Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

Un crime a été commis dans le multivers. Le problème : il semble que Sarah Pinsker ait tué Sarah Pinsker, et qu'une autre Sarah Pinsker soit chargée de l'enquête. Mais comment identifier le criminel lorsqu'il vous ressemble tant ? Que sa trajectoire ait déviée de la vôtre à une toute petite décision près ? Avec Et il n'en resta plus que (n‒1), Sarah Pinkser croise Ils étaient dix d'Agatha Christie avec Dans la peau de John Malkovich dans un étonnant roman queer – car aucun homme n'est présent dans ces pages !

Un crime a été commis dans le multivers. Le problème : il semble que Sarah Pinsker ait tué Sarah Pinsker, et qu'une autre Sarah Pinsker soit chargée de l'enquête. Mais comment identifier le criminel lorsqu'il vous ressemble tant ? Que sa trajectoire ait déviée de la vôtre à une toute petite décision près ? Avec Et il n'en resta plus que (n‒1), Sarah Pinkser croise Ils étaient dix d'Agatha Christie avec Dans la peau de John Malkovich dans un étonnant roman queer – car aucun homme n'est présent dans ces pages !

Meet the alien species that put the humanity into human beings Discover the fate of Slefonia III once warp travel became obsolete Visit the Mind Library to commune with the dead Kim Choyeop became an instant literary sensation in Korea with her debut short story collection. Each of these bitesize speculative masterpieces represents a journey into the unknown, guided by a writer blessed with a boundless imagination. From alternative futures to distant alien planets, in the company of scientists, space explorers and ordinary citizens in extraordinary situations, Kim Choyeop revels in making the impossible seem not only possible but somehow inevitable. Each story focuses on an specific issue of discrimination against women or other marginalised groups, adding a mind-bending twist to hold a mirror to modern society and its everyday iniquities. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur

Life on Fortune is hard. The atmosphere is poisonous, the planet hardly fit for life. For years the colonists have struggled, forbidden from returning to the Mothership until they develop the technology of spaceflight for themselves. Cora suffers from a rare condition, brought about by her contact with the alien animal she pilots, quarrying vital water for the colony. Signy is the only person who can save her - but to do so, she must break the rules that govern their lives, and risk her livelihood and the other colonists who rely on her for survival. But, as Cora and Signy meet, grow, and fall in love, they begin to yearn for more than mere survival . . .

Meet the alien species that put the humanity into human beings Discover the fate of Slefonia III once warp travel became obsolete Visit the Mind Library to commune with the dead Kim Choyeop became an instant literary sensation in Korea with her debut short story collection. Each of these bitesize speculative masterpieces represents a journey into the unknown, guided by a writer blessed with a boundless imagination. From alternative futures to distant alien planets, in the company of scientists, space explorers and ordinary citizens in extraordinary situations, Kim Choyeop revels in making the impossible seem not only possible but somehow inevitable. Each story focuses on an specific issue of discrimination against women or other marginalised groups, adding a mind-bending twist to hold a mirror to modern society and its everyday iniquities. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur