![]() ![]() “A bunch of students wanted to talk about his ‘Southern Reach’ trilogy in their dissertations, and we’re very excited to have him visit UT now that the word is more spread out.”Īfter reading a selection from “The Strange Bird,” VanderMeer talked more about nature and his writing, including his piece about a fictional freshwater squid festival that was written with such scientific accuracy that it began to gain media attention as a real festival. “VanderMeer exploded on the scene for me when the Contemporary Reading Group in the English department started to read his work,” Houser said. Event organizer Heather Houser said she first heard about VanderMeer in 2015. VanderMeer read selections from his novel “Borne,” a short story spinoff “The Strange Bird” and discussed his novel “Annihilation” during an event co-sponsored by Environmental Humanities at UT, the New Writers Project and the Plan II Honors Program. “And there will be some humans involved, as there always have to be, I suppose.” “This is gonna be all about strange animals,” VanderMeer said. Science fiction author Jeff VanderMeer immersed the audience in a world of bioengineered creatures to understand the links between science and nature in an alternate, fictional reality at a reading on Monday. ![]()
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