The short story collection that includes the basis for Netflix's blockbuster film. Humanity discovers the sun will go nova and decides to move Earth — using 10,000 planet-sized engines to propel the entire world on a 2,500-year journey to a new star. Liu Cixin's imagination operates on a civilizational scale.
Clean — pure hard science fiction.
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Moods: Epic Conceptual Mind-Expanding Bleak
Tropes: Earth Relocation Hard Sci-Fi Civilizational Scale Short Stories
Same author, different stories — standalone collection.
Yes — The Wandering Earth became China's highest-grossing sci-fi film.
Very — physics and engineering drive every concept.