03727cam a2200601 4500 1826881523 TxAuBib 20241218120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780374616601 0374616604 B0CW19ZLFX Amazon 56455daa-ecb6-4ba6-8000-edfaa6af47c2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10624731 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib VanderMeer, Jeff. Absolution [Libby eBook]. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. artificial intelligence. speculative fiction. post-apocalyptic. climate fiction. Bioengineering. Climate change. Transformative. Sustainability. southern reach. Conservation. Biodiversity. Environment. conspiracy. alienation. vandermeer. secrets. mystery. Control. climate. future. sci fi. Nature. Area X. HTML:<p><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br /> <b>ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024:</b><br /> <b><i>The New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, TIME</i>, <i>Kirkus, Literary Hub,</i> Goodreads</b><br /> <b><br /> The surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series—and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.</b><br /> When the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page <i>New York Times</i> story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature.<br /> And yet for all this, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast—before Area X was called Area X—had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after <i>Acceptance</i>? How crazy would they seem?<br /> Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, <i>Absolution</i> is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. There are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.</p>. Science Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Horror. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-12-17 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=56455daa-ecb6-4ba6-8000-edfaa6af47c2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=56455daa-ecb6-4ba6-8000-edfaa6af47c2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) BTCLS