Liu Cixin's 'Ball Lightning' to be made into movie

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"Ball Lightning", one of the bestselling sci-fi novels of Hugo-award winner Liu Cixin, is set to be made into a movie.

One of the bestsellers of Chinese sci-fi novelist Liu Cixin-"Ball Lightning" is set to be made into a movie. [Photo: mtime.com] 

The novel is about a man who devotes his whole life to studying ball lightning after both of his parents were killed by the phenomenon.

His quest presents a unique, mysterious and bizarre world to the audience.

The novel was first published in 2005.

"Ball Lightning" is not Liu's first novel to be made into a film.

A movie based on his best known novel- "The Three Body Problem" is currently in production and is slated for release this summer.

"The Three Body Problem" won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

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