{"product_id":"annihilation-10th-anniversary-edition","title":"Annihilation (10th Anniversary Edition) (Southern Reach #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by award-winning author Karen Joy Fowler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"After their high-risk expedition disintegrates, it's every scientist for herself in this wonderfully creepy blend of horror and science fiction . . . Speculative fiction at its most transfixing.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArea X has been cut off from the rest of the world for years. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. Expeditions into Area X have ended in disaster or death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the latest expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and the narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they discover lifeforms that surpass understanding. But it's the secrets they carried across the border with them that change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHummingbird Salamander\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e novels ( \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDead Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Reach Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e ( \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAuthority\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAcceptance\u003c\/i\u003e), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. He speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49043551781149,"sku":"9781250824042","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250824042.jpg?v=1723747931","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/annihilation-10th-anniversary-edition","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}