Semiosis: A Novel (Semiosis Duology) (vuoden 2018 painos)

More like 4.5 stars.

Surprisingly good. ( )

Semiosis is a creative and unusual science fiction tale that describes several generations of space colonists who, hoping to create a self-sustaining Utopia on a planet named Pax, find themselves sharing the planet with sentient beings - not all of whom are friendly to humans. I found this novel to be fascinating in the way it tells a different kind of story with each generation, such as space exploration, mystery, domestic drama and even horror. It addresses so many issues about life and humanity, and whether we are destined to repeat the past or learn as a society to do things differently. Really well done! From someone who doesn't normally read science fiction, I highly recommend Semiosis. ( )

This is a very fun read! Well, a little grim for a while, but fun overall. Human colony on another planet mostly fails, bounce back, form a partnership with sentient plants. Lots of great botany stuff, and lots of musing on peaceful/symbiotic relationships in the face of internal and external threats. It's a very classic kind of set-up, told very simply, but the range of time (several generations) and scope of ideas is grand. Lot of weird parallels with Planetfall, which I might not have noticed if I hadn't read them so close together. ( )

Stevland! Who knew that a sentient rainbow bamboo plant could be such a fascinating character. ( )

I loved the concept of humans having to figure out how to live with a sentient ecology. The writing is spare, matter of fact. The development of this human colony feels very real, from their fatal mistakes to their evolution into a human-like sustainability. In some ways, the story is that of any colonist forced to survive in a radically different environment. The frequent progression to new generations was true to the story, but made this a more challenging read, since I kept having t5o figure out who these new characters were. Recommend. ( )