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3 Body Problem: How The VR Game is in the Chinese TV and Netflix Series

3 Body Problem: Comparing The VR Game in Chinese & Netflix Versions

Ken Liu (no relation), the American novelist and translator of the books, called them "Trisolarans" after "tri-solar" for the three suns, with Liu Cixin's approval.) The Chinese version faithfully adapts the game scenes virtually word-for-word and scene-for-scene Hero Wang Miao (Edward Zhang) is the sole player as he moves through the game under the username "Copernicus,"[...]

Pantheon: AMC+ Traditionally Animated Series Unveils First-Look

Pantheon: AMC+ Sci-Fi Animated Series Debuts First-Look Clip, Images

A sci-fi drama based on a collection of short stories by award-winning author Ken Liu, this thrilling speculative is centered on a bullied teen (Katie Chang) who receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David (Daniel Dae Kim), whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud[...]

Ken Liu's short stories will come to life in Pantheon (Image: Tor Books)

Pantheon: Daniel Dae Kim, 11 More Join AMC Animated Sci-Fi Series

Having received a two-season order earlier this year, the series is based on Ken Liu's short stories about Uploaded Intelligence (or human consciousness uploaded to the cloud) and comes with a visual style that the network describes as "a fresh take on graphic realism done in a traditional 2D way, using modern tools." Joining previously-announced cast members[...]

"Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker" Manga Offers Light Side Stories for Hardcore Fans [Review]

Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker adapts Science Fiction author and editor Ken Liu's short novel The Road to Star Wars: The Last Jedi – The Legends of Luke Skywalker. The book is really an anthology of stories starring Luke Skywalker when he was with the Rebel Alliance at various stages of his development as[...]

"The Three-Body Problem" to Become Chinese's First Science Fiction TV Series

"The Three-Body Problem": Liu Cixin's Epic Novel Becomes China's First Sci-Fi TV Series

Chinese-American author Ken Liu (no relation) translated it for the West in 2014 It was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2014 and won the Hugo Award in 2015 The other novels in the trilogy are The Dark Forest and Death's End The Three-Body Problem is arguably the most famous Chinese Science Fiction novel in[...]

Del Rey Asks More Than 40 Authors To Look At A New Hope From A Certain Point Of View

Dawson Paul Dini Alexander Freed Jason Fry Christie Golden EK Johnston & Ashley Eckstein Paul Kemp Mur Lafferty Ken Liu Griffin McElroy John Jackson Miller Nnedi Okorafor Daniel José Older Mallory Ortberg Madeleine Roux Gary D Schmidt Cavan Scott Sabaa Tahir Glen Weldon Chuck Wendig Gary Whitta That is a pretty impressive list of talent, some familiar to Star Wars fans, some not[...]