Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() The end result is a dizzying, disorienting yet powerful and compelling read that forces the reader to question our place in the world, and the ethical implications of climate change and species extinctions.īorne took place in a world destroyed by capitalist exploitation, in the ruins of a City in the shadow of the Company, whose derelict buildings still churn out biotech creations into the transfigured wastelands. ![]() Dead Astronauts (2019), a standalone novel set in the same universe as Borne (2017), builds on the hallucinogenic, bonkers power of that previous novel to create an even more bold and mind-bending examination of humanity’s relationship with the natural world and the consequences of our abuse of it. Fortunately for us, VanderMeer shows no signs of slowing down or becoming less weird, thought-provoking and daringly experimental. If I went rummaging through your carcass, would I find you?”Ī lesser author than Jeff VanderMeer would have followed the success of his iconic Southern Reach trilogy by mellowing his approach to embrace a larger audience. ![]() To think a dissection meant a type of mind. ![]()
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