Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderI'm happy most of the comment section is discussing Liu Cixin's works instead of this article, but having made the mistake of reading said article I have a bit of a rant. This journalist seems so intent on making everything political (from the beginning to the end of the article) that it reads like they have no interest in anything he's actually written. The author of this article never describes a single genuine question about his works that it honestly…
> The trilogy’s success has been credited with establishing sci-fi, once marginalized in China, as a mainstream taste. I wish it were mainstream in the US. Back when people here believed in technical progress, science fiction was popular, if not always main stream. Nowadays there is a category “science fiction” in every video app but the movies are always war movies or westerns, just set in space.
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The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 146
- Total comments
- 219
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-17 | Liu Cixin’s War of the WorldsFirst breakout | Dowwie | 61 | 103 |
| 2019-06-18 | Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds | yblu | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-06-18 | Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds – Taking Stock of China's Rise | pseudolus | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-04-05 | Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds | bookofjoe | 2 | 2 |
| 2024-04-29 | Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds (2019)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | bookofjoe | 72 | 114 |