"Cornerstone" is a plain word, not "glamorous" enough, but it can accurately convey our emotion and confidence in the prosperous Chinese science fiction building under construction. Therefore, we use it as the name of this original series. The last ten years have seen the rapid development of science fiction creation.A large number of science fiction writers such as Wang Jinkang, Liu Cixin, He Hongwei, and Han Song have published a large number of excellent science fiction works that are deeply loved by readers and have great development and exploration value.The leading journal of science fiction literature has grown from a traditional "Science Fiction World" to a series of publications covering all levels of readers.At the same time, the market environment for sci-fi literature has also improved, and large bookstores in provincial capital cities finally have a sci-fi territory.

People still often ask about the gap between Chinese science fiction and American science fiction, but the answers now are different from those of ten years ago.In many works (they are no longer the kind of childish stories without literary skills and color, imaginative restraint), this kind of comparison has become other people's steak and our potatoes and beef.The gaps are stark—more precisely, the "differences"—but it is no longer possible to rank them.Matters of taste take on practical significance, a sign of the maturity of our sci-fi. The gap with American science fiction is actually the gap in the degree of marketization.American science fiction has formed a complete industrial chain from periodicals to books to film and television to games and toys, and is full of motivation; however, our book publishing is still in such a situation: while readers' reading needs cannot be met, publishers But I am amazed by the sales of thousands of copies of science fiction books.As a result, we basically only have sf writers who write for love, and very few sf writers who write for royalties.This is not a status quo that responsible publishers would like to see.

Science Fiction World, as the most influential professional science fiction publishing organization in China, has been committed to the all-round promotion of Chinese science fiction.Science fiction book publishing is one of the focuses.Chinese science fiction needs a long-term vision, a pragmatic spirit, and the introduction of more market-oriented means. Therefore, we focus on the long-term perspective, and the starting point lies in the "cornerstones". It should be noted that we have no restrictions on cornerstones.Because, to build a building requires all kinds of stones. We are full of expectations for such a building.