Hard Sci-Fi Worldbuilding
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Asking the Mirror
If you are used to power fantasies that peak at the start and explode every three chapters, Asking the Mirror will probably stall you for dozens of ch…
The Time Killer
The Time Killer is a full-length science fiction detective novel by the Russian (Soviet) science fiction writer Kir Bulychev. The Chinese edition is t…
The Wellmouth Campaign
Zongheng Chinese Network · 2015
The Wellhead Campaign is a long-form science fiction web novel by the author Nuclear-Powered Battleship. It began serialization on Zongheng Chinese Ne…
Curved Light
Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024
Bent Light is a science fiction novel. A group of young scientists dream of using natural light as an energy source. Under the influence of a powerful…
Fighting Fairy Yukikaze (Complete 3 Volumes)
New Star Press · 2020
This book tells the story of humanity establishing a frontline base on the planet Fiary to stop the alien JAM from invading Earth. Deep Sei, a top-tie…
No War Tomorrow: An Anthology of Chinese Military Science Fiction
Sichuan University Press · 2026
As technology advances rapidly, future warfare will take shapes radically different from traditional conflict. While new weapons keep improving in pre…
Chronicle of the Black Star
China Publishing House Inc · 2026
In the year 3135 of the Interstellar Era, several hundred years after Dolma—humanity's second colony planet in a distant galaxy—was struck by an aster…
Aliasing Universe: Trilogy
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2025
Trilogy: composed of The Aliasing Universe (I): Operation Zero Information, The Aliasing Universe (II): The Grandmother Matrix, and The Aliasing Unive…
The Aliasing Universe (III): One Person, the Whole Universe
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2025
This is a grand reverse-narrative structure, written entirely in dialogue form: after humanity has lost its last material sanctuary, it recalls the st…
Aliasing Universe (I): Operation Zero Information
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2025
This is a grand reverse narrative, written entirely in dialogue, in which humanity, having lost its last material sanctuary, looks back on the five hu…
Great Cosmos Expedition Team
· 2025
In a future world, humanity embarks on the exploration of space. More than forty thousand Japanese board a fleet of jet-propelled craft and set out on…
Time-Space Exploration: The Question-Heaven Project
慢书文化 · 2025
Humanity's exploration of the universe has never ceased. In 1975, Li Guojun and several others with exceptional talents were recruited into the myster…
The Abyss of Time
New Star Press · 2024
A snowed-in country-house mystery aboard a spaceship. A locked-room murder scene that affects the fundamental laws of the universe. The immigrant spac…
Galaxy's Edge 007: Immunity
People's Literature Publishing House · 2023
The Galaxy's Edge science fiction series is co-edited by professional science fiction figures from East and West. Most of the content is selected from…
The Cosmic Pendulum (3 Volumes)
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2022
Everything in this world is born and dies—even the universe, which has existed for over 13 billion years, is no exception! The "Cosmic Pendulum" is ju…
Saving the World
· 2022
Wang Jinkang is a leading figure among the "Big Three" of Chinese science fiction, while Zhang Ran and Baoshu represent the new generation of SF write…
Earthsmith
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Lone Wolf Principle
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2022
A science fiction action novel about life, love, and solitude. Amid the massive devastation caused by the radiation wave of a supernova explosion, the…
Number 1314
· 2019
In the 23rd century, genius scientist Xu Yishi has not only an eccentric, playful father but also a most unusual "older sister"—Gu Chanzi, also known …
The Dark Forest
Chongqing Publishing House · 2021
Winner of the 52nd Japan Nebula Award for Best Foreign Novel. The vast Trisolaran fleet bears down upon the solar system with murderous intent. With E…