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“In some ways this is a classic ‘first contact’ novel. Human colonists have come to an alien planet, they discover an intelligent alien, and they try to get to know it. The twist here is that the alien is a sentient plant. That almost sounds like a gimmick, but the book is so robustly researched and imagined, and Burke works really hard to figure out how a plant might develop intelligence—working from the starting point that plants on Earth already have a lot of intelligence.” Read more...
The Best Science Fiction Books About Aliens
Jaime Green, Science Writer
“This is a ‘first contact’ novel. An absolute classic of the science fiction genre. It’s also Burke’s first novel. Something fresh and new, a new voice.” Read more...
The Best Sci Fi Books of 2019: The Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist
Tom Hunter, Journalist
