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Acceptance (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 3)

August 6, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: It’s winter in Area X.  [REDACTED] is [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. The Southern Reach, Area X, the Séance & Science Brigade, the lighthouse, the tower/tunnel, the biologist, Control, the director… some sort of conclusion or resolution will be found, for those who dare to seek it.  But what will happen to those who do seek it will [REDACTED]. (Please note: this review will, out of some necessity, traffic in some minor spoilers from Books 1 & 2 – […]

Categories: Fiction • Tags: 5+, 6, Acceptance, Fiction, FSG Originals, Horror, Jeff Vandermeer, Literature, Speculative Fiction, The Southern Reach, The Southern Reach Trilogy

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Authority (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 2)

March 27, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: In the wake of the disastrous twelfth expedition into Area X (recounted in Annihilation) John Rodriguez – aka Control – has come in to clean up the Southern Reach.  But as he begins to sift through the mess left by the previous director, an unsettling realization begins to bubble up: maybe this mess can’t be cleaned up at all… The Review: Okay.  Okay okay okay.  Elevator pitch: where Annihilation was Lovecraftian wilderness adventure, this is le Carré-meets-The Thing.  AND IT […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature • Tags: Area X, Authority, Fiction, Horror, Jeff Vandermeer, Literature, Spy, The Southern Reach, The Southern Reach Trilogy

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The Originals Series: Jeff Vandermeer & Future of What

February 27, 2014 by Drew

After our long cold winter (which is, apparently, still not over), the best book parties in New York City returned to Studio X last night – with the author of my so-far-favorite book of the year.  That’s right, folks – the FSG Originals Series (presented in conjunction with Vulture and GQ) are back.  And damn, it feels good to’ve been there. It felt like seeing an old friend, to be honest.  Not much has changed about the general setup of […]

Categories: Events, Features • Tags: Annihilation, Area X, Conversations, Dream Pop, Events, Fiction, FSG, FSG Originals, FSG Originals Series, Future of What, GQ, Jeff Vandermeer, Music, New York Magazine, Originals Series, Parties, Pop, Starlee Kine, Studio X, The Southern Reach, Vulture

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Annihilation (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1)

December 8, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Area X, an uninhabited region in an area called the Southern Reach, has been visited by several expeditions.  Each expedition has met a strange and terrible ending – suicide, paranoia, cancerous death, etc.  This is the story of the twelfth expedition and the strange, inexplicable things that they found there. The Review: Jeff Vandermeer is one of the first authors – long before this blog was even an idea in the back of my mind – who I […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, Annihilation, Area X, Book Review, Fiction, FSG Originals, Horror, Jeff Vandermeer, Literature, Reviews, The Southern Reach, The Southern Reach Trilogy, The Tournament of Books 2015, Weird Fiction

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