Cosmic empire: Colonialism and postcolonial thought in Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem
Published online on February 07, 2026
Abstract
Critical Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Liu Cixin’sThe Three-Body Problem(2006), the first novel in his acclaimed Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, is often celebrated for its integration of hard science, Chinese political history, and cosmic imagination. This paper applies postcolonial ...
Liu Cixin’sThe Three-Body Problem(2006), the first novel in his acclaimed Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, is often celebrated for its integration of hard science, Chinese political history, and cosmic imagination. This paper applies postcolonial ...