The Arthur C, Clarke Center for Human Imagination will host an “Evening with Cixin Liu and John Scalzi” at UC San Diego on November 12. They will discuss their work and the power of speculative worldbuilding, and sign books following … Continue reading
China’s Hugo-nominated sf author Cixin Liu will be interviewed by John Scalzi at a program at New York’s China Institute on May 27. A reception and book signing follows. Registration for “An Evening with Cixin Liu: Hosted by John Scalzi” costs … Continue reading
Cixin Liu, whose book The Three-Body Problem is nominated for both the Nebula and the Hugo, will be coming from China to meet with fans and participate in SFWA’s Nebula Weekend June 4-7. Liu, 51, resides in a “gritty coal-mining … Continue reading
Five Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix challenging the company’s plans to produce a series based on Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem because the author, in a 2019 New Yorker interview, defended Chinese repression against the Uighurs. The letter … Continue reading
Liu Cixin never let his day job keep him from getting his writing done. Did anyone know that when Jason Heller tweeted this message last week and got a lot of sff writers in an uproar? Of course, Heller and … Continue reading
Liu Cixin is China’s most famous science fiction author. He has won the Galaxy, China’s version of the Hugo, 9 times. His trilogy, “The 3 Body Problem,” won the Hugo and Galaxy for best novel and was nominated for a … Continue reading
2015 #hugoawards winner Liu Cixin awarded best achievement prize at Xingyun Award for Chinese Sci-Fi Fiction pic.twitter.com/puDztOYYjc — CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) October 19, 2015 Liu Cixin, author of the “Three-Body” trilogy, won the “Best Achievement Award” during the 2015 Xingyun (“Nebula”) … Continue reading
The fiction of Nebula nominee Liu Cixin is explored by Joshua Rothman in a New Yorker article, “China’s Arthur C. Clarke”. Last week, a team of astronomers at Peking University announced the discovery of a gigantic black hole with a mass … Continue reading
(1) STAR TREK WINS PEABODY AWARD. The Star Trek franchise was among the Peabody Award winners announced today. Given to television, radio, and other media, the Peabody honors “stories that powerfully reflect the pressing social issues and the vibrant emerging … Continue reading
(1) A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR “THE AI SONG,” A PARODY BY MY FRIEND (AND COLLEAGUE) PAUL SCHINDLER. [Item by Daniel Dern.] My friend, colleague, and former-boss — briefly (at Byte.com) — Paul Schindler, knowing that I’m a frequent File770 contributor/suggester … Continue reading