The Wandering Earth

The title novella “The Wandering Earth” is the literary basis for a blockbuster film purchased by the streaming service Netflix. Ten stories, including five works—the winners of China’s “Galaxy” award—are dazzlingly original odes to planet Earth, its past, and its future. With a melancholic but sharp understanding of human nature, Liu Cixin shows humanity’s attempts to understand, to find itself, and above all to survive in the emptiness of outer space. Liu Cixin carries the reader to the edge of the universe and to the end of time to tell about people with fates we could never have imagined.

“A unique blend of scientific and philosophical conjectures, conspiracy theories, and cosmology.” George R. R. Martin
“Top-quality science fiction.” Kim Stanley Robinson
“Liu Cixin’s picture of humanity’s place in the cosmos is bigger, brighter, and more disheartening than we ever imagined.” Los Angeles Times
“The book sparks the excitement of discovery and shows the beauty of scale… Extraordinary.” The New Yorker
“Complex and grand… An impressive and consciousness‑changing experience.” Daily Mail
“Don’t miss it.” Kirkus Reviews
“One of the most interesting books I’ve read.” Concatenation
“A wonderful collection—Liu Cixin brings his own distinctive flavor to the genre.” SF Crows Nest
“Simply fantastic. A genuine sense of wonder.” SFX
“One of the best short-story collections since Isaac Asimov.”