Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Science Fiction | 195 Pages | Published: 2014

Use the following questions to jumpstart your discussion about Annihilation:

1. Did you find Area X to be more beautiful or terrifying? What aspects of the landscape stood out most to you?

2. How reliable is the biologist as a narrator? Did you trust her account, or were there moments you questioned her perception?

3. What do you think Area X really is? A scientific anomaly? An alien presence? Nature reclaiming the world? Something else?