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The Wandering Earth

432 pages 2013 Science Fiction, Short Stories, Chinese Literature 🌶️ Clean Standalone
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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.

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Clean — pure hard science fiction.

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Is This Book for You?

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Ending: Varied
Pacing: Varies

What This Book Feels Like

Moods: Epic Conceptual Mind-Expanding Bleak

Tropes: Earth Relocation Hard Sci-Fi Civilizational Scale Short Stories

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is it connected to Three-Body Problem?

Same author, different stories — standalone collection.

Is there a Netflix movie?

Yes — The Wandering Earth became China's highest-grossing sci-fi film.

Is it hard sci-fi?

Very — physics and engineering drive every concept.

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