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A new edition of the first book in the dystopian "Southern Reach Trilogy", published to tie in with a new film adaptation. The film will star Natalie Portman, and is due out in February.

In einer zerstörten Stadt der nahen Zukunft überlebt Rachel, indem sie in den Ruinen nach Überresten biotechnologischen Abfalls sucht. Ihre Beute bringt sie zu ihrem Partner Wick, der aus den gesammelten Überresten psychoaktive Drogen herstellt und verkauft. Die Stadt ist gefährlich, übersät mit den ausrangierten Experimenten der Firma - einem zerfallenen Biotech-Unternehmen - und geplagt von den unvorhersehbaren Raubzügen eines riesigen Bären...

BY TURNS SENSUOUS AND TERRIFYING – THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO VANDERMEER’S VIVIDLY IMAGINED WORLDSIn the city of Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he’s imagined a city called Ambergris, invented its every last detail, and that he’s really from a...

THE SCANDALOUS AND HEARTBREAKING SECRET HISTORY OF TWO SQUABBLING SIBLINGS – AND THEIR CONFIDANTES, PROTECTORS AND ENEMIESJanice Shriek, ex-society figure, narrates this tale with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions. We follow the adventures of her brother Duncan – an historian obsessed with a doomed love affair – and learn of a secret that may kill or transform him.We witness a war between rival publishing houses tha...

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of an Edenic landscape, the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as short-lived shadows of their former selves. In Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilat...

Dopo che, al termine di "Autorità", il confine dell'Area X ha iniziato improvvisamente a espandersi e inghiottire ogni cosa nella sua avanzata, a cominciare dalla sede della Southern Reach, la situazione sulla "costa dimenticata" sta precipitando. Controllo, aiutato dalla misteriosa creatura che ha le fattezze e i ricordi della biologa e si fa chiamare Uccello Fantasma, si inoltra nel cuore dell'Area X, verso il faro da cui ogni cosa sembra es...

Akzeptanz" ist der abschließende Roman der mit dem Hugo, dem Nebula, dem BSFA und dem World Fantasy-Award ausgezeichneten "Southern-Reach"-Trilogie. Es ist Winter, und eine weitere Expedition übertritt die Grenze zu Area X. Während sie, auf der Suche nach einem verschollenen Mitglied einer früheren Expedition, tiefer ins Unbekannte vordringt und mit neuen Herausforderungen konfrontiert wird, nimmt die Bedrohung der Außenwelt durch Area X imme...

A harrowing, dark and yet uplifting novel, it follows VanderMeer's popular trilogy, "The Southern Reach" and fuses together fascinating themes of science fiction.

The final installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy

A conceptual how-to guide covering all aspects of the science fiction sub-genre, to motivate and awe both the armchair enthusiast and the committed creator. Features sections on fashion, art, crafts, music, large-scale installations, fiction, filmmaking, and more.

In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened . . .

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Your own time machine: the ultimate treasury of time travel stories, from the beginning of time to its very end.

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Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape, all the members of the second expedition committed suicide, the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another, the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within mo...

A spectacular illustrated steampunk anthology with work by some of the most renowned and bestselling writers and artists in speculative and graphic fiction, including Mike Mignola, Alan Moore, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Cherie Priest, China Mieville, Lev Grossman and many more.

Autorität" - der zweite Teil der mit dem Nebula, dem BSFA und dem World Fantasy-Award ausgezeichneten "Southern-Reach"-Trilogie. Nach der katastrophalen zwölften Expedition, die in "Auslöschung" geschildert wurde, befindet sich Southern Reach in Auflösung. John Rodriguez, der neu ernannte Kopf der Organisation, muss sich durch eine Reihe frustrierender Verhöre, einen Berg verschlüsselter Notizen und Stunden verstörender Videoaufnahmen arbeite...

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Nebula, dem BSFA und dem World Fantasy-Award: Jeff VanderMeers Southern Reach-Trilogie ist so rätselhaft wie LOST, so furchteinflößend wie Lovecraft, und so beklemmend wie Kafka. Eine geheimnisvolle Flora und Fauna, ebenso makellos wie verstörend, hat ein Gebiet irgendwo an der amerikanischen Küste übernommen, seit vor 30 Jahren ein mysteriöses Ereignis stattgefunden hat. Und die entfesselte Natur dehnt sich unaufhaltsam...