> 'But, as one reviewer writes, "VanderMeer takes this idea to the extreme, suggesting that we may not, on an <mark style="background: #FFF3A3A6;">ontological level</mark>, even be able to comprehend an alien form, that it could be so different and vast as the warp our sense of reality and reason." Beyond any specific alien, the subject of *Annihilation* is a more profound kind of unknowability.' - Elvia Wilk This reminds me of **'The Dark Forest'** by Cixin Liu. Cixin Liu describes just enough of the Trisolarians to make them almost unknowable, while also making them understandable through the echoes of intention, fear, etc. Responses are totally human even when coming from somewhere else altogether. The whole [[Chain of Suspicion]] via [[Cosmic Sociology - Dark Forest Theory]]. ## Sources: - [[Wilk, Elvia (2022) Death By Landscape]] - [[Ontology]]