Remembrance of Earth's Past
United States edition book covers by Tor Books. United Kingdom book covers have slightly different designs. | |
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| Author | Liu Cixin |
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| Original title | 地球往事; Dìqiú Wǎngshì |
| Translator | Ken Liu (books 1 and 3) Joel Martinsen (book 2) |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese |
| Genre | Hard science fiction, alien invasion |
| Publisher | Chongqing Publishing Group (Chinese edition) |
| Published | May 2008 – November 2010 (original trilogy) 2011 (fanfiction spin-off) |
| Published in English | November 11, 2014 – September 19, 2016 (original trilogy) July 16, 2019 (spin-off) |
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| No. of books | 3 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 地球往事 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 地球往事 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Earth's Past | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 三体 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 三體 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Three-Bodies | ||||||
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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'). The series details humanity's discovery of and preparation for an alien invasion force from the planet Trisolaris.