Liu Yang (, born 1986 in

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writer and professor at Xi’an University of Technology.

Life

Liu Yang graduated with a

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in Physics from

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU) () is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education of China, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the B ...

and then obtained a doctorate there from 2011 to 2016, which dealt with

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. He began writing while waiting for the computation of numerical results. His first short story "Shizhen" (时振) was published in 2012. His first novel "Orphans of Mars" (火星孤儿) was published in August 2015. In the winter semester of 2018, Liu Yang joined the Center for Humanities and Sciences of the

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to devote time to lecture and research the writing of science fiction. He claimed that the most important aspect of an extraordinary science fiction novel is its core setting to be attractive. ("一部杰出的科幻小说，最重要的是其核心设定要足够吸引人。")

Bibliography

* ''Shizhen'' (short story), 时振 * ''The Ladder of Paradise'', winner of the Silver Award for Best Novella at the 9th Chinese Nebula Awards hosted in

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

. * ''Orphans of Mars'' (novel), 火星孤儿, winner of the Silver Award for Best Novel at the 10th Nebula Awards. * ''The Opposite and the Adjacent'', first published in Chinese in ''Micro SF'' in 2013, published in English with translation by Nick Stember in the ''

Clarkesworld Magazine ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine edited by Neil Clarke. It released its first issue October 1, 2006, and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as ...

#120'' in September 2016. * 机器女佣, ''jīqì nǚ yōng'' Robot Maid" first published in 2014, published in German in the anthology ''Quantenträume'' Quantum Dreams"in 2020. * ''A Perfect Doomsday'' (short story collection), 完美末日, published in September 2015. * ''Honeycomb'' (short story collection), 蜂巢, published in September 2017. * ''Lumenfabulatur'', published in ''Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays'' in January 2023 * ''City in the Well'', winner of the Gold Award for Best Novel at the 15th Nebula Awards hosted in

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