Area X does strange things to the bodies, and perhaps more importantly to the consciousness, of deserving and undeserving alike. VanderMeer has similar ambitions; ...

Which is great, because I can’t get enough of Area X. $22 at Amazon. Princeton University Press. Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth.

Told in three ominous narratives, writer and critic Jeff VanderMeer’s Absolution fills in the gaps from his enigmatic Southern Reach trilogy about the mysterious Area X. Old Jim, a reluctant and ...

After a decade away, Jeff VanderMeer is heading back into Area X. In 2014, the author released all three parts of the Southern Reach trilogy over the span of just a few months, and the series ...

In a distant future, people live deep underground, where technology is rich but life is a constant struggle. An organization sends people back in time across dimensions to negotiate for resources with ...