Since the debut of 1999 "Song of the Whale", Liu has published more than 30 short science fiction novels and 6 long science fiction novels, setting a record of winning the "Silver River Award", the highest science fiction award in China for eight consecutive years. His masterpiece "Three-body" pioneered the original serial in science fiction and became the most concerned and best-selling science fiction novel in 2006. Therefore, Dark Forest is praised by readers as "the most anticipated science fiction".
Liu's works are magnificent and imaginative. They not only pay attention to the combination of extreme emptiness and heavy reality, but also emphasize scientific connotation and aesthetic feeling. They have strong China characteristics and distinctive personal styles, which set a new height for China's science fiction.