What's the matter with "three bodies" becoming a gold sucking black hole? Liu Cixin has made tens of millions of years and become the number one writer on the list. According to the cover news on April 19, on April 18, as the main list of the 13th writers list, it was exclusively released by cover news, West China Metropolis Daily, big star culture, and the classic library of writers list. Liu Cixin, a sci-fi superstar, won 18 million royalties with his "three body" series!
As a matter of fact, Liu Cixin is also a regular on the list of writers published many times before. But this time, the series of "three body" can break through the siege of many best-selling strength works and become the champion, which makes people see the power of "brain burning" of "three body" again.
Science fiction writers' positive outlook on the future
"Three body" series surpasses the best-selling representative works of Yu Hua, Mo Yan and others, and is also far ahead of many other fields and types of light reading works. Wu Huaiyao, founder of writers list and chairman of big star culture, said: "this is the first time that science fiction writers have won the title in the 13 years since the establishment of writers list, which is a milestone. It represents a kind of rationalism, innovation, modernity and positive outlook on the future. '
When the reporter conveyed the news to Yao Haijun, editor in chief of science fiction world and editor in chief of three body magazine, he was not surprised. Over the past decade, he has witnessed and accompanied the rise of this masterpiece. With the serials in science fiction world magazine and the publication of a single book, readers have expanded from science fiction circle to science and technology circle and become more and more extensive.
Many people may think that this has a lot to do with the best-selling effect of the popular journey of "wandering earth" at the beginning of the Chinese New Year in 2019. However, in Yao Haijun's view, the reason is not limited to the driving effect of the film. There are many factors. In fact, ten years after the complete publication of the trilogy, the topic and sales of the trilogy have been on the rise. The audience has long surpassed science fiction, and has been expanding. Domestically, the pace of social development makes many people have to look from history to the future. It's natural that science fiction is highly concerned. '
According to Yao Haijun, the influence of "three body" is beyond the Chinese speaking world. At present, it has exported more than ten languages, and has a good market performance in Britain, the United States and Germany, which is highly concerned by readers. This is a rare phenomenon in the history of Chinese science fiction publishing. '
Popular vs. classic screen vs. book
In addition to science fiction, the 50 writers on the list and the representative works on the list are also powerful, reflecting the current trend of people's reading from multiple perspectives. Wu Huaiyao said that it can be seen from the list that the appeal of classic masters is still strong, and classic books continue to be popular. Yu Hua, Jia Pingwa, Mo Yan, Feng Jicai and other writers all appeared on the list.
In Wu Huaiyao's view, under the background of the popularity of online reading and screen reading, for skilled and relaxed reading, people will choose Internet consumption, electronic reading and classic works with collection value, while readers prefer paper books for deep reading.
In fact, screens compete with paper for attention, but sometimes screens come back to boost paper. A person's influence on the Internet is often embodied in the sales of paper books. For example, economics Professor Xue Zhaofeng and Fudan teacher Chen Guo are very popular online. From online to offline, these paper-based works of "wanghong" professors are also well sold.
It is worth mentioning that on the list, we found a familiar name 'Guo Jingming'. Although no new works have been produced for a long time, his works such as "sad river against the current" are still popular, ranking 38th in the list of writers with 2.6 million royalties. If the post-80s want to return to the top of the list of writers, they can only hope for new works.