cultural reflection
Names: cultural reflectionreflection culture
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 20 (Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time Cultural Reflection)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 20Name given to Trisolaran-made films, novels, poetry, music and paintings imitating human models, which were sophisticated and hard to distinguish from human works.
- Ch 20Within about ten years it became popular on Earth and began displacing decadent native human culture as a source of new ideas.
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 20Wave of cultural reflection
After the tenth year of the Deterrence Era, Trisolaris sends high-quality art imitating human culture, which becomes popular on Earth and displaces native human culture, while Trisolaris itself stays mysterious.