ANNIHILATIONPEAK

Why Annihilation is peak

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Annihilation · Authority · Acceptance (2014)

Annihilation cover

Authority cover

Acceptance cover

10th-anniversary covers · artwork Pablo Delcan

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Book: Annihilation · ch.1 Initiation

Southern Reach
Field diary

Expedition 12
biologist · anthropologist
surveyor · psychologist

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"dental surgery along with anger and grief over the BP Gulf Oil Spill"Jeff VanderMeer, The Atlantic (2015)

Deepwater Horizon rig on fire, fireboats spraying water — Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, 21 April 2010

OxyContin 10 mg tablet, OC stamp — OxyContin, his painkiller after the dental surgery

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Florida panhandle with Gulf, Franklin and Wakulla counties in red — Florida's Forgotten Coast, in red

False-colour Landsat image of Apalachee Bay, vegetation in red — Apalachee Bay from orbit, Landsat-1, 7 April 1974 (false colour: plants show red)

Fan-art map of Area X — Area X map · Ollie Hoff (fan art)

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Book: Annihilation · ch.1 Initiation · the boar on the trail, the day before camp

Wild boar facing the camera, standing in mud — Wild boar · photo Jakub Hałun, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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"Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra was indeed the inspiration!"Jeff VanderMeer, answering a reader on Goodreads (2014). He only realised it reading the novel aloud.

Looking down the spiral stair of the Initiation Well — Initiation Well, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra: looking down

Looking up the Initiation Well from the bottom — and looking up from the bottom

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Book: Annihilation · ch.1–3

Production art · Denis Schnegg

Production art · Denis Schnegg

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Book: Annihilation · ch.1–2

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Book: Annihilation · ch.1, ch.4

Annihilation (2018) · Paramount / DNEG

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Book: Annihilation · ch.5 Dissolution

Annihilation (2018) · Paramount / Union VFX

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Authority cover

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Acceptance cover

Production art · Denis Schnegg

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Ghost Bird · Authority, Acceptance

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Great horned owl on a branch, ear tufts up, looking at the camera — Great horned owl · photo Andrew C, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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"a memory of the book"Alex Garland

Annihilation (2018) · Paramount / Skydance

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Annihilation (2018) · Paramount / DNEG

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one of the "best sounds" in a movieSaid by a sound designer I met. He does casino sounds, the stuff that makes winning addictive. He loved this one.

THEALIEN

Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow · Annihilation, music from the motion picture (2018) · 12:03 · 5:08 to 5:20

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Tender Is the Fleshenumerating differencesAnnihilation

Lower is better

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Annihilation cover

Authority cover

Acceptance cover

10th-anniversary covers · artwork Pablo Delcan

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