TY - BOOK
T1 - Liu Cixin's three-body trilogy and the status of science fiction in contemporary China
A2 - Peyton, Will
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The recent success of Liu Cixin's hard sf trilogy Santi [The 7)/e-Bodi'Trilogy, 2006-2008] is symbolic of the important rise of Chinese science fiction both in China and in the rest of the world. This trilogy tells the story of the future invasion of Earth by a belligerent extraterrestrial civilization with advanced technology and the ways in which humans try to defend themselves. It begins with the Chinese Cultural Revolution and ends with the heat death of the universe. A huge bestseller and great critical success, it is also being adapted to film. The English translation of the first volume also won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015. With the considerable success he achieved with this trilogy, Liu Cixin has become for the readers, critics, and supporters of Chinese soft power the standard-bearer of a new era" of Chinese science fiction
AB - The recent success of Liu Cixin's hard sf trilogy Santi [The 7)/e-Bodi'Trilogy, 2006-2008] is symbolic of the important rise of Chinese science fiction both in China and in the rest of the world. This trilogy tells the story of the future invasion of Earth by a belligerent extraterrestrial civilization with advanced technology and the ways in which humans try to defend themselves. It begins with the Chinese Cultural Revolution and ends with the heat death of the universe. A huge bestseller and great critical success, it is also being adapted to film. The English translation of the first volume also won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015. With the considerable success he achieved with this trilogy, Liu Cixin has become for the readers, critics, and supporters of Chinese soft power the standard-bearer of a new era" of Chinese science fiction
U2 - 10.5621/sciefictstud.46.1.0021
DO - 10.5621/sciefictstud.46.1.0021
M3 - Translation
BT - Liu Cixin's three-body trilogy and the status of science fiction in contemporary China
ER -