The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 3 books · 2008 to 2010 · Set in Beijing

Liu Cixin

Thriller and suspenseScience fictionPolitical thrillerHard science fiction

Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, translated as The Three-Body Problem, begins during China's Cultural Revolution and grows into a cosmic struggle between humanity and the Trisolarans, under the "dark forest" rule of the universe.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Dates are the Chinese editions; the English translations appeared in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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Remembrance of Earth's Past

3 books · Set in BeijingHard science fictionPolitical thriller
  1. 1The Three-Body Problem2008With Wang MiaoBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Dark Forest2008With Luo JiBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Death's End2010With Cheng XinBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Remembrance of Earth's Past