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