The novel has been adapted into a movie soon to be released in early 2017. First appearing as a serialized novel in 2006 in a science fiction magazine, it was later published as a full length novel in 2008, and quickly became one of the most popular science fiction novels in China. The title is a reference to the problem in orbital mechanics called the three body problem.
The most highly acclaimed out of all of Liu Cixin’s novels, The Three Body Problem is a science fiction novel that is the first of a trilogy known as Remembrance of Earth’s Past.
It is on this cosmic scale, dealing with questions of humanity’s future in relation to its place in the universe, that most of Cixin’s work is placed. In face of such a situation, the only method of safety for civilizations with inferior technology is the hope that a technologically superior civilization does not become aware of their existence. Liu Cixin’s work reflects his personal take on the theory of ‘Cosmic Sociology’, based on the premise that there are many civilizations in the universe, each trying to survive and grow in a limited amount of space, thus leading to inevitable clashes between different cosmic civilizations. Throughout his long and illustrious career, Liu has won a number of national and international awards for his written work, including the Chinese galaxy award on no less than nine occasions, a nebula award for best science fiction writer, a Hugo award for best novel, and the Xingyun award for best achievement in 2015. His most famous work, The Three Body Problem, was published in 2007 and was extremely successful before being translated into english and published in 2014, helping Liu become the first asian writer to win the prestigious Hugo Best Novel of the Year award in 2015. Since then, Liu has gone on to publish several novels and short stories in the science fiction genre.
Liu Cixin’s experience as a novelist began in 2002, when his first novel was published to widespread acclaim. Born to humble roots, Liu was trained at the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric power, from where he was able to graduate in 1988, to begin working as a computer engineer for a local power plant. Born on 23rd June, 1963, in the city of Yangquan in the Shanxi province of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Cixin has quickly risen in prominence among the science fiction writers of China to achieve a rare position in the global club of popular science fiction writers.
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