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How a 'Three-Body' fan became China’s award-winning sci-fi writer_我的网站

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    Maya archaeological site in Cancun, Mexico Photo: VCG
Before becoming an award-winning science fiction writer, Baoshu was simply a fan fascinated by Hugo Award winner Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem. His desire to explore the universe created by the blockbuster trilogy led him to write The Redemption of Time (Remembrance of Earth's Past), a fan work that later became a published novel.
Years later, Baoshu has become one of the notable voices in Chinese science fiction. He was honored with the Mao Dun Newcomer Award this year, one of China's most prestigious literary awards for young writers. Established in 2015, the award recognizes outstanding writers and critics under the age of 45.
The award committee said his works have expanded the possibilities of science fiction through exploration of time, civilizations and the impact of technology on everyday life.
The honor adds to a growing list of achievements. Baoshu had previously won the Galaxy Award, China's equivalent of the Nebula Awards. His short story Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2024.
In his latest novel, The Sky of Kukulkan, published by New Star Press, Baoshu turns his fascination with the ancient Maya civilization into a story about humanity itself. The book is Baoshu's first major work after receiving the Mao Dun Newcomer Award.
Set during the final period of the Maya Classic era, the novel follows a fallen prince who, with the help of a priestess, gradually uncovers the secrets behind astronomical movements, unusual solar phenomena and the legend of the Feathered Serpent deity.
For Baoshu, the story is ultimately not only about the Maya, but also a reflection of humanity itself, its pursuit of knowledge and the universe, as well as the conflicts driven by human flaws.
"I think the most fascinating part of this story is that the Maya civilization is a microcosm of humanity itself," Baoshu told the Global Times. "It reflects mankind's journey to explore the universe and seek truth, while also showing how human weaknesses, such as greed and hostility, can lead to endless conflicts within society."
    Chinese sci-fi writer Baoshu Photo: Courtesy of New Star Press
The road to sci-fi
Born in 1980, Baoshu developed his passion for writing early. After moving to Haiyan, East China's Zhejiang Province, at the age of 6 with his parents, who worked in nuclear power construction, he spent much of his childhood reading science fiction and popular science books in local libraries.
As a primary school student, he began writing his own science fiction stories, although he said that his early works were immature.
His pen name, "Baoshu," has a much simpler origin. More than two decades ago, he chose it casually as an online username because he was a fan of Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong and created several usernames inspired by characters from Jin Yong's works. Most disappeared over time, but "Baoshu" remained.
After studying philosophy at Peking University, he continued writing short stories. His professional science fiction career began in 2010 while studying in Belgium, when his admiration for Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem inspired him to write the fan fiction novel The Redemption of Time (Remembrance of Earth's Past).
"His work has always set a benchmark for me, a standard I hope to approach even if it remains a distant goal," he said.
For Baoshu, The Redemption of Time (Remembrance of Earth's Past) was driven mainly by his love for Liu's fictional universe and his desire to explore the possibilities beyond the original trilogy.
"The world created by The Three-Body Problem is so rich and diverse that you feel there are many stories behind it that were not told," he said. 
"I wanted to express some of those possibilities in my own way."
    The cover of Baoshu's The Sky of Kukulkan. Photo: Courtesy of New Star Press
Sci-fi future
Baoshu said that, looking ahead, science fiction will continue expanding as technology changes society.
With technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) advancing at an unprecedented pace, the boundary between science fiction and reality is becoming increasingly blurred. Ideas once imagined only in novels are now entering everyday life, creating new questions and possibilities for writers to explore.
AI, for example, has created new creative opportunities and raised new questions about humanity's relationship with machines. But he noted that AI is not an entirely new topic for science fiction.
"Science fiction has been writing about AI for many years," he told the Global Times. "At different stages, new technologies emerge and connect with new social issues, creating new possibilities for storytelling."
He expects one major direction for future science fiction will be "science fiction realism" - stories that focus on how technology affects ordinary life, society and human emotions.
Another challenge for Chinese science fiction is finding deeper connections with local culture.
"Science fiction was once seen as a relatively foreign literary form because it originated overseas," Baoshu said. "But as the genre expands into deeper areas of social life, it also changes how we understand the past."
He said, as science fiction continues to gain popularity in China, the genre is creating more opportunities for new voices. 
Efforts to promote new forms of popular literature have given people from different backgrounds more opportunities to write and share their voices.
。    　　2026世界机器人大会正在北京举办，就像我们人一样，手对于灵巧操作来说是最重要的，手也是在思考和干活之间最重要的桥梁。对于机器人来说也是这样。这个关键零部件应该怎么设计、怎么创新？记者在2026世界机器人大会上发现，参展商们也都是结合市场需求，展现自己的巧思。让我们跟随记者到展会现场去看一看。　　总台央视记者 张姵玲：您看现在机器人正在演示的是一个三指的灵巧手，它和我们人的五指不太一样，只有三个指头，但是通过各种形态的变化，可以让它轻松实现各种物品的抓取，而这样的一种三指灵巧手，它主要的应用场景是在我们的一些工业场景中，它可以让它的效率变得更高，成本更低。　　团队从应用需求出发，在设计上融入巧思。

二 | 同时将微型电机和传动模块都集成到了手指关节内，增强了它的动力学性能，同时降低功耗，散热更强，满足7×24小时的连续作业需求。　　记者发现，大会上首次亮相的灵巧手上新不断。这个灵巧手就拥有22个高自由度，与人手达到1∶1的仿生设计，重量只有850克，开合速度最快可以达到0.08秒/次，可以更好地与人手进行映射，完成更加精巧的操作。　　参展商 夏宇轩：对于底层的一些硬件的极限挑战，就包括了电机、电机设计，齿轮箱它的强度，校核它的精度，它的响应速度，然后包括它的一个整体的效率，还有电控算法。我们其实是一个硬件加算法集成的一个产品。　　机器人多维度感知能力全面提升　　现在，人工智能正在从计算机走向真实的物理世界。

三 | 而在真实世界中，信息的获取不仅仅依赖文字，视觉、触觉、听觉等等都非常重要。在本届世界机器人大会上，记者发现，机器人感知世界的维度正在拓宽。　　总台央视记者 张姵玲：您看我旁边的机器人它有什么特点，它是一个包裹了触觉的机器人，当它有了触觉之后，比如说我现在轻轻地跟它互动一下，看看它会有什么样的反应。通过这样的碰触，不需要语言机器人就可以知道我们的意思了。　　研发团队将复杂的电子传感器融入柔性材料，这种全新的电子皮肤可以贴附在机器人身体上，从而增加它的感知能力，同时，他们还用这种触觉传感器实现了灵巧的全身触觉数据采集。

四 | 　　参展商 董智：摄像头可以捕捉到我在操作过程中的整体的画面，同时我的手套可以捕捉我在接触物体的过程中的数据采集。比如说我们按一下，可以看到这个屏幕上它这个对应的数据点上会有数据展示重新。除了手上的触觉，我们也做了足底的触觉，这个鞋垫上可以展示出我的整个的脚型，这样可以去捕捉人类在运动过程中的足底的数据，可以辅助机器人进行运动的控制。　　机器人精准抓取一块豆腐，背后是装置在手部的控制芯片，可以让机器人在手部自己实现计算和决策；而这个轻吹一口气，就能灵敏感知到变化的触觉芯片，也为我们展示了机器人感知和控制日益精细化的趋势。　　小感知 大市场 国产技术加速跑　　国产机器人感知能力加速迭代的背后，是产业链上下游在底层研发和协作上的紧密配合，以及整个产业的加速发展带来的新技术、新产品井喷。　　展位上这家灵巧手技术团队负责人一直在接待前来接洽的上下游企业客户，大家在这里碰撞真实的应用需求，大会也成了大家快速分享新技术新产品的桥梁。让他们兴奋的是随着产业链的发展，他们出新品的速度更快了。

五 | 　　参展商 孙杰：以前在学校里面就是做灵巧手的软件和硬件，但是之前可能因为技术不够成熟，把它用到真实场景里面会比较困难，但是随着这两年整个具身智能行业的发展，整个产业链也就越来越成熟，所以从它的灵巧手的电机、驱控、传感器，包括整个模型来讲，其实成熟度在快速变好，我觉得其实也是这两年最大的一个变化，就是感觉这两年走过的路可能是过去十年二十年的整个的发展要走过的路。　　在另一家展台，记者看到了这个绿豆大小的芯片，它可以让机器人的灵巧手具备末端的感知能力，让操控更加灵敏、更加聪明。团队瞄准机器人关键零部件的核心需求，持续投入研发，十年间，完成了两代芯片的迭代，性能发生了质的提升。　　参展商 马扬：我们在前一代的芯片能够完成1000次的调整，到了我们今年新的一代芯片，我们把它叫绿宝石的芯片，我们就可以最快能够完成一秒40万次的这样从感知到计算再到控制的闭环，这才是人能干好活的核心。　　瞄准真正的可用、能用、耐用，让机器人在下场干活时表现得更加稳定可靠，另外一家灵巧手团队也带来了自己全新的触觉芯片产品，不仅外观较之前薄且小巧，性能也得到了数倍的提升。

六 | 　　参展商 许晋诚：让我们可以在更极限的空间里面塞入更多的传感器，尺寸大概下降了30%左右，就意味着我可以覆盖的面积可以更全，就像有一些弯折的区域，其实是比较难把一个大的芯片做比较好的铺装的。

七 | 　　最新数据显示，2026年上半年，中国人形机器人出货量在全球占比进一步提升至97%，我国也已经成为全球最大的工业机器人市场和生产国。

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