![]() ![]() By including the plants, Burke gives herself the perfect outlet to explore themes like inter-species communication, what makes us human, and what it means to be part of a community. It’s spread across multiple generations of the human settlers, showing their obstacles and their triumphs in weaving first person narratives that sometimes even include the plants!Īnd that’s what makes the book so brilliant. Sentient plants.Īnother really cool thing about this book is how Burke tells the story. You read that right, but by all means, go back and double check. What they weren’t prepared for were sentient plants. Life on Pax is hard, but the humans were prepared for that. ![]() In a last ditch effort a collection of human volunteers ship off to find a new home, one they will call Pax as a promise to avoid the violent follies of life on Earth. I don’t think anyone could have told this story quite the way Sue Burke did.Įarth has become a war zone as humanity battles for dwindling resources. You could give five authors the same prompt and you’d get five different stories. This book is a wonderful example of how ideas don’t necessarily matter when it comes to writing. ![]() ![]() Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Seriously, the cover design is phenomenal. I’m pretty sure that anything I have to say about it won’t really do Semiosis justice. I’ve let this story percolate a bit in my mind before I decided to start this review. ![]()
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