CONTENTS
A Brief Note From the Translator
Excerpt from the Preface to A Past Outside of Time
May 1453, C.E. / The Death of the Magician
Crisis Era, Year 1 / The Option for Life
Crisis Era, Year 4 / Yun Tianming
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Infantilism at the Start of the Crisis
Crisis Era, Year 4 / Yun Tianming
Crisis Era, Years 1–4 / Cheng Xin
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Hibernation: Man Walks for the First Time Through Time
Crisis Era, Years 1–4 / Cheng Xin
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / The Staircase Program
Crisis Era, Years 1–4 / Cheng Xin
Crisis Era, Years 5–7 / The Staircase Program
Deterrence Era, Year 12 / Bronze Age
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Nyctohylophobia
Deterrence Era, Year 12 / Bronze Age
Deterrence Era, Year 13 / Trial
Deterrence Era, Year 61 / The Swordholder
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / The Ghost of the Wallfacers: The Swordholder
Deterrence Era, Year 61 / The Swordholder
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Cultural Reflection
Deterrence Era, Year 61 / The Swordholder
Deterrence Era, Year 62 / Gravity, in the Vicinity of the Oort Cloud
Deterrence Era, Year 62 / Gravity, in the Vicinity of the Oort Cloud
Deterrence Era, Year 62 / November 28, 4:00 P.M. to 4:17 P.M.: Deterrence Center
Deterrence Era, Year 62 / November 28, 4:00 P.M. to 4:17 P.M.: Deterrence Center
Post-Deterrence Era, First Hour / A Lost World
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Reflections on the Failure of Dark Forest Deterrence
Post-Deterrence Era, First Hour / A Lost World
Post-Deterrence Era, Day 60 / A Lost World
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Technology Explosion on Trisolaris
Post-Deterrence Era, Day 60 / A Lost World
Post-Deterrence Era, Year 2 / Australia
Post-Deterrence Era, Year 2 / The Morning After the Great Resettlement, Australia
Post-Deterrence Era, Day 1–Day 5 / Gravity and Blue Space, Deep Space Beyond the Oort Cloud
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Cheng Xin
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Cheng Xin
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / A New Model for the Dark Forest
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Sophon
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / The Cosmic Safety Notice: A Lonely Performance Art
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Sophon
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / The Long Staircase
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Yun Tianming
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Yun Tianming’s Fairy Tales
The First Tale of Yun Tianming / “The New Royal Painter”
The Second Tale of Yun Tianming / “The Glutton’s Sea”
The Third Tale of Yun Tianming / “Prince Deep Water”
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Yun Tianming’s Fairy Tales
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / The Bunker Project: An Ark for Earth Civilization
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Yun Tianming’s Fairy Tales
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Motion Through Bending Space
Broadcast Era, Year 7 / Yun Tianming’s Fairy Tales
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Three Paths of Survival for Earth Civilization
Broadcast Era, Year 8 / Fate’s Choice
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Space Sentries: The Solar System Advance Warning System
Broadcast Era, Year 8 / Fate’s Choice
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / Terror of the Endless Night
Broadcast Era, Year 8 / Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point
Bunker Era, Year 11 / Bunker World
Bunker Era, Year 11 / Lightspeed II
Bunker Era, Year 11 / Halo City
Bunker Era, Year 67 / Orion Arm of the Milky Way
Bunker Era, Year 66 / Outside the Solar System
Bunker Era, Year 68 / The Two-Dimensional Solar System
Galaxy Era, Year 409 / Our Star
About Seventeen Billion Years After the Beginning of Time / Our Star
Outside of Time / Our Universe
Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time / The Stairs of Responsibility