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This is up there with Ursula K. Le Guin: science fiction at its most fascinating and most humane.“—Thrillist
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A fascinating world.
— The Verge
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A solid debut.
— SFRevu
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A magnetic meditation on biochemistry and humanity.
— Locus Online
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This first-contact tale is extraordinary.
— Library Journal (starred review)
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Impressive debut novel . . . lush . . . beautiful.
— Publishers Weekly, starred review
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A fresh and fun perspective on planetary exploration.
— The Bibliosanctum (4 out of 5 stars)
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A very… different and super engaging novel.
— The Book Smugglers
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A fresh and thought-provoking take.
— Open Letters
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Intelligent, riveting and ultimately uplifting, Semiosis asks big questions and gives satisfying answers.
— Emma Newman, author Planetfall
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This is top class SF, intelligent and engaging and I loved every moment of it.
— Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Children of Time
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In Semiosis, Sue Burke blends science with adventure and fascinating characters, as a human colony desperately seeks to join the ecosystem of an alien world.
— David Brin, author of Earth and Existence.
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A first contact novel like none you’ve ever read. . . . The kind of story for which science fiction was invented.
— James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards
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Sue Burke has created one of the most fascinating alien personae science fiction has seen in this decade.
— David Nichols, early American historian and author of Engines of Diplomacy
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A gripping story of colonization and biological wonders.
— Gregory Frost, author of the Shadowbridge novels
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A fantastic SF debut . . . Semiosis will remain relevant for years to come.
— Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, award-winning author of What a Plant Knows and Director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University.
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Sharp, evocative . . . Semiosis unfolds the old science fiction idea of first contact in ways that are both traditional and subversive.
— The Christian Science Monitor
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A clever, fascinating, fun and unique debut.
— Kirkus