The sequel to Semiosis starts out fantastically. I loved the amount of worldbuilding that had gone into this future Earth and the kinds of people they would be putting on a spaceship to interfere with Pax. Ya gotta love the vagarities of human ignorance. It doesn't matter what we do or what we try, we always seem to f*** everything up.So here we have an invasive species (us) doing what we do ALL OVER AGAIN on Pax. At least Steveland and the other locals have had an opportunity to get along for q...

3.5 stars actually. I was excited to continue the saga on Pax. It doesn't start on Pax, though, but rather on Earth as a new expedition to Pax is being prepared. a lot of time has passed on both planets and so things are quite different. Pacifists, humans and Glassmakers, plus Stevland have settled into a comfortable lifestyle for all of them. The Earthlings shake everything up. Plus there's another threat to everyone on Pax. The unsettled feeling pervades throughout the book, not knowing what i...

Full review, finally! First posted on FantasyLiterature:The small colony of humans on the planet Pax, who left Earth a couple of hundred years earlier, have established a cooperative relationship with at least some of the sentient plant life on Pax, as well as a group of nomadic aliens called the Glassmakers, as related in Semiosis. Their technology now is more Stone Age than Information Age; Pax is deficient in metals. So it’s out of the question to return to or even communicate with Earth, whi...

At first I struggled a little bit to get into this. The first chapter isn't set on Pax and then when we did move to Pax, it wasn't just as I remembered it and I felt a bit disoriented. Eventually I relaxed and let myself get into it. Structurally, INTERFERENCE is quite different from SEMIOSIS. The first book's real strength was the way it moved us through time and we saw a society evolve and change, especially as they encountered other sentient life on an alien planet. The second book has, mostl...

I... don’t quite know what to say? This was such an unusual and unique experience. All the anthropology is deeply fascinating, the society on Pax and the sentient bamboo, the glassmakers, the talking animals, who all live in a strange symbiosis incomprehensible to the Earthlings who come to visit the human settlers on Pax.The language barrier, their misunderstandings, the family dynamics, etc, are all done so believable and make everyone seem truly alien to each other despite sharing language an...

Not quite as excellent as the first book, but still very good. I liked the main part of the story involving the arrival of people from Earth at the Pax settlement, which had much of the expected outcomes. What I wanted more of was what was really going on in Laurentia, and also, an expansion of what was touched on in the Epilogue. I know this is supposed to be the second book in a duology, but these open ended parts of the story made Interfence feel almost more like the middle book of a trilogy....

Three and a half starsAs I am reading this book I see that the Semiosis Duology has become a trilogy. In principle it is good news -with some reservations-, since the rich ecology of the planet Pax provides for many stories.I can say that I have enjoyed this book as much as the first one, but I must also point out some flaws: the motivation of the characters - especially the earthlings - is a bit disappointing (it reminded me of the horrible movie Prometheus) and as the plot develops it gets som...

This is the second of apparently only two books about the planet Pax. In book 1, humans arrived from Earth in search of a habitable planet. This second book shows events about 100 years later.Steveland is still the de facto ruler of the city where humans live alongside Glassmakers (insectile creatures also not native to Pax). One day, more humans arrive from Earth and ... interfere (yes, it‘s in the title).What I liked especially was the beginning with the oppressive system on Earth that was spa...

The first book in this series, Semiosis was the best book I read last year and an all-time favorite, so I was really looking forward to the sequel. It started out interestingly enough on a future earth where the cloned descendants of the person responsible for the death of most humans is continuously punished to atone for their dead ancestor's sin. A new group travels to the planet Pax where we previously colonized. But the travelers' hearts mainly aren't in it. They've been forced to make the t...

Interference is the sequel to Semiosis,and the two books form a duology that recounts the story of the colonization of a planet called Pax, located some 55 light years from Earth. Pax is a fertile, beautiful, Earth-like planet inhabited by numerous forms of life, indigenous and alien. Semiosis told the story of how a small group of refugees from an Earth ravaged by ecological disaster and intentional genocide enters into a symbiotic relationship with (at least) two sentient alien species on Pax...

Ahoy there me mateys!  I received this sci-fi eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Be advised that this be the second book in the series.  While I try to post no spoilers, if ye haven’t read the first and keep reading this log then ye have been forewarned and continue at yer own peril . . .I loved the first book of this duology so much that I requested book two as soon as I saw it and didn't even read the blurb.  I happily went in blind.  Upon completion, there be no disappointm...

While not as riveting as the first book in this duology, this was still a really good book. This time, Earth, in the middle of environmental disasters and wars, sends an expedition to Pax. The members of the expedition are scientists, but so full of bias and arrogance that it's a wonder they were on the team at all. The people of Pax are less than enthused at the expedition's arrival, and hide Stevland from them. The situation's tense and devolves fairly rapidly, which was pretty much what I exp...

I thoroughly enjoyed Interference. It was a fascinating read that I couldn't wait to finish. Sort of a murder mystery/scientific exploration/new world novel, this is the sequel to Semiosis--but you don't *need* to have read the first book to understand this one. It provides backstory for Stevland and the colonists but if you haven't read Semiosis (or did so back when it first came out and only sort of remember the details) you'll do just fine with Interference.The story is told from the perspect...

3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2019/11/12/...To be honest, I was a little surprised when I found out Semiosis was getting a sequel. I had felt the book ended in a good place, with a satisfying conclusion that capped off a multi-generational narrative in the best way possible. But because I enjoyed myself so much, I certainly wasn’t going to complain about a chance to return to Pax, the alien planet on which these books take place—not even when I discovered the stor...

A fine conclusion to the duology, with possibilities for more stories in this universe. Would have preferred the pacing to be a bit tighter, and at points there was needless repetition, but I loved the themes and the story was endlessly readable.

Off to a great start -- I'm about 1/3 in ( 11/9/19 ). Her invented ecology -- & scary animals! -- on Pax are truly remarkable. And the Glassmaker aliens have been fleshed out into a more believable & interesting species. Not to mention, interesting individuals. Scary-fast-- and smart! I'd be surprised if this one doesn't earn 5 stars from me. And it's enough of a stand-alone that you could read it by itself. But I'd still read #1 first, if I were you.This is a book where I kept slowing down, not...

I had trouble to remember the book title, whilst reading this. In my head I was reading Inheritance. You have to deal with what you were given, good or bad. That holds true for Karola from Earth as much as for the people on Pax.I made an effort to finish Semiosis, because I liked the world-building so much. I wasn‘t a fan of the pacing or the tone. So I went into this with some trepidation. And it took me longer than usual to read the first two chapters. At which point I was pretty much done and...

I love the planet Pax and its many intelligent plants and animals, so ecologically rich. Sue Burke has a lot of interesting ideas. Unfortunately, to me, the delivery is poor. The episodic format and constant switching of POVs do no good to the story structure and character development. It's too fragmented and without central themes.

This one continues the story of the Pax colonists and their relationship with the intelligent life forms they've formed a community with. This time, dealing with their contact with yet another potentially-intelligent life form as well as visitors from Earth. The first book in this series was told in a generational style, skipping between narrators and eras. Except for a chapter at the end, this book keeps within the one timeframe, but from various perspectives, two of which are non-human (Stevla...

Semiosis was one of my absolute favorites last year. If Goodreads can accomodate six stars, I'd rated it that high. The POV characters, the dynamics, the survival story, the generational saga, and most of all, the intelligent plants, captivated me till the very last page and made me googled bamboos and what it could do to me. You know, just in case.Interference introduced us to a set of characters from Earth, which unfortunately were not as interesting as the Pax colonists. I don't mind that mos...