Semiosis

Semiosis is a 2018 science fiction novel by American writer and translator Sue Burke. It is her debut novel and is the first book of her Semiosis Duology series. It was first published in February 2018 in the United States by Tor Books, and in August 2018 in the United Kingdom by HarperVoyager. The book was translated into French by Florence Bury, and published in France in September 2019 by Albin Michel.Semiosis is about colonists starting a new life on the planet Pax and their alliances with sentient indigenous plant species. The title of the book refers to semiosis, a communicative process using signs. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, the Kitschies Golden Tentacle for Best Debut Novel, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Semiosis also featured in the Chicago Review of Books' "10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2018".The sequel to Semiosis, Interference was published in October 2019 by Tor Books. Burke also wrote three short stories set on the planet Pax: "Adaptation", written before she began Semiosis, and "Spiders" and "Cinderella Faraway", written after she completed the novel, but before it was published.