Semiosis: A novel of first contact
Sue Burke
‘This is up there with Ursula K. Le Guin: science fiction at its most fascinating and most humane’THRILLIST‘SEMIOSIS combines the world-building of Avatar with the alien wonder of Arrival, and the sheer humanity of Atwood. An essential work for our time’STEPHEN BAXTEREscaping conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet – Pax – with plans for a perfect society.The world they discover is rich with life, but this is not the Eden they were hoping for. The plants on Pax are smart – smart enough to domesticate, and even slaughter, its many extraordinary animals.To survive, the colonists realize that they must strike bargains of their own. But if they are to make Pax their home, they must go further, searching for a way to communicate and coexist with these utterly alien intelligences.
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Source ISBN: 9780008300777
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I owe thanks to Gregory Frost, whose writing exercise about a special kind of wall led to this novel. Thanks also to my sister-in-law, Kathleen Daley Burke, who lent her childhood imaginary animal, the fippokat. And thanks to the many people who helped with critiques and suggestions. A version of chapter one previously appeared in the magazine LC-39.
Contents
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Copyright
Octavo: Year 1–Generation 1
Sylvia: Year 34–Generation 2
Higgins and The Bamboo: Year 63–Generation 3
Tatiana: Year 106–Generation 4
Nye: Year 106–Generation 6
Lucille and Stevland: Year 107–Generation 7
Bartholomew: Year 107–Generation 5
About the Author
About the Publisher
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