Annihilation(1stEdition) A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2014 by Fsg Originals ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10409-2, ISBN: 0-374-10409-3
"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 ..."
Authority(1stEdition) A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by Fsg Originals ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10410-8, ISBN: 0-374-10410-7
"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 as 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 i ..."
Acceptance(1stEdition) A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by Fsg Originals ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10411-5, ISBN: 0-374-10411-5
"It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it--the Southern Reach--has collapsed on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. If they ..."
" Steampunk—a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture—is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. Its adherents celebrate the inventor a ..."
"The world has changed, and with it the craft of writing. In addition to the difficulties of putting pen to paper, authors must now contend with a slew of new media. This has forever altered the relationship between writers and their readers, their publishers, and their work. In an era when authors are expected to do more and more to promote their own work, Booklife steers readers through the bewildering options: -What should authors ..."
Area X(1stEdition) The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance by JeffVandermeer Hardcover, 608 Pages, Published 2014 by Fsg Originals ISBN-13: 978-0-374-26117-7, ISBN: 0-374-26117-2
"In time for the holidays, a single-volume hardcover edition that brings together the three volumes of the Southern Reach Trilogy, which were originally published as paperback originals in February, May, and September 2014.Annihilation is the first volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, Authority is the second, and Acceptance is the third. Area X-a remote and lush terrain-has been cut off from the rest of the continent f ..."
Wonderbook(1stEdition) The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by JeffVandermeer, Jeremy Zerfoss, John Coulthart Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2013 by Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-1-4197-0442-0, ISBN: 1-4197-0442-7
"This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object. Employing an accessible, example-rich approach, "Wonderbook" energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts information needed to improve as a writer. Aimed ..."
"A perfect gift book, this sumptuously illustrated and whimsically bite-sized bestiary is the definitive—in fact, only—guide to the kosherness (kashrut) of imaginary animals. It is an undomesticated romp from A to Z, including E.T., hobbits, Mongolian Death Worms, and the elusive chupacabra. This fantastical journey embarks upon a hilariously contentious debate between the alter-ego of acclaimed fantasist Jeff VanderMeer (a.k.a. Evil Mon ..."
Shriek(1stEdition) An Afterword by JeffVandermeer Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Tor Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1465-9, ISBN: 0-7653-1465-7
"An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints & Madmen--Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by ex-society f ..."
"“Some of the most interesting fantasist-fabulists writing today.”—Los Angeles Times“A science-fiction symphony of strangeness....The Cabinet of Curiosities will give you a good jolt of wonder.”—Gainesville TimesYou’ll be astonished by what you’ll find in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. Editors Ann and Jeff Vandermeer have gathered together a spectacular array of exhibits, oddities, images, and stories by some of the mo ..."
"Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger — and, yes, plunder! Oh, the Devil does love a pirate — and so do readers everywhere! Swashbuckling from the past into the future and space itself, Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, presents an incredibly entertaining vol ..."
The Strange Bird(1stEdition) A Borne Story by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2018 by Mcd X Fsg Originals ISBN-13: 978-0-374-53792-0, ISBN: 0-374-53792-5
"The Strange Bird―from New York Times bestselling novelist Jeff VanderMeer―is a novella-length digital original that expands and weaves deeply into the world of his “thorough marvel”* of a novel, Borne.The Strange Bird is a new kind of creature, built in a laboratory―she is part bird, part human, part many other things. But now the lab in which she was created is under siege and the scientists have turned on their animal creations. Flyin ..."
Borne(1stEdition) A Novel by JeffVandermeer Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2017 by Mcd ISBN-13: 978-0-374-11524-1, ISBN: 0-374-11524-9
"Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, PopSugar, Financial Times, Chicago Review of Books, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Thrillist, Book Riot, National Post (Canada), Kirkus and Publishers Weekly“Am I a person?” Borne asked me.“Yes, you are a person,” I told him. “But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.”In Borne, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined city ..."
The Third Bear(1stEdition) by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 273 Pages, Published 2010 by Tachyon Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-892391-98-8, ISBN: 1-892391-98-8
"“Cunningly crafted stories full of wonder and intelligence. VanderMeer proves again why he is so essential and why everybody should be reading him.”―Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoFeaturing “The Situation,” a story set in the universe of VanderMeer’s bestseller, Borne.Compared by critics to Borges, Nabokov, and Kafka, contemporary fantasist Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy) co ..."
Finch(1stEdition) by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 339 Pages, Published 2009 by Underland Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9802260-1-0, ISBN: 0-9802260-1-5
"In Finch, mysterious underground inhabitants known as the gray caps have reconquered the failed fantasy state Ambergris and put it under martial law. They have disbanded House Hoegbotton and are controlling the human inhabitants with strange addictive drugs, internment in camps, and random acts of terror. The rebel resistance is scattered, and the gray caps are using human labor to build two strange towers. Against this backdrop, John ..."
Veniss Underground(1stEdition) A Novel by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2005 by Spectra Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-553-38356-0, ISBN: 0-553-38356-6
"In his debut novel, literary alchemist Jeff VanderMeer takes us on an unforgettable journey, a triumph of the imagination that reveals the magical and mysterious city of Veniss through three intertwined voices. First, Nicholas, a would-be Living Artist, seeks to escape his demons in the shadowy underground—but in doing so makes a deal with the devil himself. In her fevered search for him, his twin sister, Nicola, spins her own unusual a ..."
Secret Life(1stEdition) by JeffVandermeer, Jeffrey Ford Hardcover, 295 Pages, Published 2004 by Golden Gryphon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-930846-27-2, ISBN: 1-930846-27-4
"This collection of 23 stories reflects a diversity of approaches to key questions about the human condition, including questions about mortality, love, obsession, and creativity. “Balzac’s War” is a harrowing, powerful far-future novella that pits brother against brother in a landscape ravaged by war with Earth’s newly sentient human-made species. In 13th-century Cambodia, a lone artist is torn between his love of his craft and his unsp ..."
Shroud of Eternity(1stEdition) Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles, Volume II by Terry Goodkind, JeffVandermeer Hardcover, 528 Pages, Published 2018 by Tor Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-8824-7, ISBN: 0-7653-8824-3
"Shroud of Eternity picks up where Terry Goodkind’s New York Times bestseller Death’s Mistress left off, promising a thrilling brew of bloodshed, sex, deception, and sorcery.The formidable sorceress Nicci and her companions―the newly powerless Nathan and the youthful Bannon―set out on another quest after driving ruthless Norukai slavers out of Renda Bay. Their mission: restore Nathan’s magic and, for Nicci, save the world.Guided by the w ..."
Acceptance(1stEdition) (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by JeffVandermeer Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by Fourth Estate Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-00-755355-6, ISBN: 0-00-755355-2
"[Read by Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot, Xe Sands]In the final installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound or terrifying.It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown navigating new terrain a ..."
"A modern bestiary of made-up fantastical creatures organized from A to Z, along with an ampersand and an invisible letter, featuring some of the best and most respected fantasists from around the world, including Karen Lord, Dexter Palmer, Brian Evenson, China Mieville, Felix Gilman, Catherynne M. Valente, Rikki Ducornet, and Karin Lowachee."