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 and 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
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese三体
Traditional Chinese三體
Literal meaningThree-Bodies

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.

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