Liu Cixin
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Liu Cixin is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer. In English translations of his works, his name is given as Cixin Liu. He is sometimes called "Da Liu" by his fellow science fiction
Liu in 2017
The Hugo Award trophy won by Liu
Liu at the Geek Bar Authors Event in 2015
Dark forest hypothesis
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The dark forest hypothesis is the idea that extraterrestrial civilizations may exist in abundance across the universe, but remain silent and hidden out of fear that revealing themselves would lead to
Liu Cixin
…the third and final novel in the trilogy, was also nominated for the Hugo award in 2017. One of the key ideas of The Three-Body Problem trilogy is the dark forest hypothesis, a theory that advises humans not to contact aliens because of potential negative consequences. Liu is married and has a daughter…
Black Forest pictured in darkness, the concept from which the novel took its name