This 12th trip is narrated by the group's biologist. Eleven previous expeditions have failed, with mysterious influences driving the explorers to suicide, madness and cancer. In the first volume, a team of four scientists, identified by occupation rather than name (biologist, anthropologist, psychologist and surveyor), are sent to explore the mysterious "Area X", a wilderness in the American deep south. This trilogy is a modern mycological masterpiece.
But with his Southern Reach trilogy – Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance, all released in 2014 – he has finally hit the bestseller lists. VanderMeer has been a favourite among aficionados of New Weird fiction for more than a decade, exploring his fascinations with fungi, subterranean spaces and decay across half a dozen books. O ne peculiar satisfaction of being a reader is seeing an author you have followed for a long time finally break into the big time.
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