Remembrance Of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin
The Three-Body Trilogy
Across decades, humanity's first contact with an advanced alien civilization—triggered by a disillusioned scientist and a clandestine message sent into space—sparks political turmoil, scientific breakthroughs, and the unraveling of long-hidden cosmic dangers. An alien species from an unstable three-sun system intervenes, using subatomic surveillance and the threat of invasion to destabilize Earth's societies, prompting competing human factions to pursue collaboration, betrayal, and radical strategies for survival. The story develops a chilling cosmic-sociology idea known as the Dark Forest, explores the construction of interstellar deterrence and mutual-assured destruction on a galactic scale, and follows the moral, technological, and existential costs of confronting truly alien minds. It is an expansive, mind-bending examination of civilization, survival, and the terrible choices provoked by contact with a hostile cosmos.
The 17152nd greatest book of all time
- Published
- 2012
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Length
- Very Long
- Pages
- 1884
- Original Language
- Chinese
- Avg User Rating
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(4.3)
- Alternate Titles
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- Remembrance of Earth's Past
- The Three Body Problem Trilogy
- The Three-Body Problem
- The Three-Body Problem trilogy
- Three-Body Problem (trilogy)
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