Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer (English) Paperback Book

Description: Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters — Grayson, Morse and Chen — shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them. A blue fox, a giant fish and language stretched to the limit. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters — Grayson, Morse and Chen — shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them. A blue fox, a giant fish and language stretched to the limit. A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden.Jeff VanderMeers Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth – all the Earths. Author Biography Jeff VanderMeer is an award-winning novelist and editor. His fiction has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in the Library of Americas American Fantastic Tales and in multiple years-best anthologies. He writes non-fiction for the Washington Post, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian, among others. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife. Review Praise for Dead Astronauts:A genuinely innovative artwork requires time to fulfil its effect. Jeff VanderMeers Dead Astronauts is one such work – bewildering, perplexing, original – and I would recommend that readers allow it the concentration it demands GuardianTheres beauty as well as horror here; moments of weaponised whimsy, plus his usual clear-eyed ecological themes. This is wild science fiction, but its also an angry book thats very much about the present day… youll find some of the authors strongest writing and a genuinely original tale of environmental apocalypse SFX MagazineAn immersive, fantastical adventure, but also a compelling allegory for the role of individual resistance in the face of seemingly intractable planet-sized problems like climate change New York TimesPraise for Borne:Jeff VanderMeers Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse; with Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and its a thorough marvel Colson WhiteheadJeff VanderMeers deeply strange and brilliant new novel extends the meditation on the central question of non-human sentience in his earlier work … No one writes a post-apocalyptic landscape like VanderMeer, so detailed and strange in all its lineaments and topography Neel Mukherjee, GuardianFrom being a very successful SF writer, VanderMeer will become mainstream – and Borne is full of signs that he is already thinking ahead of that easy transition, and perhaps subverting it Toby Litt, New StatesmanPraise for The Southern Reach Trilogy: Creepy and fascinating Stephen KingHauntingly weird and brilliantly new … These are contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels Adam Robert, Books of the Year, Guardian Review Quote Praise for Dead Astronauts: A genuinely innovative artwork requires time to fulfil its effect. Jeff VanderMeers Dead Astronauts is one such work - bewildering, perplexing, original - and I would recommend that readers allow it the concentration it demands Guardian Theres beauty as well as horror here; moments of weaponised whimsy, plus his usual clear-eyed ecological themes. This is wild science fiction, but its also an angry book thats very much about the present day... youll find some of the authors strongest writing and a genuinely original tale of environmental apocalypse SFX Magazine An immersive, fantastical adventure, but also a compelling allegory for the role of individual resistance in the face of seemingly intractable planet-sized problems like climate change New York Times Praise for Borne: Jeff VanderMeers Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse; with Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and its a thorough marvel Colson Whitehead Jeff VanderMeers deeply strange and brilliant new novel extends the meditation on the central question of non-human sentience in his earlier work ... No one writes a post-apocalyptic landscape like VanderMeer, so detailed and strange in all its lineaments and topography Neel Mukherjee, Guardian From being a very successful SF writer, VanderMeer will become mainstream - and Borne is full of signs that he is already thinking ahead of that easy transition, and perhaps subverting it Toby Litt, New Statesman Praise for The Southern Reach Trilogy: Creepy and fascinating Stephen King Hauntingly weird and brilliantly new ... These are contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels Adam Robert, Books of the Year, Guardian Feature * The final book set in the world of Borne, Vandermeers ambitious, unnerving and indescribable post-apocalyptic landscape, that has served as the stage for his most uncanny novels yet. * Vandermeers reputation continues to grow. Following the success of Annihilation on Netflix, The New York Times will be running a huge profile of him in December. * Vandermeer has an incredible list of fans and advocates including Colson Whitehead and Stephen King. Competition: Man In The High Castle; Ready Player One; Brave New World; Northern Lights; His Dark Materials; American Gods; The Man In The High Castle; Ancillary Justice;. Neil Gaiman;Ray Bradbury; Aldous Huxley; Neal Stephenson; William Gibson; Colson Whitehead; ; Details ISBN0008375364 Pages 336 ISBN-10 0008375364 ISBN-13 9780008375362 Language English DEWEY 813.6 Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-01-21 Format Paperback UK Release Date 2021-01-21 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Steven Furnell Birth 1927 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Position journalist Qualifications S. J. Author Jeff VanderMeer Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Alternative 9780008375348 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-04-27 NZ Release Date 2021-04-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160750597;

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