Feature: Birlin's largest sci-fi bookstore praised by celebrity Chinese writer on World Book Day


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  • Thursday, 24 Apr 2025

BERLIN, April 23 (Xinhua) -- World Book Day is always an important event for booksellers, but an unexpected message from Liu Cixin, a well-known Chinese science fiction writer, made this year's event very special for Otherland, a niche bookstore in Berlin that specializes in fantasy literature from all over the world.

The Hugo Award-winning writer, best known for his book The Three-Body Problem, paid a poetic tribute to the shop, comparing it to "a steadfast beacon, guiding every soul who yearns to draw wisdom from the boundless sea of knowledge."

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