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1. Annihilation

   • Jeff VanderMeer

   • 195pagine
   • 7 ore di lettura

   Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our 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. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

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2. Autorità

   • Cristiana Mennella

   • 282pagine
   • 10 ore di lettura

   Da trent’anni, un fenomeno misterioso altera l’ecosistema costiero di un territorio nel Sud degli Stati Uniti, noto come Area X. La Southern Reach, un’agenzia governativa segreta, cerca di svelarne i segreti, ma senza risultati. Il nuovo direttore, John Rodriguez, soprannominato Controllo, si trova a gestire una struttura dove ogni membro persegue obiettivi personali e segreti. La sua vice, legata alla precedente direttrice, potrebbe conoscere i motivi che hanno spinto l’ex capa a partecipare a una missione come psicologa. I membri della sezione scientifica sono coinvolti in esperimenti pericolosi, mentre Whitby, un apparente tuttofare, sembra avere informazioni riservate. Controllo si rende conto che i misteri della Southern Reach sono tanto complessi quanto quelli dell’Area X. Si interroga sul vero scopo dell’agenzia, chi la comanda e quale autorità la sovraintende. Inoltre, si chiede chi lo abbia messo al comando. Per affrontare queste sfide, Controllo trova un alleato inaspettato: una biologa riapparsa dopo essere tornata oltre il confine.

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3. Acceptance

   • Jeff VanderMeer

   It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown—navigating new terrain and new challenges—the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting. In Acceptance, the last installment of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound—or terrifying.

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• Area X

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  • 22 ore di lettura

  This single-volume hardcover edition compiles the three volumes of the Southern Reach Trilogy, originally published in 2014. The narrative begins with a remote and lush terrain known as Area X, which has been isolated for decades, allowing nature to reclaim human civilization. The first expedition reported a pristine landscape, while subsequent teams faced tragic fates: suicides, violent deaths, and aggressive cancers. The twelfth expedition consists of four women—a biologist, an anthropologist, a surveyor, and a psychologist—tasked with mapping the area and collecting specimens, all while avoiding contamination from Area X. They encounter a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that defy understanding, but the real surprises come from the secrets each member harbors. Following the disastrous twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach agency is in turmoil. In the second volume, John Rodriguez, known as "Control," becomes the new head and uncovers disturbing truths about Area X through interrogations, hidden notes, and troubling footage, forcing him to confront his own identity and the agency's purpose. The final volume sees a new team entering Area X in winter to locate a missing expedition member. As they delve deeper, the threats to the outside world grow, revealing that while some mysteries may be solved, the consequences remain profoundly unsettling.

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