2019/01/01 by Gwennaël Gaffric, William Peyton · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Chinese history and philosophy #Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
paper · doi:10.5621/sciefictstud.46.1.0021
openalex publication_date 2019/01/01 · openalex created_date 2019/03/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
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