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This World Is Full of Monsters
This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original | Jeff VanderMeer
6 posts | 9 read | 4 to read
An alien invasion comes to one mans doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth, in this Tor.com Original science fiction tale from Jeff VanderMeer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Mehso-so

A short story.

A man gets “stolen” by a literal “story monster” then—like a Sleeping Beauty—wakes to an unfamiliar world one hundred years later.

Reminiscent of the Annihilation lighthouse keeper, especially through the MC's connection with language. Prettily written. But it‘s too vague and metaphorically disconnected to truly enjoy.

A story flows somewhere under there, but the waters are muddy.

3/5

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Robotswithpersonality
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Panpan

Um, what?
Surrealist nightmare? Fever dream? Body horror? Alien invasion? Bad LSD trip? Reincarnation? Metamorphosis? Analogy for the writing process? Pretentious stream of consciousness?
I don't - I appreciate this was published electronically without Digital Rights Management, that's a big deal, but I cannot reliably say this was actually a novella.

Robotswithpersonality P.S. Beautiful cover art, tho. 2y
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rjsthumbelina
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Panpan

This one was just too weird for me. I think there was supposed to be a larger point, but it went over my head

Tamra Quite a cover! 3y
LoverOfLearning Ohh cool cover! 3y
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Bertha_Mason

"Nor did I worry about much else, and I floated in the glistening, green water, staring up at the sky, which sagged so close and was not yet full of stars, but only the ghosts of stars or a haunting of everything that was not star, so that by the lack I might think of the word "star.""

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lovelybookshelf
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Pickpick

Surreal, strange, and terrifying. Vikas Adam's performance as narrator is outstanding. This is the kind of story that doesn't get old; endless nuance for your mind to explore.

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Godpants
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Mehso-so

I just blasted through this story. It was okay, but it was very similar a story that I read in Suicide Woods earlier this year that I think liked better. This cover is perfection though.