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Termush
Sven Holm; Translated by Sylvia Clayton; Foreword by Jeff Vandermeer
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R370
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Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer - 'a classic: stunning, dangerous,
darkly beautiful' - welcome to the post-apocalyptic White Lotus: a
luxury hotel at the end of the world in this lost 1967 dystopia ...
'Chilling and prescient.' Andrew Hunter Murray 'Elemental and
true.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Mesmerizing.' Sandra Newman 'Like
someone from the future screaming to us.' Salena Godden The day we
came up from the shelters four people were found dead on the steps
of the hotel. Welcome to Termush: a luxury coastal resort like no
other. All the wealthy guests are survivors: preppers who reserved
rooms long before the Disaster. Inside, they embrace exclusive
radiation shelters, ambient music and lavish provisions; outside,
radioactive dust falls on the sculpture park, security men step
over dead birds, and a reconnaissance party embarks. Despite
weathering a nuclear apocalypse, their problems are only just
beginning. Soon, the Management begins censoring news; disruptive
guests are sedated; initial generosity towards Strangers ceases as
fears of contamination and limited resources grow. But as the
numbers - and desperation - of external survivors increase, they
must decide what it means to forge a new moral code at the end (or
beginning?) of the world ... Translated by Sylvia Clayton
The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive
collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one
volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann
and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century's worth of literary
travels into past and the future. The anthology covers millions of
years of Earth's history - from the age of the dinosaurs to strange
and fascinating futures, through to the end of Time itself. The
Time Traveller's Almanac will reacquaint readers with beloved
classics and introduce them to thrilling contemporary examples of
the time travel genre. The Time Traveller's Almanac includes
stories from Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William
Gibson, George R.R. Martin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock
and, of course, H.G. Wells.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The dark, dangerous, funny and
uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the
inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland.
'Neither of us had control of our monsters anymore' In a ruined
city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the
fur of a despotic bear. She names him Borne. He reminds her of her
homeland lost to rising seas, but her lover Wick is intent on
rendering him down as raw material for the special drugs he sells.
Nothing is quite what it seems, and if Wick is hiding secrets, so
too is Rachel - and Borne most of all.
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Finch (Paperback)
Jeff Vandermeer
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R553
R444
Discovery Miles 4 440
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'Frankly superb. This pummelling eco-thriller camouflages the true
'understory' of societal collapse, and glows in the dark with
original thinking' David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue A
speculative thriller about the end of all things, set in the
Pacific Northwest. A harrowing descent into a secret world. 'Jane
Smith' receives an unexplained envelope containing the key to a
storage unit. And inside that storage unit is a taxidermy
hummingbird and directions to a taxidermy salamander. Somehow, this
bizarre treasure hunt, that Jane never expected or asked for, sets
in motion a series of events that quickly put her and her family in
danger. As she desperately seeks answers, she discovers time is
running out - for her and possibly for the world. 'This is climate
fiction at its most urgent and gripping' The New York Times
'Visionary, dark, beautiful, and strange, that rare novel that
coaxes you into imagining the unimaginable' Kristen Roupenian,
author of You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories
'Harrowing, gripping, and profound. It's both a thriller and a
requiem for a disappearing world' Emily St. John Mandel, author of
The Glass Hotel
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
VanderMeer's 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.
'A contemporary masterpiece' Guardian THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING
NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC For thirty years, Area X has
remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border - an
environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant
wilderness. The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has
sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in
mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal
cancer epidemic. Now four women embark on the twelfth expedition
into the unknown.
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Borne (Paperback)
Jeff Vandermeer
2
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R517
R395
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To the west: trees. To the east: a mall. North: fast food. South:
darkness. And at the center is The Building, an office building
wherein several factions vie for dominance. Inside, the walls are
infiltrated with vines, a mischief of mice learn to speak English,
and something eerie happens once a month on the fifth floor. In
Secret Life, Theo Ellsworth uses a deep-layered style to interpret
Nebula Award winning author Jeff VanderMeer s short story. What
emerges is a mind-bending narrative that defamiliarizes the
mundanity of office work and makes the arcane rituals of The
Building home. When his manager borrows his pen for a presentation,
a man is driven to unspeakable acts as he questions the role the
pen has played in his workplace success. The despised denizens of
the second floor develop their own tongue, incomprehensible to
everyone else in The Building. A woman plants a seed of insurgency
that quickly permeates every corner of the building with its sweet,
nostalgic perfume. With deft insight, Secret Life observes the
sinister individualism of bureaucratic settings in contrast with an
unconcerned natural world. As the narrative progresses, you may
begin to suspect that the world Ellsworth has brought to life with
hypnotic visuals is not so secret after all; in fact, it s
uncannily similar to our own.
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Annihilation (Paperback)
Jeff Vandermeer
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R396
R251
Discovery Miles 2 510
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Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for
decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human
civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a
pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass
suicide, the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members
turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition
returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all
had died of cancer. In "Annihilation," the first volume of Jeff
VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, we join the twelfth
expedition.
The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor;
a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist.
Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of
their surroundings and of one anotioner, and, above all, avoid
being contaminated by Area X itself.
They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they
discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass
understanding--but it's the surprises that came across the border
with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from
one another that change everything.
A special reissue from Head of Zeus's bestselling anthology library
of the ultimate collection of time travel stories, from the
beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveller's Almanac is
the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever
assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and
world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a
century's worth of literary travels into past and the future.
Including stories from Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury,
William Gibson, George R.R. Martin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael
Moorcock and, of course, H.G. Wells, here are beloved classics and
cutting-edge contemporary examples of the genre. Because, the truth
is, fiction is the most effective time travel machine in the
universe and always has been.
A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer.
Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion―a veritable cabinet of curiosities―once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables).
Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.
Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science
fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich
approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as
pragmatism. It also exploits the visual nature of genre culture and
employs bold, full-color drawings, maps, renderings, and
visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. On top of all that,
the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest
names working in the field today, including George R. R. Martin,
Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and Karen Joy Fowler.
For the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff
VanderMeer has added an additional 50 pages of diagrams,
illustrations, and writing exercises creating the ultimate volume
of inspiring advice that is also a stunning and inspiring object.
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Acceptance (Paperback)
Jeff Vandermeer
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R301
R241
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'A contemporary masterpiece' Guardian THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING
NATALIE PORTMAN, OSCAR ISAAC, GINA RODRIGUEZ AND TESSA THOMPSON One
last, desperate team embarks across the border, determined to reach
a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. As
they press deeper into the unknown, the threat to the outside world
becomes only more daunting. The mysteries of Area X may have been
solved, but their consequences and implications are no less
profound - or terrifying.
’Frankly superb.  This pummelling eco-thriller camouflages
the true ‘understory’ of societal collapse, and glows in the
dark with original thinking’ David Mitchell, author of Utopia
Avenue A speculative thriller about the end of all things, set in
the Pacific Northwest. A harrowing descent into a secret world.
Security consultant and former wrestler 'Jane Smith' receives an
envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied
hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander.
Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed
ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By
taking the hummingbird from the storage unit, Jane sets in motion a
series of events that quickly spin beyond her control.Â
 Soon, Jane and her family are in danger, with few allies to
help her make sense of the true scope of the peril. Is the only way
to safety to follow in Silvina’s footsteps? Is it too late to
stop? As she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted
her, time is running out—for her and possibly for the
world.  Hummingbird Salamander is Jeff VanderMeer at
his brilliant, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions about
climate change, identity, and the world we live in into a tightly
plotted thriller full of unexpected twists and elaborate
conspiracy.
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Authority (Paperback)
Jeff Vandermeer
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R432
R277
Discovery Miles 2 770
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After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X--a
seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border
and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization--has been
a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret
it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach. Following the
tumultuous twelfth expedition chronicled in "Annihilation," the
agency is in complete disarray.
John Rodrigues (aka "Control") is the Southern Reach's newly
appointed head. Working with a distrustful but desperate team, a
series of frustrating interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and
hours of profoundly troubling video footage, Control begins to
penetrate the secrets of Area X. But with each discovery he must
confront disturbing truths about himself and the agency he's
pledged to serve.
In "Authority," the second volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern
Reach trilogy, Area X's most disturbing questions are answered . .
. but the answers are far from reassuring.
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Steampunk (Paperback)
Ann VanderMeer, Jeff Vandermeer
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R378
Discovery Miles 3 780
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Steampunk is Victorian elegance and modern technology: steam-driven
robots, souped-up stagecoaches, and space-faring dirigibles fueled
by gaslight romance, mad scientists, and oh-so-trim waistcoats.
It's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea, The Wizard of Oz, and The Golden Compass. Replete with
whimsical mechanical wonders and bold adventurers, this riveting
anthology lovingly collects classic steampunk stories, pop
culture--fueled discussions of steampunk, and essential recommended
reading lists for the discerning steampunk fan. From the editors of
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited
Diseases and The New Weird, this is steampunk. Hang on tight.
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