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* Sophons: 11 dimensional protons generated with Trisolaran particle accelerators. Placed into the 2nd dimension, they are embedded with circuitry to create a supercomputer, and when viewed in 3 dimensional space are typically the size of a proton though they can switch dimensions to change sizes in 3 dimensional space. They can visually record anything and thus their secondary purpose is to act as surveillance devices, beaming the information they gather back to another sophon instantaneously via quantum entanglement. Their primary purpose for their Trisolaran manufacturers is to disrupt Earth's particle accelerators, capable of straying into the paths of fired particles and scrambling the results before re-assembling. Since they can move through three dimensional space at the speed of light, a single sophon is capable of disrupting all of Earth's particle accelerators. |
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| Remembrance of Earth's Past 地球往事 | |
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| Created by | Cixin Liu |
| Print publications | |
| Novel(s) | 4 |
Remembrance of Earth's Past (Chinese: 地球往事; pinyin: Dìqiú Wǎngshì; lit. 'Earth's Past') is a science fiction trilogy by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin, but Chinese readers generally refer to the series by the title of its first novel, The Three Body Problem (Chinese: 三体; pinyin: Sān Tǐ; lit. 'Three-Body').[1]
| Remembrance of Earth's Past | |||||||
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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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Books
Original trilogy
The books in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy are:[2]
- The Three-Body Problem (三体), 2006; English translation by Ken Liu published by Tor Books in 2014. Also known in Chinese as "三体I"
- The Dark Forest (黑暗森林), 2008; English translation by Joel Martinsen published by Tor Books in 2015. Also known in Chinese as "三体II"
- Death's End (死神永生), 2010; English translation by Ken Liu published by Tor Books in 2016. Also known in Chinese as "三体III"
Extended series
- The Redemption of Time (观想之宙), originally posted to an internet forum as fan fiction in 2010 by Li Jun writing as Baoshu, that was later published by Chongqing Press, the original trilogy publisher, with the permission of Cixin Liu in 2011, as Three Body X: Aeon of Contemplation (Chinese: 三体X·观想之宙; pinyin: Sān Tǐ X · Guān Xiǎng Zhī Zhòu). Translated by Ken Liu into English for Tor Books and published in 2019. as The Redemption of Time.[3]
Science Fiction Concepts
- Sophons: 11 dimensional protons generated with Trisolaran particle accelerators. Placed into the 2nd dimension, they are embedded with circuitry to create a supercomputer, and when viewed in 3 dimensional space are typically the size of a proton though they can switch dimensions to change sizes in 3 dimensional space. They can visually record anything and thus their secondary purpose is to act as surveillance devices, beaming the information they gather back to another sophon instantaneously via quantum entanglement. Their primary purpose for their Trisolaran manufacturers is to disrupt Earth's particle accelerators, capable of straying into the paths of fired particles and scrambling the results before re-assembling. Since they can move through three dimensional space at the speed of light, a single sophon is capable of disrupting all of Earth's particle accelerators.
Cinematic adaptations
The Three-Body Problem (Chinese: 三体) is a postponed Chinese science fiction 3D film[4] in-progress, adapted from The Three-Body Problem series by Liu Cixin, directed by Fanfan Zhang, and starring Feng Shaofeng and Zhang Jingchu.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Three-Body Introduction". Archived from the original on 2015-03-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Andrew Liptak (19 October 2018). "How a fan fiction for Cixin Liu's Three-Body Problem became an official novel". The Verge.
- ^ "三体 的海报". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ "三体 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ "三体 (2017)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Mtime.com Inc. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ CaixinOnline (June 23, 2016). "Premiere of Film based on Acclaimed Sci-fi Novel 'The Three-Body Problem' Pushed Back until 2017". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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