Jeff VanderMeer Tells Victor LaValle Why He Returned to Area X

Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer, photographed by Azhar Khan. Ten years ago, Jeff VanderMeer penned the unsettling, swampy, bureaucratic hellscape of Area X: a contaminated region off of the Floridan coast that became the setting for his immensely […]

Absolution: Jeff VanderMeer digs into the 4th Southern Reach book

Absolution: Jeff VanderMeer digs into the 4th Southern Reach book

Jeff VanderMeer’s new novel Absolution works as both a prequel and a sequel to his “Southern Reach trilogy” — appropriate, considering the slippy, surreal lineage of Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. Only one thing is really […]