was coming to a final halt. The Sun is about to unleash a helium flash, threatening to swallow all terrestrial planets in the solar syst
First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. Iβve never seen the night, nor seen a star; Iβve seen neither spring, nor fall, nor winter. I was born at the end of the Reining Age, just as the Earthβs rotation was coming to a final halt. The Sun is about to unleash a helium flash, th
Cixin Liu is one of the most important voices in world Science Fiction. A bestseller in China, his novel, _The Three-Body Problem_ , was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Here is the first collection of his short fiction: these stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award