Remembrance of Earth's Past

Remembrance of Earth's Past
United States edition book covers by Tor Books. United Kingdom book covers have slightly different designs.


AuthorLiu Cixin[a]
Original title
地球往事; Dìqiú Wǎngshì
TranslatorKen Liu (books 1 and 3)
Joel Martinsen (book 2)
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin Chinese
GenreHard science fiction, alien invasion
PublisherChongqing Publishing Group (Chinese edition)
PublishedMay 2008 – November 2010 (original trilogy)
2011 (fanfiction spin-off)
Published in EnglishNovember 11, 2014 – September 19, 2016 (original trilogy)
July 16, 2019 (spin-off)
Media type
No. of books3
Remembrance of Earth's Past
Simplified Chinese地球往事
Traditional Chinese地球往事
Literal meaningEarth's Past
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDìqiú wǎngshì
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese三体
Traditional Chinese三體
Literal meaningThree-Bodies
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSān Tǐ

Remembrance of Earth's Past (Chinese: 地球往事; pinyin: Dìqiú Wǎngshì; lit. 'Earth's Past') is a science fiction novel series by Chinese writer Liu Cixin. The series is also popularly referred to as Three-Body from part of the title of its first novel, The Three-Body Problem (Chinese: 三体; pinyin: Sān Tǐ; lit. 'Three-Body').[2] The series details humanity's discovery of and preparation for an alien invasion force from the planet Trisolaris.


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  1. ^ The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past Book 1. Tor Books. 11 November 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Liu, Cixin (7 May 2014). "The Worst of All Possible Universes and the Best of All Possible Earths: Three Body and Chinese Science Fiction". Tor.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.