“The transmission from the solar system ended. The deciphering computer now ran uselessly. The post was once again only hearing the noise of the universe. But the listener was certain that what he had just experienced was not a dream.… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
“This is Galileo,” said Aristotle. “He advocates understanding the world through observation and experiment. He is an unimaginative thinker, but his results demand our… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“She could no longer feel grief. She was now like a Geiger counter that had been subjected to too much radiation, no longer capable… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“As he left the hospital, he wasn’t scared. The only emotion he felt was loneliness. His alienation had been building up, but had been… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
I am a conventional science fiction author. But that said, once your work is published, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs to… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“None of these is in line with your original ideal of using the alien civilization as a way to reform humanity. YE: I started… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“This was characteristic of ultimate deterrence: The deterrer and the deteree shared the same terror of deterrence itself.” — Liu Cixin Copy Share
The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction was a horrible event. Dinosaurs and many other animals and plants were killed. — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“Suppose two thousand years ago, or even earlier, humanity learned that an alien invasion fleet would arrive a few thousand years later. What would… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
The earth's crust is very thin but the planet can act as a spaceship if a force or energy powerful enough was exerted on… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“Indeed, it is the nature of intelligent life to climb mountains. They all want to stand on ever higher ground to gaze ever farther… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“I’ve always felt that the greatest and most beautiful stories in the history of humanity were not sung by wandering bards or written by… — Liu Cixin Copy Share
“Are you under the impression that the object of everyone else’s love actually exists?” — Liu Cixin Copy Share
My own family went through its own difficulties in the Cultural Revolution, perhaps in a milder form than many other people. — Liu Cixin Copy Share
