Jeff VanderMeer Talks About His New ‘Southern Reach’ Novel
Jeff VanderMeer has been called “the poet laureate of weird fiction,” the “king of weird fiction” and “weird Thoreau.” So ...
‘I woke up and had the whole idea in my head’: returning to Area X with Jeff VanderMeer
After a decade away, Jeff VanderMeer is heading back into Area X. In 2014, the author released all three parts of the ...
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Scream for Absolution
Absolution A Southern Reach Novel by Jeff VanderMeer MCD, 464 pp., $26. IT HAS BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE LAST we saw Area X. (Or ...
Jeff VanderMeer's Nightmare Fuel
The author took Esquire on a hike through the uncanny landscapes that inspired the surprise fourth installment of his ...
This horror novel will truly scare you — for all the right reasons
“Absolution” is a satisfying addition to the series Jeff VanderMeer began with “Annihilation.” ...
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This Climate Author Wrote a Hurricane Into His New Novel. Then He Had to Flee From One.
Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), ...
How the 4th Southern Reach book, Absolution, burst out of author Jeff VanderMeer
It’s been 10 years since VanderMeer dropped readers into Area X, a warped version of America’s southern coast mangled in time ...
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Jeff VanderMeer on How Scientific Uncertainty Inspires His Weird Fiction
In Absolution, the fourth novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach saga, scientists try to know the unknowable ...
Jeff VanderMeer's 6 favorite books that dwell into the unknown
In his new sci-fi horror novel, "Absolution," Jeff VanderMeer returns to the world of 2014's award-winning "Annihilation," ...
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Jeff VanderMeer Prefers Comfort Food When Fleeing a Hurricane
Novelist Jeff VanderMeer has lived in Florida most of his life. It’s where he spent his teenage years and where he’s written the majority of his books, including his latest, Absolution, a surprise ...