![]() ![]() He is also the first Asian writer to win the prestigious Hugo award, a feat he achieved in 2015 when the English translation of The Three-Body Problem was published. Sub-atomic devices known as sophons constantly watch the activities of humans and disrupt any technological advancements. Earth is under the surveillance of a hostile alien race known as the Trisolarians that is on their way to invade. Today, he is the most famous science fiction writer in China. The events of The Dark Forest occur after those in The Three-Body-Problem. ![]() ![]() After coming to prominence with his short story The Wandering Earth, Liu turned his attention to longer projects, including the serialized story that would later become The Three-Body Problem. He started writing science fiction stories in high school, a practice he continued through college and his first job as a computer engineer at a power plant. Once in Henan, Liu developed interests in space travel and weapons technology, crafting homemade gunpowder and reading up on complex astronomical theory. In search of a more peaceful existence for their child, Liu’s parents sent him to live with his grandparents in Henan province. The family relocated to the city of Yangquan, where Liu lived in fear of the near-constant violence outside his door. As a toddler, Liu’s father-who had fought on the communist side in the Chinese Civil War-was fired from his job for the mere fact that his brother was anti-communist. The trauma of the Cultural Revolution, which serves as a backdrop for the events of The Three-Body Problem, was something Cixin Liu experienced firsthand. ![]()
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