Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth--all the Earths. A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon...
After reading and loving Borne I needed more. I knew this novel took place in the same world, and was excited to dive in but boy what a different book. It is beautifully written and somewhat hypnotic but it is a CHALLENGE to read. The prose is dense and dripping in referential metaphor. It will bend your mind and maybe leave you with more questions than answers but it is worth pushing through.
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