Roadside Picnic

A classic and enjoyable alien invasion story.... sans the alien invasion. This story is all about the personal, social effects of a truly bizarre and nonhuman first contact. The influence on the also-enjoyable Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is exceedingly obvious.

A very quick read, but not one that affected me much after putting the book down. The authors' info at the end was rather bland, but it was interesting hearing the circumstances around the novel's publishing.