Cixin Liu

Cixin Liu is a Chinese science-fiction writer best known for the *Remembrance of Earth's Past* trilogy, commonly called *The Three-Body Problem* series, which won the 73rd Hugo Award for Best Novel — making him the first Chinese author to receive that honor . In Chinese tech and investment circles, his work is frequently cited as a touchstone: 5Y Capital referenced *The Three-Body Problem* as the archetype of "architect-style" story construction, where the entire narrative blueprint is laid out from the first page , and ZhenFund's Yusen Dai noted that Liu's "water droplet" episode drew clear inspiration from Stanisław Lem's *Fiasco* . Before gaining international recognition, Liu reportedly spent 24 years at a single employer, writing *The Three-Body Problem* while working as what Chinese media nicknamed an "'electrician Liu'" — a salaried engineer who wrote at his computer after hours . He remains a towering figure in Chinese science fiction; as one younger Hugo winner described it, Liu "was already a big name in the sci-fi circle before the Hugo Award, and the award was just the icing on the cake" .