VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Allan Anderson <rubel at goosemoon.org> 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

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 <rubel at goosemoon.org> 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. _______________________________________________

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Piotr Szcz?sny <neternalz at gmail.com> 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" <godelescherbach at gmail.com> 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 <rubel at goosemoon.org> 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

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On Sep 8, 2014 8:54 AM, "Fred Kiesche" <godelescherbach at gmail.com> 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 <neternalz at gmail.com> 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" <godelescherbach at gmail.com> 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 <rubel at goosemoon.org> 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 _______________________________________________