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Liu Cixin, author of the Chinese science fiction trilogy “The Three-Body Problem,” officially called “Remembrance of Earth’s Past,” speaks during an interview. / CFP
Liu Cixin, author of the Chinese science fiction trilogy “The Three-Body Problem,” officially called “Remembrance of Earth’s Past,” speaks during an interview. / CFP
Netflix, the world’s largest streaming service, will turn the popular Chinese science fiction trilogy “The Three-Body Problem” into a television series.
Chinese author Liu Cixin and translator of the English versions Ken Liu became consulting producers for the series, and David Benioff and DB Weiss, creators of the popular television series “Game of Thrones,” were named writers and producers. executives.
The award-winning novels tell the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization, and the three installments, “The problem of the three bodies”, “The dark forest” and “The end of death”, will be covered by the series international. .
“The first time I read the ‘The Three Body Problem’ trilogy (Remembrance of Earth’s Past), it forever changed what science fiction meant to me,” said Peter Friedlander, Vice President of Netflix Original Series in a statement. . He assembled a “thoughtful and talented creative team” to do the adaptation, and everyone involved shared a “passion and high regard for books.”
“The Problem of the Three Bodies”, the first book of Liu Cixin’s science fiction trilogy “Remembrance of Earth’s Past”. / CFP
“The Problem of the Three Bodies”, the first book of Liu Cixin’s science fiction trilogy “Remembrance of Earth’s Past”. / CFP
“The Liu Cixin trilogy is the most ambitious sci-fi series we have ever read, taking readers on a journey from the 1960s to the end of time, from life in our pale blue point to the distant fringes of the universe, “said David Benioff. and DB Weiss in a statement.
Other executive producers include “True Blood” writer Alexander Woo, “Star Wars” director Rian Johnson and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment company.
“I set out to tell a story that transcends time and the boundaries of nations, cultures and races; one that forces us to consider the fate of humanity as a whole,” Liu said in a statement.
“The Three-Body Problem”, the first book in the “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, was first published in 2008 and its English translation followed in 2014. The novel made Liu the first Asian to win the Prize. Hugo, the Oscars for science fiction and fantasy, in 2015.
Its two sequels were published in 2008 and 2010 respectively, but Chinese readers like to call the entire series “The Three Body Problem.”
A poster for “The Wandering Earth”, an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s novel of the same name. / CFP
A poster for “The Wandering Earth”, an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s novel of the same name. / CFP
According to the People’s diaryAs of August 2019, the trilogy had been translated into 19 languages, including German, French, Spanish, and Japanese, and a total of 21 million copies were sold, with the English version alone selling one million copies.
Former US President Barack Obama put the books on his reading list, saying the “wildly imaginative” trilogy made “my day-to-day problems with Congress seem quite insignificant, not something to worry about. Aliens are! about to invade! “
Liu’s works have been highly sought after by film and television series makers in recent years. Last year, “The Wandering Earth,” adapted from its eponymous novel, grossed 4.7 billion yuan (685 million US dollars) at the Chinese box office, the third-highest ever, and was believed to herald a new era for Chinese science fiction. movie.
