The Terrifying Uncertainty in Jeff VanderMeer’s Sci-Fi

How the best-selling author brings his incredibly strange worlds to life

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Nov 7 · 6 min read
Illustration of a bearded man wearing glasses with a bird of prey flying over his shoulder, on a white background.
Illustration of a bearded man wearing glasses with a bird of prey flying over his shoulder, on a white background.
Illustration: Andy Friedman

By Len Small

Originally published at Nautilus on July 23, 2015.

In Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling series Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy, an unknown force infiltrates a coastal village and begins to…

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