Chongqing was the host city for the 9^th Xingyun (Nebula) Awards for Global Chinese Science Fiction on November 3^rd. Faculty member at Humanities Center and Ph.D. of condensed particle physics Liu Yang was a winner of the Silver Medal for Best Novella with Wu Shuang for their work, “The Ladder of Paradise.”

“The Ladder of Paradise” by Dr. Liu Yang tells of a time when the earth split in half, humans built a “sewed city” – Tiancheng. People live with the special radiation in the city, which seems to have an immortal effect, but it also has strong side effects.

The 9th Xingyun (Nebula) Awards for Global Chinese Science Fiction include long, medium and short science fiction for both children and adults. It also includes non-fiction works, artworks, and includes categories such as science fiction film creativity and children’s work.

The Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award is the highest award for Chinese science fiction literature in the world. In 2010, it was founded by Dong Renwei, Yao Haijun, Wu Yan, Liu Cixin, Han Song, Wang Jinkang and He Xi, the leading Chinese science fiction writers and science fiction activists at home and abroad, and gradually became the American Nebula Award and the Japanese Nebula Award. It aims to discover, select and reward outstanding Chinese sci-fi writers, works and publishing institutions worldwide. The influence of the Xingyun (Nebula) Awards for Global Chinese Science Fiction has been growing in credibility and influence since its first ceremony eight years ago. It has contributed to the promotion of the development of China’s science fiction and the launch of China’s new science fiction writers.