Our most outlandish equipment consisted of a measuring device that had been issued to each of us,
ANNIHILATION isn’t funny–many terrible things happen. But some elements, like these measuring devices, are darkly funny to me, and have some correlation to things in the real world. The idea of expedition members removing themselves to a safe place is absurd, given that all of Area X is an unsafe place. The idea of a box with a glowing red button that’ll tell you you’re unsafe…when the whole time you’re in danger anyway…In an early draft of the novel, I had a scene where the expedition members stand around talking about these devices, but it wasn’t serving any purpose other than to underscore the irrational nature of life, so I cut it.
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