Authority & Acceptance

Sort of morbid curiosity led me to read the rest of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy -- and apparently a fourth book, Absolution, is already forthcoming. It puzzles me quite a bit that there's demand for this kind of unrewarding literature that offers mystery without answers. I didn't find the books compelling at all; everything is so meaningless when anything can happen, consequences don't matter.

Annihilation

I was interested to see if Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer was as much nonsense as its film adaptation. I've occasionally seen people mentioning they liked the movie even though it was a box office bomb. I suppose it was easier to start watching on Netflix than go to a theater to specifically see it. I found the movie pointless -- much like the novel now. They got that right.