{"product_id":"9780008300777","title":"Semiosis : A Novel of First Contact","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Burke, Sue \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/04\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008300777,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Up there with the best of Le Guin in terms of beautiful, engrossing, brilliantly imagined sci-fi’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  VULTURE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘SEMIOSIS combines the world-building of Avatar with the alien wonder of Arrival, and the sheer humanity of Atwood. An essential work for our time’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN BAXTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  NOMINATED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Escaping conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet – Pax – with plans for a perfect society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The world they discover is rich with life, but this is not the Eden they were hoping for. The plants on Pax are smart – smart enough to domesticate, and even slaughter, its many extraordinary animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To survive, the colonists realize that they must strike bargains of their own. But if they are to make Pax their home, they must go further, searching for a way to communicate and coexist with these utterly alien intelligences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697733107756,"sku":"9780008300777","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008300777.jpg?v=1722601530","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008300777","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}