![]() ![]() ![]() What? The past? Our past? On Earth? What black magic is this? Frankly, I was relieved to take a break from world-building for a while. Jay Dayrit, Editorial Operations Manager: Having become acclimated to our previous book-club books, which largely look into the future, I found myself disoriented by *The Three-Body Problem'*s opening chapter. ![]() I assume that tension will come back into play when the secret project needs some of these academics and their descendants to assist with whatever crazy alien invasion is about to go down. Lexi Pandell, Assistant Research Editor: It sets up this interesting tension-not only do we have a tension between pollution and nature and (soon, it seems) between humans and extraterrestrials, but we have this tension between intellectuals and those in power. And it has the most beautiful line so far, the one about Ye Wenjie’s thoughts dissolving into her blood. What do you think about starting in the midst of the Cultural Revolution? Sarah Fallon, Senior Editor: I loved that chapter-the subjugation of science to political demands, the way people go crazy in the process, the one man who refuses to capitulate. ![]() WIRED Book Club: We’re Giddy (and Kiiinda Concerned) About Name of the Wind Arrow ![]()
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