Annihilation: Exploring Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( ADAPTATIONS [Beauty and Terror Collide in Alex Garland's Annihilation]( Alex Garland's adaptation of Annihilation is here, and boy is it a challenge to sum up! In a non-spoiler review, Leah Schnelbach writes, "The best I can come up with is: what if the worst parts of Contact had a child with the best parts of Arrival, which then had a torrid affair with The Fountain? The resulting progeny might look a lot like Annihilation..." [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( WHERE TO START [Remade Bodies and Surreal Spaces: Where to Start with the Work of Jeff VanderMeer]( Some writers straddle genres, but Jeff VanderMeer's fiction seems bound and determined to encompass as many styles and genres as it possibly can. Here's a look at some of the shared settings, overlapping themes, and unsettling locales you'll find in Jeff VanderMeer's books! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SOUTHERN REACH [End of the Line: Jeff VanderMeer and the Southern Reach Trilogy]( Author Brian Slattery talks to VanderMeer about the overarching themes of the Southern Reach trilogy, the places it was written from and about, and what's next-for VanderMeer and for us. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SWEEPSTAKES [Jeff VanderMeer Prize Pack Sweepstakes!]( There's a lot of new VanderMeer on shelves right now: Annihilation has a shiny new tie-in cover; the critically acclaimed Borne is out in paperback; and last year's digital release, The Strange Bird, is now in print. To celebrate, we want to send you a copy of each of these three books! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( INTROVERSION [Introversion in Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation]( Drawing on his work as a hospital psychiatrist, author Tade Thompson considers the introversion of VanderMeer's unnamed biologist narrator; the extroversion of her husband; and how both of these traits led them into the deeper places in Area X. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION ["This World is Full of Monsters" by Jeff VanderMeer]( The story that meant the end arrived late one night. A tiny story, covered in green fur or lichen, shaky on its legs. It fit in the palm of my hand. I stared at the story for a long time, trying to understand. An alien invasion comes to one man's doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( Follow Tor.com to get updates on all of our original fiction. FOLLOW US: [Follow Us on Facebook]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Follow Us on Tumblr]( [Follow Us on Pinterest]( This email was sent by: Macmillan 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY, 10010, USA We respect your right to privacy - [view our policy]( Macmillan believes piracy hurts writers, readers and everyone who loves books. Learn more and report suspicious activity [here.]( To subscribe to this or other email communications from Macmillan, please click [here](. Visit our [profile center]( to update your email address and/or other information. If you no longer wish to receive this email communication, click [here]( to unsubscribe.