Semiosis :
Material type: TextPublication details: London : HarperVoyager, 2018Description: 325 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780008300777 (pbk.) :Genre/Form: Science fiction. | Science fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 LOC classification: PS3602.U7556 | S46 2018Summary: Escaping conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet - Pax - with plans for a perfect society. 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. 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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Escaping conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet - Pax - with plans for a perfect society. 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. 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.