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reviewed Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)

Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation (Paperback, 2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …

Gripping, dazzling eco-sci-fi-horror

Couldn't put this one down once I picked it up. Saw the movie first, which shares some key details in common but otherwise feels like a different story being told in a similar alternate universe. It strikes a perfect balance between narrative, prose, and philosophy. You know the mission is doomed from page one but you can't look away. I can't wait to finish the trilogy.