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“I’m loving the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer. Recommended by an indie bookseller. Creepy and fascinating.”
Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year in Fiction
A Kirkus Reviews Pick of 7 Addictive Series
A Mental Floss Choice of Best Book Series to Binge Read
If J. J. Abrams, Margaret Atwood, and Alan Weisman collaborated on a series, it might be this awesome.
This collection includes all three novels in the epic Southern Reach trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. Praised for its evocative prose, chilling psychological twists, and intriguing story arc, this series has amassed high critical and popular acclaim, with book one landing on the New York Times bestsellers list.
Dive into the mysteries of Area X, a remote and lush terrain that has inexplicably sequestered itself from civilization. Twelve expeditions have gone in, and not a single member of any of them has remained unchanged by the experience—for better or worse.
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This story strikes the perfect balance between horror and dystopia. The narration reads as a first person journal entry, further adding to the disturbing events. I'm a huge Margaret Atwood fan and this book brought me back to the rush I felt reading her Oryx & Crake series. I highly recommend this story to fans of adventure, science fiction, & mystery.
This book really had me off-balance at first, because I wasn't familiar with such a narrative style. A friend told me that this shifts in the second and third books, and she was right. The pace changes, but as I got into the second book I began to appreciate more how VanderMeer built the story in the first one, Annihilation. "The Biologist" is a bit of a grouchy character, and we are introduced to her at first. She doesn't let people close, which means that the listener also has a hard time getting close and empathizing with her. There is a sense of floating above a scene unfolding in an intricate and beautiful way, and this quiescence is then punctuated by moments of intensity, confusion, and perplexing twists to the story. The character we meet in the second book is one that I became more emotionally attached to -- "Control" immediately cares about others, including The Biologist. His character is narrated by Bronson Pinchot, who I really enjoy as a reader. Carolyn McCormick and Xe Sands also did very fine jobs -- the entire production was perfectly executed. The story did not leave me feeling unsatisfied, as some said they may have felt like they were left hanging. I think I "got" what VanderMeer was trying to express about a sort of ecological balance and it's perfection despite the violence and sometimes alien qualities of its life. What I found especially unique about VanderMeer's style was how I often felt like his process was part of his story. He asks questions, he casts away assumptions, he twists and turns around an idea and then criticizes the whole endeavor. I suppose this is a very brave way to write, and perhaps one of the reasons for his success in this trilogy. He seems to be treading new ground, and is very dedicated to pushing past any reliance on the standard tools of plotting and character development.
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