dimensional collapse
Names: dimensional collapsetwo-dimensionalizationtwo-dimensional spacethe collapse
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 68 (Bunker Era, Year 66 Outside the Solar System)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 68Three-dimensional space falls into two dimensions, the whole Solar System becoming a painting without thickness; two-dimensionalized objects show every internal structure at all scales.
- Ch 70Objects touching the plane become flat, motionless and lifeless pictures; the process preserves nearly all information, with loss only at atomic level.
- Ch 70Escaping ships with fusion drives cannot outrun the collapse; their plasma flames are flattened too.