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Salamander Hummingbird by Jeff VanderMeer: Apocalyptic page-turner


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Hummingbird Salamander, it should be said straightaway, is a pulpy page-turner with as many twists, double-crosses, and mystery-box riddles as one of Dan Brown’s gimcrack potboilers. It’s not a fair comparison, of course, as Jeff VanderMeer is a terrific writer, while Brown struggles with any sentence above the reading level of a
Highlights magazine. But in terms of plotting, it’s remarkable how faithful the latest novel from the author of the Southern Reach Trilogy is to the beats and tropes of a conventional thriller. A protagonist receives a strange clue and is quickly ripped out of their normal, domestic life into the shadowy world of terrorists and government operatives; there are rabbit holes of conspiracy and bread crumbs leading to tight-lipped sources; danger and death lurk around every corner. ....

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Natural Novelist: Jeff VanderMeer's weird fiction is grounded in a love of Earth's ecology


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By Kelly Merka Nelson
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Jeff VanderMeer will make a virtual appearance at the San Antonio Book Festival on Friday. The San Antonio Book Festival’s guest list features a bevy of literary giants, but only one author who’s written a book that literally includes a giant flying bear.
From the
Southern Reach Trilogy to
Dead Astronauts, Jeff VanderMeer’s award-winning weird fiction has long captivated readers. After making the jump to the screen with Alex Garland’s film adaptation of
Annihilation, he’s now working with AMC on an upcoming television series adapted from 2017’s ....

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Portraying Grief in SFF: From Beloved to WandaVision


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Speculative fiction is uniquely equipped to tell stories about grief. With science fiction there’s a whole arsenal of clones, robots, and time travel that can allow mourners to confront their lost loved ones. In fantasy it’s easy to blur the lines between life and death and visit the dead. And obviously horror’s whole deal, from
Frankenstein to ghost stories to zombie apocalypses, is about what happens when we confront death.
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But before I talk about the three elements in
WandaVision that I think are truly interesting, I’d like to revisit a few of my favorite SFFH works that tackle loss and grief. ....

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