收錄劉慈欣的四部中篇科幻小說：《朝聞道》（本書中題目更改為《愛因斯坦赤道》），《帶上她的眼睛》，《混沌蝴蝶》和《全頻道阻塞幹擾》。其中《全頻道阻塞幹擾》一文與之前在大陸發行的版本有所不同，大陸發行版本中，戰爭雙方為俄羅斯北約，通常稱為俄羅斯版，這其實是修改版；而本版中，交戰雙方為中國與北約，俄羅斯及日本，通常稱為中國版，這才是原版，但由於眾所周知的原因，在大陸發表的的是修改後的俄羅斯版。

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.

With the scope of Dune, and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple award-winning phenomenon from China’s most beloved science fiction author. In the second book in the series, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion in just four centuries’ time. The aliens’ human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth’s defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. LuoJi, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he’s the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.