r/threebodyproblem

In Death's End (2010), at the start of deterrence, humanity can detect gravitational waves and neutrinos but can't transmit with either, and both are described as "a whole level above electromagnetic waves." The book even explains why gravitational waves won out for deterrence:

"Theoretically, a modulated beam of neutrinos could transmit information to the other end of the universe... But while neutrinos must be focused in a particular direction, gravitational waves were omnidirectional, thus gravitational waves became the main method of establishing dark forest deterrence."

Real life has caught up on the detection side:

Gravitational waves: LIGO's first detection in 2015, Nobel Prize in Physics 2017.

Neutrinos: the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francis Halzen for IceCube and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from space (first spotted in 2013).

Both prizes are for detecting, not transmitting. We've only managed a toy neutrino message (Fermilab sent the word "neutrino" through 240 m of rock in 2012), and we can't make gravitational waves at all. So we're roughly where the book put humanity: we can listen, but we can barely whisper. Which one do you think we'll learn to send first?

If it takes longer to release season 2 because they need to get the special effects right to capture the moments right, it’s worth waiting for it.

Many who have read the books have wondered how it would translate to the screen. Book 1 is mostly things that we can visually comprehend and translate to the screen. But books 2 and 3 may take more time to make it happen on screen without ruining the viewing experience and emersion in the story.

If it’s making sure the things that happen in the future in the story, that need to be created with practical and computer effects, are received well by the audience, it’s ok to wait.

So many concepts, so many interstellar voyages, how can this book be so captivating? A wonderful science fiction. I spent good hours traveling through space and watching Earth's civilization live through horrors and glories!

Spoilers ahead if you didn't reed the whole series yet.

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>!I really like how the last book works as a historical account of the entire civilization, all the way to the end.!<

>!The Wallfacer plans are incredible, and I laughed a lot at some parts. Luo Ji is amazing until the very end.!<

>!That moment when the dimensions are compressed, frightening and beautiful at the same time, the fairy tale ideas, the far-fetched plans, from the very beginning of the story. !<

Incredible ideas! All working together in an amazing way.

Stories about human civilization in deep space are amazing!

It became one of my favorite series.

Thank you, Cixin Liu.

Thanks everyone for your responses to my previous question. My question this time pertains to the hulls of the Trisolaran fleet. While rereading the chapter where the Trisolarans construct the sophons, one says that not all of the Trisolaran fleet will make it to Earth because of the space dust. What I think is being implied here is that the Trisolaran fleet is moving fast enough that collision with the dust will damage some of their ships. But by this point Trisolarans have already mastered strong interaction forces enough to make sophons and probably the droplet, so I was imagining that the ships have some kind of strong interaction material as the hull.

In the Dark Forest chapter with Ding Yi, we learn that the strong interaction material is infinitely smooth and likely impervious to any kind of scratching that humans are capable of. Does this mean that strong interaction materials are still vulnerable at 10% lightspeed, or that the ships have weaker material for the hull? Also, does this say anything about humanity's ability to damage the Trisolaran ships with nuclear weapons?

I would like to take a moment and say that this series has made me a huge fan of sci-fi even more than before.

The dark forest theory created for fiction has actually made it to the real world and scientists are actually considering this theory too.

This series shows us how something so simple for us such as “thought” can literally decide who wins against another species. The tris were ahead in tech but they never stood a chance against us. They never saw coming that we humans would rather sacrifice ourselves rather than give up and become slaves.

Amazing book and this post is just about how great the idea is in general.

Yes there are parts where it does not read well but the 4th dimension scene… perfectly executed