The Weird
by Ann VanderMeer
Taste attributes: fantasyhorrorscience fictionmysteryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealglossybig & variedtroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel that is original, wide-ranging and glossy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories formThe Weird, and amongst its practitioners number some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature.
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- Author
- Ann VanderMeer
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 1139
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