Authority: (10th Anniversary Edition): The bestselling second science fiction novel in the now-classic Southern Reach Series (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Band 2)

Authority: (10th Anniversary Edition): The bestselling second science fiction novel in the now-classic Southern Reach Series (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Band 2)

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Beschreibung

The second volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy.

‘Creepy and fascinating’ Stephen King.

The Southern Reach is a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten.

Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in ‘Annihilation’, the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery. But, as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice, the self-styled Control must battle to ‘put his house in order’.

From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the mysteries of Area X begin to reveal themselves―and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he’s promised to serve.

Undermined and under pressure to make sense of everything, Rodriguez retreats into his past in a labyrinthine search for answers. Yet the more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.
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8.99 €

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Elender Slowburn & unzugänglicher Protagonist

Durch diesen Band musste ich mich wirklich quälen. VanderMeer schreibt in einem derart zerfaserten Stil, sich ständig selbst unterbrechend, dass ich streckenweise nicht mehr wusste, wer grade spricht und worum es grade geht. Ärgerlicher Weise macht dieser Stil absolut Sinn im Zusammenhang mit der Story. Man könnte es fast impressionistisch nennen. Die Belohnung am Ende ist wunderbar, aber sie kommt erst auf den letzten zwanzig Seiten. Auf zum nächsten Teil…

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2.5/5 Well, I really really loved Annihilation, but I really struggled with the second book in this series. I still really enjoyed the writing style, but the plot, in parts, bored me. There were parts in this book where I really had to force myself to keep reading and I still can't really say why. Maybe it was the protagonist, that I never really got a hold on to, or the Southern Reach in itself with its strange staff. I wished that I would've enjoyed Authority as much as I enjoyed Annihiliation, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Nevertheless, I will continue the series, because the ending, again, left so many questions open that I want to have answers to, but, for now, I need a break from the Southern Reach.

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Giving up on this. it took me nearly a month to get through 1/3 of the book. i feel kind of bad to have my first book of the year be something I can't finish, but booooy this is boring. i liked the first part so much, how can the second part to be so excruciatingly boring? i read the wikipedia summary of the book and even that read extremly boring and I couldn't stand the thought of pushing through this book. the summary for book three sounds somewhat more interesting (though not by much) but there is now way i'll spend more time on this series!

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2.5/5 It's the same. I mean it is really nice to get to know more about Southern Reach and the bureaucracy behind it, but you can also read the Wikipedia entry to that book instead of reading 300+ pages where not much happens. In my opinion, Annihilation is a very good standalone novel, the others are just nice additions that offer some answers to some questions.

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I read this sequel for answers the first one didn't provide and it didn't deliver, which is why I liked it less than book one. Still interested in the conclusion tho

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