Warning: fanboy post. If you don’t know who Jeff VanderMeer is, well… well, you will soon. Unless you’re one of those people who never clicks on the links. Yes, I see you.
A Jeff VanderMeer interview in which, among other things, he lists his favourite books! Jeff VanderMeer on novel outlines! Jeff VanderMeer’s own definition of the New Weird!
And in some sort of incredible vortex of awesomeness, Wired is giving away a PDF of VaderMeer’s latest novel, The Situation, which he describes as “Dilbert meets Gormenghast”. Download and enjoy. There are blurbs and an excerpt here if you are the cautious type.
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June 4, 2008 at 11:11
Fascinating. I haven’t read any VanderMeer though I clearly have heard of him. I will have to read! The definition of New Weird is fascinating. Though I have no idea what steampunk and squidpunk are.
*Looks bamboozled*
Also –
2. I am terribly afraid of cockroaches because while growing up in Fiji, there was a type that would burrow into your ears while you slept.
GAH.