![]() ![]() When the first volume of the series was published in the United States, in 2014, the models for Trisolaris and Earth were immediately apparent. Seeking out the vulnerabilities of its adversary, Earth establishes a deterrence based on mutually assured destruction and forces the Trisolarans to share their technology. Yet Trisolaris’s dominance is far from assured, given the ingenuity of the underdogs. Using higher-dimensional geometry, they deploy supercomputers the size of a proton to spy on every terrestrial activity and utterance Earth’s entire fleet of starships proves no match for one small, droplet-shaped Trisolaran probe. Life on Trisolaris has become increasingly difficult to sustain, so its inhabitants prepare to colonize Earth, a project made possible by their vast technological superiority. In Liu Cixin’s science-fiction trilogy, “Remembrance of Earth’s Past”-also known by the title of its first volume, “The Three-Body Problem”-Civilization A is a distant planet named Trisolaris and Civilization B is Earth. But the battle lines are clear: whoever controls the technological frontier controls the future. Neither side hesitates to employ espionage, subterfuge, and surveillance, because the rules of conduct-to the extent that they exist-are ill-defined and frequently contested. ![]() Civilization A is stronger than Civilization B and is perceived by Civilization B as a grave threat its position, however, is more fragile than it seems. Two rival civilizations are battling for supremacy.
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