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This book sort of reminded me of the Silo series with folks sent "outside" but where are always with the ones outside rather than those who are "inside". As eco-fiction it works pretty well. There is quite a lot of suspense and the characters are two-dimensional for the most part. I felt a bit at a loss at the end though because the author clearly left lots of things hanging in order for us to immediately read the sequel Authority. I feel like I have some more reading to get through bef ...more
This book sort of reminded me of the Silo series with folks sent "outside" but where are always with the ones outside rather than those who are "inside". As eco-fiction it works pretty well. There is quite a lot of suspense and the characters are two-dimensional for the most part. I felt a bit at a loss at the end though because the author clearly left lots of things hanging in order for us to immediately read the sequel Authority. I feel like I have some more reading to get through bef ...more
The narrative voice of this book is sharp, observant, direct. The story it recounts is confused, impossible, maddening. This contrast is both style and substance, giving Annihilation a rare unity of purpose and design, voice and vision. A scientist calmly observes the incomprehensible, and we follow her, calmly, into the breach.
Language as a Virus
This is a story I can't tell much about without spoiling the freshness of discovery which is, or so I surmise, at the very core of the novel itself, an unfolding mystery.
Notes on the fly:
At least, here are some works this story seems to share heavy undertones with:
A Maze of Death
Solaris and the movie adaptation by Andrey Tarkovsky:
The Invincible
Roadside Picnic and the movie adaptation by Andrey Tarkovsky:
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Martian Chronicles
The Invention of N ...more
This is a story I can't tell much about without spoiling the freshness of discovery which is, or so I surmise, at the very core of the novel itself, an unfolding mystery.
Notes on the fly:
At least, here are some works this story seems to share heavy undertones with:
A Maze of Death
Solaris and the movie adaptation by Andrey Tarkovsky:
The Invincible
Roadside Picnic and the movie adaptation by Andrey Tarkovsky:
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Martian Chronicles
The Invention of N ...more
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Synopsis
Sometime in the near future, in these nations of America, there is a mysterious region, a piece of land formerly composed of town steads, forest and coastal regions which has been cut off from the rest of the world.
For several decades now, this region, designated as Area X, has been the center of a coterie of supernatural, otherworldly and unexplained phenomenon. Whatever remained of human civilization within Area X, had been taken over by nature. Now, flora and fauna which goes agains ...more
Sometime in the near future, in these nations of America, there is a mysterious region, a piece of land formerly composed of town steads, forest and coastal regions which has been cut off from the rest of the world.
For several decades now, this region, designated as Area X, has been the center of a coterie of supernatural, otherworldly and unexplained phenomenon. Whatever remained of human civilization within Area X, had been taken over by nature. Now, flora and fauna which goes agains ...more
How am I now just discovering Jeff Vandermeer? Annihilation is a beautiful, stunning book that turned my mind inside out. I hope the second and third books in the series are just as amazing as the first. Looking forward to reading them!
Found it annoyingly difficult to completely separate my experience of the movie, but I think they are both fantastic stand alone works of art. I find it hard to believe that the next two books could possibly improve this one given what I took to be a huge part of the message, but remains to be seen. Prose itself isn’t the greatest, but it never really mattered, which is unusual for me. Always good to be reminded that readability and a good story do not fundamentally hinder/limit the idea.
Gleda meg lenge til å lese denne, men jeg må si det er sjeldent jeg bruker så lang tid på å lese ferdig en roman i underkant av 200 sider.
Vandermeer skriver kjedelig om noe som i utgangspunktet er ganske spennende. Det forøvrig mystiske, kreative og originale universet i romanen blir grovt mishandlet av forfatterens uengasjerende, apatiske plankeprosa. Vandermeer mislykkes ytterligere i å gripe leseren ved å skape paddeflate karakterer som leseren stiller seg helt likegyldig ovenfor. Dør de ell ...more
Vandermeer skriver kjedelig om noe som i utgangspunktet er ganske spennende. Det forøvrig mystiske, kreative og originale universet i romanen blir grovt mishandlet av forfatterens uengasjerende, apatiske plankeprosa. Vandermeer mislykkes ytterligere i å gripe leseren ved å skape paddeflate karakterer som leseren stiller seg helt likegyldig ovenfor. Dør de ell ...more
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