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Liu Cixin

출생: June 23, 1963 – Yangquan, Shanxi, China

Liu Cixin is a Chinese science fiction writer known for hard-science themes, cosmic-scale speculation, and reflections on civilization, technology, and humanity. He is best known for The Three-Body Problem and the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. His work won the Hugo Award and helped bring contemporary Chinese SF to global audiences.

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Born in Beijing in 1963 and raised largely in Shanxi after his family’s Cultural Revolution-era dislocations, Liu Cixin came to science fiction through both upheaval and wonder. As a boy he read foreign classics from his father’s collection, watched China’s first satellite stir his interest in the cosmos, and later studied engineering at the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power. After graduating in 1985, he became a computer engineer at the Niangziguan Power Plant and wrote at night. ((https://www.britannica.com/biography/Liu-Cixin))

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Later I knew that it was not, but that made me fall in love with sci-fi
-Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel
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This very book turned me into a sci-fi fan
-People hope my book will be China's Star Wars
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I write science fiction because I love science, and I want to give the beauty of science literary expression
-The Three-Body Problem and beyond — a Q&A with Liu Cixin
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Reading all those books made what I am today
-Science fiction makes people more open-minded
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Technology is more likely to eliminate conflicts and disparities between nations and civilizations, and will eventually bring mankind closer together
-Liu Cixin says technology will reduce conflict among nations
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Future is like pouring rain
-Remarks by Imagination Awardee Cixin Liu
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I think my job is to write things down before they get really boring
-Remarks by Imagination Awardee Cixin Liu
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The best choice for a writer is to hide behind his book
-Sci-Fi Phenom Liu Cixin on Fame, Morality and the Future
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I have the confidence to become the last science fiction writer in China
-Sci-Fi Phenom Liu Cixin on Fame, Morality and the Future
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For me, the most valuable, the most precious part of science fiction is that we can build a world entirely based on imagination
-Recall This Book: Cixin Liu & Pu Wang transcript

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커뮤니티 의견

"Liu Cixin Is China’s Answer to Arthur C. Clarke"

The New Yorker ((

"China’s most popular science fiction writer, Cixin Liu, brings his spectacular trilogy to an end"

Los Angeles Times ((

"Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel"

WIRED ((

"Liu Cixin is the leading writer in China’s small but vibrant science fiction scene"

Publishers Weekly ((

"Why you should be reading Liu Cixin, China’s hottest science-fiction writer"

The Washington Post ((

"Liu Cixin, a megastar author with high-profile fans such as Mark Zuckerberg and Barack Obama, has made Chinese sci-fi a global phenomenon"

AP News ((

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