Area X

The Southern Reach Trilogy - Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance

De: Jeff VanderMeer

Narrado por: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot, Xe Sands

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 best sellers 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.

©2014 VanderMeer Creative, Inc. Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance © 2014 by VanderMeer Creative, Inc. (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

what an amazing ride

this book will live inside your head. part Heart of Darkness, Spy psychological novel, and Lovecraftian horror, this is a ride you won't soon forget. highly recommended.

Just watch the film

There is a kernel of a great story in here somewhere, but it really gets lost in the forest of meandering, pointless first-person reflections that makes up the bulk of the three books. It becomes increasingly difficult to focus, and you’ll find yourself having to go back and re-listen to parts over and over as you check out mentally until slapped back into focus by some interesting bit, realizing you have no idea how you ended up at that point.

spellbinding

This series breaks new ground in terms of the stylized writing style used to deliver its intense imagery and deep sense of psychological horror. I was drawn in by the layers of personality and mysteriously chaotic sinistry presented chapter by chapter.
Not for the closed minded or the traditionalists.

only needed one

the first book was fantastic and eerie and mysterious then the next two were boring and tedious and undid the fun mystery of the first. Annihilation is a phenomenal read. Stop after that one.

Confusing but mind jarring

Overly confusing storyline. Too much detail given to things that do not pertain to the plot. No real wrap up of the storyline and so many questions left unanswered. Nonetheless a great read/listen.