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im just past the halfway point, but it took me awhile to finally formulate some thoughts. I get a very distinct idea of area x = death, and the lighthouse and tower/tunnel representing heaven/hell, although I'm not sure which is which yet. this book isn't my usual cup of tea but now that I've got a theory or two brewing, I want to see how the story turns out. tentatively thinking I might read the rest of the trilogy as well.the line "Annihilation, help induce immediate suicide" feels significant, besides the obvious tie to the title. wondering how the book is commenting on suicide as a form of death and the journey to heaven or hell.
Kim wrote: "im just past the halfway point, but it took me awhile to finally formulate some thoughts. I get a very distinct idea of area x = death, and the lighthouse and tower/tunnel representing heaven/hell,..."I love that interpretation! I hadn't heard it before but it makes a ton of sense.
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Very interesting! Some people were comparing this book to Lost. These metaphors kind of fit in line with that theory, I'd think.
I'm looking fwd to the podcast to hear other thoughts. this is why I hate missing meetings!
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I can't wait until you finish the book so we can hear yours!
Thats a fascinating idea Kim...hmm..Also guys i got an email from the Wildflower Center in Austin today w the subject "How To Keep The Walls Alive" aaahhhh. You can imagine what I was thinking.
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Also guys i got an email from the Wildflower Center in Austin today w the subject "How To Keep The Walls Alive" aaahhhh. You can imagine what I was thinking."
So is there a secret connection between Area X and Austin? Hmmm.....
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Just a thought I had after recording the podcast (which comes out tomorrow, guys!).
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I would have loved to read the psychologist's point of view. It seemed like she knew more than the others.
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I would have loved to read the psychologist's point of view. It seemed like she knew more than the others."
I thought of that, and I think it would have given a lot away, because she definitely had a separate agenda from what was given to the other three, but it would have been so interesting to see things from that perspective!
I was really disappointed when the surveyor turned out to not have written a journal, because I really wanted to see her perspective on what was happening. I think it would have been the most balanced among the other three women on the trip.
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I just finished the book and I have more thoughts!First, I'm not convinced the Surveyor went in as suspicious as she went out. After the Biologist found her husband's journal and read his accounts, I think the paranoia was something that set in for a lot of the past expedition members.
Anyway, speaking of the Husband, I found it rather odd that he was paired with the surveyor of his group, and the Biologist ended up last with the Surveyor of her group. It made me wonder if there was a rhyme or reason to the order that people were dying or leaving.
In expedition 12, the linguist never even came on the trip. The anthropologist was the first casualty, then psychologist, then surveyor, and presumably the biologist is next if there's no one else in Area X.
I looked up the generic descriptions of all those jobs, and I can't make any dots connect now, but language was out first, then the history of humans, then the human mind, then the lay of the land, and finally the human itself. In the case of the Husband's expedition, his EMT/medic role also represented human life. In the end, the human life parted ways with the land in his group.
I don't know where I'm going with this observation other than trying to figure out how it fits with the whole heaven/hell/death theme I theorized about earlier. Anyone want to take a stab at it?
As for other perspectives - can we go ahead and just pick the creepy Crawler of the weird dolphins or the moaning creature? Because hell, the people were all losing their sh*t so why not see how the inhabitants of area X observed it all. lol
dude i would love to read this book from the perspective of like, the dolphins. the order they died..hmm...also i just started authority, and it IS written from the perspective of the people in charge back at headquarters. it is already fascinating, even if the writing style is very similar. lots of talking about peoples childhood trips in nature
Speaking of, do we have a page for discussion of book two??? Cuz I have some THOUGHTS. I can also just start one on fb or here!
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Kim, I feel like they were trying different combinations. Each expedition they changed something to see if it gave better results.
I agree they changed up the combination of members for a reason but I guess I'm more stuck on the idea of why we're we told about this particular combination. so many journals, so many expeditions, but these are the people we were given.
