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Here's a fascinating tale. Not perfect by a long shot, but definitely out there, fearless, and lyrical. I've become a fan of VanderMeer for quite some time now. Some of his tales are evocative, full of vitality and the dark atmosphere of the truly strange, others are nicely grounded and only give you grazing shots of the unique and unknowable.
Veniss Underground, on the other hand, gives us a full city that is both remarkably familiar and deeply strange. We're come to understand this is a good 70 ...more
Veniss Underground, on the other hand, gives us a full city that is both remarkably familiar and deeply strange. We're come to understand this is a good 70 ...more
I would have really loved this book even if I'd never read VanderMeer before. But, if you have, here are the roots of so many of his recurring ideas; bioengineering, what it means to be human (and whether it really matters); conservation and transformed landscapes. Veniss is a crazy city with even crazier underground levels, and bioengineered beings who have their own, shadowy agendas. Noir meets cyberpunk meets climate fiction.
My copy includes four other stories which look at the same world fr ...more
My copy includes four other stories which look at the same world fr ...more
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