The Dark Forest

They sifted through piles of old paper and become celebrities that way. But later the public got tired of the cultural necrophilia of that old crew, and that’s when I came along.” He stretched his bare arms toward the ceiling. “Cosmic sociology, aliens, and lots of alien races. More of them than there are people on Earth, tens of billions! (Location 813)

“Mr. Luo, don’t you get the feeling that it flew in from outer space?” Zhuang Yan asked, pointing to the pyramid. “Everyone has that feeling,” Luo Ji said. “At first it feels a little out of place, but the more you look at it, the more it seems to be an integral part of the place.” The meeting of two vastly different worlds, Luo Ji thought, but did not say. (Location 3053)