Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)

by Jeff VanderMeer

“We all live in a kind of continuous dream,” I told him. “When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.”

Sometimes revelation comes from something prosaic, like knowing more facts about the world. I remember when I first learned about native plants and how important it is for bees and butterflies. Around the Annihilation era, my hikes were all about the animals—birds, otters, alligators. Now I know more about plants and have a sense of whether a lush habitat is actually that or a food desert for wildlife. I would say that meant I “woke up” a bit.