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My absolute fav fav fav book ever please read it it’s so good (and the rest of the trilogy too)
Also bangers: ⛓️ Chain Gang All Stars - Nana Kwame Adeji-Brenyah ⏳ Exhalation - Ted Chiang 🫀 Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado

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Jun 5, 2024

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@marxinista

annihilation is so good and not talked about enough

Jun 5, 2024

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marxinista Literally changed my life and made me see the world differently. I first read it when I was a baby enby and it was so so special to me during that journey, these ideas of transformation and replication, what it really means to be *yourself* when the whole world is trying to change you

Jun 6, 2024

@marxinista

pikoliu omg it had a totally different impact on me i just thought it was well written and very thrilling and creepy and loved that 😭😭

Jun 6, 2024

@pikoliu

marxinista oh I defo felt that way too!! This was just a cosmically perfect story for me to find at the time 😂

Jun 7, 2024

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Jeff vandermeer's southern Reach Trilogy is exceptional, especially the first 2 books, Annihilation and Authority.

These books expertly combine genre vibes of mystery, science fiction, eldritch horror, espionage, and more, all wrapped in beautifully written, "literary" prose. And Vandermeer's clear affection for nature buoy's all of the above, containing some of the most lovely, evocative, and creative descriptions of plants, animals, and environments/ecosystems.
Oh and Jeff just released a new Southern Reach trilogy prequel / sequel novel, Absolution. I'll be reading this after finishing a reread of the original trilogy (currently on the second book Authority). Looking forward to giving Acceptance another shot, as it was the weakest (or least accessible to me) of the three when I first read them years ago.

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Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

So so good, not as depressing as it sounds by the title lol. Explores war but in a sci-fi way ig.
Alternatively, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer was a pretty quick read. Its the first book of a series and I think exists in a wider universe by Vandermeer. It has an unreliable narrator who observes like freaky fucked up nature

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