Southern Reach Trilogy opening

I've started reading James VanderMeer's Southren trilogy, starting with "Annihilation." I was told it was a good cosmic horror story, so, of course I had to dive in. I'll give a full review later but I wanted to do some of it in parts. James does a wonderful job of making me feel like I'm in a forest. It's different to read something that isn't Lovecraft or King so, to see a new author is both refreshing and agitating. It's like trying to used to a new food you want to like, good for you but your body hesitates. I'm only 20% in but the book already has me intrigued. Fowler women descend into Area X not knowing the reason or the dangers. They're even exempt from knowing each other's names which strangely strengthens their description in the book. Being sans a name means you have to remember their description rather than a name tag. Give a character a name and a person will assign th a face without the writer's input. James may have unknowingly created a new technique. At least one that is new to me.

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