From Left: Jeff VanderMeer and ‘Absolution’ Cover.Photo:Ditte Valente; FSG Books
Ditte Valente; FSG Books
Jeff VanderMeer fans may have thought theSouthern Reach Trilogywas finished — it’s right there in the name, after all. But there’s a fourth book coming in the now-expanded series, and new covers for the original three books so the whole set can match.
The new installment,Absolution, is due out Oct. 22 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
‘Absolution’ cover.FSG Books
FSG Books
“Absolutionis the most uncanny, heart-stopping, and, yes, fun novel I’ve ever written,” VanderMeer, 55, says.
The author adds, “I didn’t plan to write a new novel in theSouthern Reachseries — which is now a quartet! I was happy to be finished and done with it a decade ago, although there were always a few ideas about Area X that wouldn’t leave me alone.”
10th anniversary ‘Annihilation’ cover.FSG Books
Annihilation— the first book in theSouthern Reach Trilogy— won the prestigious Nebula Award and a Shirley Jackson Award, and all three books collectively won the World Fantasy Award.
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10th anniversary ‘Acceptance’ cover.FSG Books
Like VanderMeer’s signature twists and turns do for his readers,Absolutionpulled the author in and wouldn’t let him go.
“I had a series of revelations over the past couple of years that opened it back up for me, and pulled me back in with a force I couldn’t resist. The experience was so powerful that I wrote without stopping, all day, every day, until one week I looked around in a daze and realized it was finished,” he says.
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Absolutionwill come out on Oct. 22, 2024 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
source: people.com
