This novel is a very quick read. Annihilation’s influences appear to be 95% J.G. Ballard & 5% Lovecraft with a mysterious abandoned setting, an isolated & disaffected protagonist, psychologists, scientists, mysterious improbable structures, delusions, and a little eldritch horror thrown in. The only thing it’s missing is techno-fetishism. Looking forward to reading the sequels, though like most Ballard novels, it’s hard to imagine where exactly a sequel would pick up, not least because I’m still figuring out where exactly the story left us.