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Inside the City of Insect Motors and Mushroom People

Earlier today we wrote about Jeff VanderMeer's work, and how a lot of it takes place in a slipstream city called Ambergris (yes, it's named after a whale secretion). Like China Mieville's city New Crobuzon, Ambergris is a blend of bug-machines, aliens, and recognizable, contemporary urban landmarks. That's probably why Ambergris has inspired so many artists, like Vladimir Kush (above), to imagine the city in their work. Another, darker, vision of Ambergris below. More »

1:50 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,645 views, 28 comments

Latest by JoshJasper: Also, what about I'm surprised i09 has yet to catch that trend. Perhaps it peaked already. more »

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Slipstream Office Politics in Jeff VanderMeer's "The Situation," Free Online

Jeff VanderMeer is one of those authors whose books seep into your brain, trickle down your spine, and lodge somewhere deep in the insect parts of your DNA. Heavily influenced by Lovecraft, VanderMeer is perhaps best known for the dreamy-crawly short story collection City of Saints and Madmen, set in the brooding metropolis Ambergris, a location where many of his other stories and novels are set. Now his latest novel The Situation, which is about office politics at a beetle-implant development company, is available as a free download online via Wired. Yes, it's this week's lunchtime reading. More »

10:24 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,394 views, 16 comments

Latest by Tenno: Sweet. A new addiction. I just need to finish the newest Greg Cook. more »

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The Gray Caps Will Take Over the World with Their Mushroom Brain Implants

John Coulthart has just posted his cover design for the re-release of Jeff VanderMeer's novel, Shriek: An Afterword. This is the cover image, by Ben Templesmith — it shows a mysterious "gray cap," one of an oppressed underground people who have this bizarre mushroom tech that will allow them to take over a city. You can see the full glory of Coulthart's book cover below. More »

1:30 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,663 views, 15 comments

Latest by Yatta!: @blurey: That's cool, only .. it's not the same thing at all. more »