Chinese bestseller wins top sci-fi award
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Chinese sci-fi bestseller 鈥淭he Three-Body Problem,鈥 the first part of a trilogy, has won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Author Liu Cixin is the first Asian writer to win a Hugo Award, prizes given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements in the previous year.
The plot concerns an invasion of Earth by the alien 鈥淭risolarans鈥 and the response of Earth鈥檚 governments and scientists.
An English translation by Ken Liu was published in November last year and a movie version has completed filming and will hit cinema screens next year.
Liu said he was 鈥渧ery happy鈥 about the accolade but 鈥渨ill treat the award with a humble attitude and won鈥檛 get overwhelmed.鈥
He said his award would boost the export of Chinese science fiction to the United States and help Americans better understand Chinese sci-fi.
However, he added: 鈥淪cience fiction writing across the world is on a decline ... which I assume is because technology is losing its mystery, while mystery is an important backbone of sci-fi composition.鈥
Yan Feng, a professor at Fudan University, said: 鈥淪cience fiction is born and raised in the West, but has also found fertile land in the Orient.鈥
Yao Haijun, chief editor of Science Fiction World, China鈥檚 most popular sci-fi magazine, said the award 鈥渕arks a historic breakthrough for China鈥檚 sci-fi.鈥
Yao expected an 鈥渆qual exchange鈥 between Chinese and English sci-fi to change the largely one-way traffic of English works into China.
鈥淢oreover, even though Liu created this miraculous work several years ago, we had little confidence back then. This prize will help us reevaluate our sci-fi,鈥 he told reporters.
Wu Yan, a professor at Beijing Normal University, said: 鈥淚t will call more public attention to Chinese sci-fi writers and their works ... and greatly boost China鈥檚 sci-fi industry.鈥
鈥淭he Dark Forest,鈥 the second part of the saga, became available in the US earlier this month, and an English translation of the final one, 鈥淒eath鈥檚 End,鈥 is expected to hit shelves next year.
The trilogy has sold over a million copies in China.
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