- Nebula Award Winner, Discoveries in geography, Fiction, Scientists
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The twelfth expedition arrives 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.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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- intimateepic
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- Author
- Jeff VanderMeer
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Intrínseca, FSG Originals, Picador
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- rum, Portuguese, English, French
- ISBN
- 9780374104092
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“La torre, che in teoria non doveva esserci, affonda nel terreno in un punto appena prima che la foresta di pini neri faccia strada alla palude e poi ai canneti e agli alberi contorti delle pianure salmastre.”
Jeff VanderMeer is a writer and editor whose fiction merges elements of science fiction, fantasy, and the weird. His stories frequently examine the intricate connection between humanity and the natural world, uncovering strange and sometimes unsettling phenomena. He is widely recognized for the Southern Reach trilogy, which delves into the enigma of Area X, a cryptic and potentially extraterrestrial zone. Beyond this series, his novels such as Borne, Hummingbird Salamander, and Dead Astronauts depict futures shaped by biotechnology, environmental collapse, and the rise of unusual new lifeforms. VanderMeer has also co-edited several notable anthologies, including The New Weird, The Weird, and
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