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Drop by the SF Book Club; a readers' club for books about ideas. Please read the wiki before posting, and thanks for dropping by!


Welcome to the SF Book Club; a readers' club for books about ideas. Please read the wiki before posting, and thanks for dropping by!


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  • SF Meta Month! Read and discuss past selections, and give us feedback on how the subreddit is doing.

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Past Year's Selections

The full list of past selections is available on the wiki.


Author Q&As


Other Book Clubs

For a list of book clubs and what they're reading, check out /r/ReadingGroup.


SF Book Club Surveys

To view the Archived rSFBC survey, see below:

http://goo.gl/vM9hV

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[Annihilation] I just finished the book - loved it - but do I get it?

I just finished Annihilation, the first book in the Southern Reach trilogy. I've seen the film four times. I absolutely adore it and the complexity in the themes and concepts. The book was not at all what I was expecting in the best possible way.

SPOILERS!!

I understand that Area X changes things - shown by the bright light within the biologist. It melds specimens together and duplicates them. However - I'm not sure if I was supposed to understand exactly why this happened. Also - what exactly is the crawler? I understand that it's almost like the owner of Area X, but what is the purpose? I feel like there are SO MANY components to the story including what happens with the Psychologist and the anthropologist. However it feels as if there's a fog between me and comprehension. Maybe I'm supposed to feel this way? I have the next two books, so I'm definitely gonna read them.

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2021/05/13
18:18 UTC

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