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Annihilation

Book 1 of Southern Reach Series

  • 208 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2014
  • 26 editions

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1 About this book

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The twelfth expedition arrives expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers. They discover a massive topographic anomaly and life-forms that surpass understanding. But it's the surprises that came across the border with them, and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

Good for readers who want: science fiction and a thriller.

  • Science fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Fantasy
  • Exploration
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Body horror
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Scientists

2 About Jeff VanderMeer

Born 1968

Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American author and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, before writing his Southern Reach Series. The series' first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, and was adapted into a Hollywood film by director Alex Garland. Among VanderMeer's other novels are Shriek: An Afterword and Borne.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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