Southern Reach Trilogy: Authority (Audiobook)

from LancasterWays

There is a scene late in Authority (FSG Originals, May 2014) in which one character explains to another the manic gyrations of a beetle the two them are observing: The pesticide with which the insect came into contact is suffocating it, causing it to stumble about in panic. It's dying. The charac...

from TheDivineOomba

Authority - the second in a three part series by Jeff Vandermeer. In some ways, it can be a stand alone from the first novel - It makes me wonder what I would think of this world if I read the books out of order. In Annihilation, we are not sure exactly sure if the biologist is sane, but.. this b...

from asxz

Still creepy, even as most of this takes place outside of Area X at the headquarters of the Southern reach organization. This is a densely packed collection of nightmares and hypnotic suggestions as the central character identifies himself as 'Control' even as he clearly demonstrates that he has ...

from RobertDay

In my review of the first book of the Southern Reach trilogy, 'Annihilation', I commented on the various influences I saw in the text, and added "with a big dollop of Kafka". Well, this novel changes the focus, and can best be described as a mix of Kafka and le Carré. A new director arrives at th...

from admiralfinnegan

A sequel and different perspective on the Area X phenomenon. I found the characterizations to be more fulfilling, but the plot itself to devolve into little whorls or stagnancy at times. Still, a good follow up on par with the first.