<div dir="ltr">I liked the series very much. I think the first and third books are the best, but I admired all three volumes, and I suspect I would enjoy the second volume more if I were to reread it. <div><div><br></div><div>Vandermeer has a real talent for the unnatural, but I've rarely encountered a sf writer who is so good on nature in its quotidian and sublime aspects. I think in a parallel universe, he's one of the most acclaimed nature writers, a Peter Mathiessen or Annie Dillard. </div><div><br></div><div>And perhaps that talent for the quotidian carries over into the book's ending: We don't see the puzzle put together, we don't even see all the pieces, but don't we have that experience everyday? "Acceptance" isn't the same as giving up. </div><div><br><div>-Matt</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Antonin Scriabin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kierkegaurdian@gmail.com" target="_blank">kierkegaurdian@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Just finished Acceptance. Anyone else finish the trilogy? What do you think?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Overall, I was satisfied. There were enough answers to make it worthwhile, and enough unanswered / new questions to keep it intriguing well after having finished.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There were some serious Lovecraftian themes towards the end as well, and some stuff that reminded me of BOTNS and UOTNS.</p>
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