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Old 02-24-2018   #1
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The Southern Reach Trilogy
There is a new S.T. Joshi blog post about Jeff VanderMeer and the Southern Reach trilogy:

Jeff VanderMeer: An Aesthetic Catastrophe

I am interested in reading it, but I am having trouble to find the time to do so.

I will definitely watch the movie, though.
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
He might be angry at this blog entry
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2015/1...homas-ligotti/
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Tried reading the first one (Annihilation) a few years back and couldn't even bring myself to finish the first chapter, just found it very bland/boring/uninspired. But I guess a lot of people like it so to each their own...
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
I found myself a fan of the book when I reviewed it in 2014.
What has intrigued me is that, recently at least, STJ has chosen people to review, not books and also chosen works that he feels instinctively negative about. I choose to buy and review books about which I feel instinctively positive. Neither method is necessarily damnable or good, just different.
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
I read the trilogy, thought it was fun. With some of these recent essays, I have to wonder whether Joshi is wasting his time on works that aren't intended to be anything more than that.
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Not really a Vandermeer fan. Always found his writing a little long winded and uninteresting with few exceptions.
That seemed like an obvious slap in the face to Joshi, so I'm not surprised that he responded in kind.

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Lighthouse-signalling?
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Indubitably.
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
I cannot wait to watch the movie, though. Alex Garland rocks.
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Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
I have read Southern Reach and did not dislike it but strongly recommend watching
as a prior

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