The subtitle is Liu's Essay on Science Fiction Review.
At first glance, it doesn't look like a popular work. The most popular science fiction writer must be science fiction. As for prose, of course, it is given to the essayist.
It's actually not a very good work.
I also bought a three-body trilogy a few years ago. I don't know if it's to make up the bill or because the discount is low. It's just a supplement anyway.
However, as a sci-fi fan, I should look at Liu's brand.
In addition, a series of interesting speeches made by Liu when he became famous in the media in the past few years because of the pursuit of business circles and Hugo Award also made people look forward to his prose.
This anthology is quite miscellaneous, including most of Liu's non-fiction articles, from his comments and essays as a new writer to blog articles and various prefaces of famous writers.
The content is also very complicated, especially when he was young and unknown at first. When he writes an article, he is really rambling, free and casual, and he can write whatever he wants, without any airs. It's interesting to read, and of course there are some interesting and valuable ideas.
Liu said that when he was a child, he read Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. When his father found out, he not only didn't confiscate the book, but also told him: this is called science fiction.
He was surprised and always thought the story in the book was true. Q: Is this all fantasy?
Yes, but there is scientific basis. The father replied.
These three simple dialogues laid the core idea of Liu's later sci-fi creation.
Liu's writing process is also tortuous.
He was born in 1963. In 78, he wrote his first short science fiction novel, and submitted it, but it sank into the sea. For the next twenty years, I wrote intermittently with a long break.
1985 North China University of Hydropower joined the work after graduation, and worked as a computer engineer in Shanxi Niangziguan Power Plant.
The most difficult time (9 1) also tried to win publishing opportunities with sci-fi that catered to the market, such as China 2 185 and The Age of Supernovae. Of course, it was not published successfully. However, The Age of Supernova later became one of his masterpieces.
However, deep in my consciousness, I still stick to that territory and stick to the traditional concept of science fiction.
Until 1999, at the age of 36, he published his first short story, Song of the Whale. It is considered to be the beginning of science fiction creation.
As a new writer, he had many ideas at that time, of course, because of loneliness-his work unit was in a deserted hydropower station deep in Taihang Mountain.
Some articles talk about the history of China's science fiction, the unique Chinese science fiction in 1980s, an electronic poet's own creation, and many strange poems written by electronic poets.
Of course, there are books recommended. What impressed me most was his admiration for arthur clarke's "200 1: A Space Walk".
He said:
Liu's Three-body also gave me a similar feeling. On the night after reading this novel, I couldn't help going out of the house and looking up at the starry sky overhead, thinking about something all the time. ...
Well, as you can see, unless you are a science fiction fan or Liu, there is no need to read the collection of "The Best Universe, the Worst Earth".
However, "Three-body" or, more accurately, "The Past of the Earth" trilogy is worth reading and rereading. After reading it, your thoughts will be deeper and wider. Maybe one night, you will occasionally look up at the starry sky.
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