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In a ruined city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the fur of a despotic bear.
She names him Borne.
He reminds her of her homeland lost to rising seas, but her lover Wick is intent on rendering him down as raw material for the special drugs he sells. Nothing is quite what it seems, and if Wick is hiding secrets, so too is Rachel - and Borne most of al
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters - Grayson, Morse and Chen - shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them. A blue fox, a giant fish and language stretched to the limit.A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Ulmealmanahhide sarja Täheaeg värskeim köide toob lugejateni kirjastuse Fantaasia ja Eesti Ulmeühingu korraldatud ning kirjandusfestivali Prima Vista raames toiminud ulmejutuvõistluse viis parimat teksti. Nende seas on mõtisklev/seikluslikku zenfantasy’t, klassikalisest kaugele eemalduvat aurupunki, üleloomulikke õuduslugusid Eesti maa- ja linnamiljöös ning puhast teaduslikku fantastikat, tegevusareaaliga Londonist Võrumaani. Lisaks jutuvõistluse parimatele leiab nende kaante vahelt veel Jeff...
| Автор | Maniakkide Tänav, Siim Veskimees, Triinu Meres, Raul Sulbi, Kadri Pettai, Jeff VanderMeer, Tea Roosvald, Ille Lätte |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика, Контркультура |
’A contemporary masterpiece’ GuardianTHE FIRST VOLUME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAACFor thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border – an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness.The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика, Героическая фантастика, Зарубежная современная проза |
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland.‘Neither of us had control of our monsters anymore’In a ruined city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the fur of a despotic bear.She names him Borne.He reminds her of her homeland lost to rising seas, but her lover Wick is intent on rendering him down as raw material for the special drugs...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Зарубежное фэнтези, Эзотерика / оккультизм |
The Strange Bird – from Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation – expands and weaves deeply into the world of his ‘thorough marvel’ (Colson Whitehead) of a novel, Borne.The Strange Bird is a new kind of creature – she is part bird, part human, part many other things. But now the lab in which she was created is under siege and the scientists have turned on their animal creations.But, even if she escapes, she cannot just soar in peace above the earth. The farther she flies, the deeper she finds...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика, Зарубежная современная проза |
In ‘Annihilation’, Jeff VanderMeer introduced Area X – a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilisation. This was the first volume of a projected trilogy; well in advance of publication, translation rights had already sold around the world and a major movie deal had been struck.Just months later, ‘Authority’, the second volume, is here. For thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X has taken the form of a series of expeditions monitored by a secret agency called the...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика, Героическая фантастика, Зарубежная современная проза |
’A contemporary masterpiece’ GuardianTHE THIRD VOLUME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN, OSCAR ISAAC, GINA RODRIGUEZ AND TESSA THOMPSONIt is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border, on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown – navigating new terrain and new challenges – the threat to...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика, Героическая фантастика, Зарубежная современная проза |
Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters – Grayson, Morse and Chen – shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them. A blue fox, a giant fish and language stretched to the limit. A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Зарубежное фэнтези |
The first volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach Trilogy - now a major motion picture written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and starring Natalie Portman And Oscar IsaacFor thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border - an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness.The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Мистика Фантастика Фэнтези |
| Год | 2015 |
Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in 'Annihilation', the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery. But, as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice, the self-styled Control must battle to 'put his house in order'. From a...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Мистика Фантастика Фэнтези |
| Год | 2015 |
The Third Volume of The Extraordinary Southern Reach Trilogy - Now a Major Motion Picture Written and Directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodriguez And Tessa ThompsonOne last, desperate team embarks across the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. As they press deeper into the unknown, the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting.The mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Мистика Фантастика Фэнтези |
| Год | 2015 |
Dreams and nightmares entwine as three fellow travellers strive to achieve their deepest desires. Nicholas seeks to escape his demons in the city of Veniss' shadowy underground. But in so doing, he makes a deal with the devil himself. His twin sister, Nicola, embarks on a feverish search for him. And while discovering the city's hidden secrets, she'll spin her own hypnotic tale. Nicola's lover Shadrach is haunted by her mysterious disappearance. In the grip of despair, he...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Мистика Фантастика Фэнтези |
| Год | 2017 |
Janice 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 that will change Ambergris forever. And we're introduced to the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who've been waiting underground...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Год | 2017 |
Janice 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 that will change Ambergris forever. And we’re introduced to the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who’ve been waiting underground for their...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Жанр | Мистика Фантастика Фэнтези |
| Год | 2017 |
Janice 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 that will change Ambergris forever. And we’re introduced to the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who’ve been waiting underground for their...
| Автор | Jeff VanderMeer |
| Год | 2017 |