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His art is in building believable but unreconcilable atmospheres.Discussions relating to the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, as well as Jeff VanderMeer's other works. He leaves just enough unanswered questions to make you have to question it. I also think that this also hints that maybe the power is not malevolent or uncaring, just too alien for its attempts at friendship to make sense to us.I think Whitby is Area X sending "expeditions" to the Southern Reach. Southern Reach Wiki edited by LucyJeveux 39 seconds ago Area X edited by A FANDOM user Fact behind fiction … By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. In this conversation, Gloria and Saul are talking about fishes in a tidal pool, and Gloria is sure that the fishes would like her if she could shake hands with them. Jeff: sure! The obvious one is between humans and Area X, but examples can be found between Control and Jackie, between Control and Grace, and so on. I really enjoyed the trilogy, and I think I will enjoy it more after brewing on it a bit.
The Gloria / fish metaphor works both ways, that Area X might ignorantly damage its subjects, and that humanity might ignorantly damage its environment. Wanted to share my thoughts, which is probably a common response. In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.
I’m not entirely sure why it took me three years to read Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. Please use spoiler tags and flair to avoid spoiling the books. I feel empty, the first book was so amazing, strong and concise. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts
I think Whitby is Area X sending "expeditions" to the Southern Reach. Spoiler alert: This Wiki contains spoilers for all media in the Southern Reach Trilogy. This is probably why his writing is so eccentric and at times hard to decipher. Initially the mechanism was destructive because of its own ignorance, but as it learned from its encounters with Saul, Whitby, the biologist, and Control, and indeed all of the people in between, including the failed clones, it became more capable of coexistence.Finally, I think that Area X had to be convinced that human beings were not, themselves, malevolent, and could be included without causing environmental devastation. r/SouthernReach: Discussions relating to the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer.
I don't know how original these are, but yeah. Discussions relating to the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, as well as Jeff VanderMeer's other works. Jeff: NOBiologist's decision to keep searching for her husband, despite her realization of why the dolphin's eyes were so friendly. They are the 12th expedition. I.e, the humans are the fishes, and the alien power is Gloria. I'll explain better with a dialogue: Jeff Vandermeer: hey look at that weird shit Me: omfg, can i see it from closer? Maybe the Southern Reach had already been transformed prior to the border expansion (I knew it was infiltrated when the smell of honey kept coming up), and those dark spots were fractures in the optical illusion. Please tell me. I know he turned into a creature, but why did it seem like him going through a portal brought balance to the force? Please use spoiler tags and flair to avoid spoiling the books.Press J to jump to the feed.