The Coma

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I can understand some readers’ frustration at the way this novel meanders but if you’ve read Garland’s most famous work, The Beach, you’ll know his theme of aimless wandering is a favourite of his. The Coma is an extension of that theme, delving further into our identities and our search for meaning.

The Coma is a haunting story on the nature of reality and the search for identity. It could also be read as many other things like the purpose of memories in informing our reality, the aim of narrative in our lives and our art, and, more simply, a fine, unusual entertainment for fiction lovers everywhere. Definitely well worth a read. Tim Adams, writing for the Guardian, said, "Garland is very good at recreating the virtual worlds of the half-awake and then subtly dissolving them." [3]There is something about this area that is scary and central to how we think about ourselves,' Garland says. 'Children can understand and cope with the idea of dead and alive, but not this half-state. Most people in comas appear to smile and appear to react to things. They are not in this complete sleep state necessarily. But nobody knows what it is like. And I wanted to write something that could inhabit that space.' Lovece, Frank (20 February 2018). "Unnatural Resource: Alex Garland and Natalie Portman probe the mysteries of 'Annihilation' ". Film Journal International. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018 . Retrieved 22 February 2018. Q. You were born in London, May 26, 1970? Correct? A. Yep, that's right. So I'm told. Urban in Shirey, Paul (7 March 2018). "EXC: Karl Urban Says Alex Garland Directed Dredd & Updates on Reprising Role". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018 . Retrieved 8 March 2018. A huge part of the success of 'Dredd' is in fact due to Alex Garland and what a lot of people don't realize is that Alex Garland actually directed that movie. ... I just hope when people think of Alex Garland's filmography that 'Dredd' is the first film that he made before Ex Machina. Garland has recently become a father, I wonder if this growing sense of domestication makes it harder for him to summon the disconnectedness that his books describe. Scott, A. O. (27 June 2003). "Film Review; Spared by a Virus But Not by Mankind". The New York Times . Retrieved 31 January 2016.

Alexander Medawar Garland (born 26 May 1970) is an English novelist and filmmaker. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). He subsequently received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007), as well as Never Let Me Go (2010) and Dredd (2012). In video games, he co-wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) and served as a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).Garland, Alex (10 April 2015). "INTERVIEW: Director Alex Garland on Ex Machina". HuffPost. Interviewed by Zaki Hasan . Retrieved 21 June 2018.