blog writing #fictional setting within the “annihilation by jeff vandermeer”

Science fiction (SF) is used in various settings to formulate narratives that explain the future or help in understanding technology. The book “Annihilation” by Vandermeer clearly illustrates these SF characteristics. The book which is the first of the author’s series “The Southern Reach” is based on exploration of a mysterious region which is identified as “Area X” which is researched by several research groups on a government assignment. Previous expeditions are said to have been unsuccessful in their endeavors while the last group which consisted of the biologist, an anthropologist, a surveyor and a psychologist have only one remnant “the biologist.” Like most Science Fiction narratives, “Annihilation” is based on a fictional setting where the location, environments and the existence of area X are putative.