# VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy *The Urth list — 5 messages, 4 voices, 08 Sep 2014* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Allan Anderson *08 Sep 2014, 03:59* Hey, did I miss folks talking about Jeff VanderMeer's latest? Did all three novels really come out this year? Does that mean it's really one great honking novel chopped up into "SF" sized pieces (hmm, that sounds familiar.) I really enjoyed _City of Saints and Madmen_, but haven't read anything more by him. I'd love to hear what people think. --- ### Fred Kiesche *08 Sep 2014, 10:27 · in reply to Allan Anderson* All three were out this year. I've read the first and found it quite interesting, a homage to Poe or even van Vogt (how much going on is real or a dream?). I'm saving the other two up for a long weekend (they are relatively short, so I can see reading the other two in three days or so). > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Allan Anderson wrote: > Hey, did I miss folks talking about Jeff VanderMeer's latest? Did all > three novels really come out this year? Does that mean it's really one > great honking novel chopped up into "SF" sized pieces (hmm, that sounds > familiar.) > > I really enjoyed _City of Saints and Madmen_, but haven't read anything > more by him. I'd love to hear what people think. > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List --- ### Piotr Szczęsny *08 Sep 2014, 12:14 · in reply to Fred Kiesche* I've also read the first one and liked it very much (instantly preordered the other two). Authority and Acceptance are waiting for me back home so I think I , just like Fred, read them soon. This is kind of a Vandermeer year for me, City was something different but most of the "stories" were enjoyable (Dradin in Love is still my favourite) but Shriek was great, loved the double narration. 8 wrz 2014 12:27 "Fred Kiesche" napisa?(a): > All three were out this year. I've read the first and found it quite > interesting, a homage to Poe or even van Vogt (how much going on is real or > a dream?). I'm saving the other two up for a long weekend (they are > relatively short, so I can see reading the other two in three days or so). > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Allan Anderson > wrote: >> Hey, did I miss folks talking about Jeff VanderMeer's latest? Did all >> three novels really come out this year? Does that mean it's really one >> great honking novel chopped up into "SF" sized pieces (hmm, that sounds >> familiar.) >> >> I really enjoyed _City of Saints and Madmen_, but haven't read anything >> more by him. I'd love to hear what people think. >> _______________________________________________ --- ### Fred Kiesche *08 Sep 2014, 12:54 · in reply to Piotr Szczęsny* I am part of the (now Hugo Award winning) SF Signal Podcast at SF Signal Dot Com and on the last episode I particiapted in I was asked to suggest a book for a "group read" and suggested the first of the Southern Reach trilogy by VanderMeer. (Alas, the plan was then sideswiped by real life when our host had family issues hit him but maybe in October?) So keep an eye out there, at some point we'll all get together and talk about the book for an episode. > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Piotr Szcz?sny wrote: > I've also read the first one and liked it very much (instantly preordered > the other two). Authority and Acceptance are waiting for me back home so I > think I , just like Fred, read them soon. This is kind of a Vandermeer year > for me, City was something different but most of the "stories" were > enjoyable (Dradin in Love is still my favourite) but Shriek was great, > loved the double narration. > 8 wrz 2014 12:27 "Fred Kiesche" napisa?(a): >> All three were out this year. I've read the first and found it quite >> interesting, a homage to Poe or even van Vogt (how much going on is real or >> a dream?). I'm saving the other two up for a long weekend (they are >> relatively short, so I can see reading the other two in three days or so). >> >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Allan Anderson >> wrote: >>> Hey, did I miss folks talking about Jeff VanderMeer's latest? Did all >>> three novels really come out this year? Does that mean it's really one >>> great honking novel chopped up into "SF" sized pieces (hmm, that sounds >>> familiar.) >>> >>> I really enjoyed _City of Saints and Madmen_, but haven't read anything >>> more by him. I'd love to hear what people think. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Urth Mailing List >>> To post, write urth at urth.net >>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >> -- >> F.P. Kiesche III >> >> Husband, Father, Good Cook. Reader. Keeper of abandoned dogs. Catholic >> Liberal Conservative Militarist. Does not fit into a neat box or category. >> "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, >> scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with >> Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at Bernal >> Alpha. On Twitter as @FredKiesche >> >> >> _______________________________________________ --- ### Antonin Scriabin *08 Sep 2014, 12:55 · in reply to Fred Kiesche* I plan on picking up the third volume this evening. Been a great series so far. > On Sep 8, 2014 8:54 AM, "Fred Kiesche" wrote: > I am part of the (now Hugo Award winning) SF Signal Podcast at SF Signal > Dot Com and on the last episode I particiapted in I was asked to suggest a > book for a "group read" and suggested the first of the Southern Reach > trilogy by VanderMeer. > > (Alas, the plan was then sideswiped by real life when our host had family > issues hit him but maybe in October?) > > So keep an eye out there, at some point we'll all get together and talk > about the book for an episode. > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Piotr Szcz?sny > wrote: >> I've also read the first one and liked it very much (instantly preordered >> the other two). Authority and Acceptance are waiting for me back home so I >> think I , just like Fred, read them soon. This is kind of a Vandermeer year >> for me, City was something different but most of the "stories" were >> enjoyable (Dradin in Love is still my favourite) but Shriek was great, >> loved the double narration. >> 8 wrz 2014 12:27 "Fred Kiesche" napisa?(a): >>> All three were out this year. I've read the first and found it quite >>> interesting, a homage to Poe or even van Vogt (how much going on is real or >>> a dream?). I'm saving the other two up for a long weekend (they are >>> relatively short, so I can see reading the other two in three days or so). >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Allan Anderson >>> wrote: >>>> Hey, did I miss folks talking about Jeff VanderMeer's latest? Did all >>>> three novels really come out this year? Does that mean it's really one >>>> great honking novel chopped up into "SF" sized pieces (hmm, that sounds >>>> familiar.) >>>> >>>> I really enjoyed _City of Saints and Madmen_, but haven't read anything >>>> more by him. I'd love to hear what people think. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Urth Mailing List >>>> To post, write urth at urth.net >>>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >>> -- >>> F.P. Kiesche III >>> >>> Husband, Father, Good Cook. Reader. Keeper of abandoned dogs. Catholic >>> Liberal Conservative Militarist. Does not fit into a neat box or category. >>> "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, >>> scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with >>> Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at Bernal >>> Alpha. On Twitter as @FredKiesche >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ ---