I love that series. Weird as fuck in all the right ways.
I love that series. Weird as fuck in all the right ways.
While it is a huge series, the books are self contained. You can pick up any one of them and have a comfortable idea about what’s going on without much issue.
The Lord of the Rings. I had a teacher in fourth grade who realized that my struggle with books wasn’t with competence but rather with interest. She shared Tolkien with me and I was hooked.
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer is a Eldritch horror that book that is almost entirely original in its approach. It nails the feel of the genre without relying on any of the tropes.
The section in Authority by Jeff Vandermeer where Control discovers >!Whitby, hidden in the storage room.!<
It’s such a visceral moment. The distilled essence of that moment when you realize you aren’t alone when you absolutely should be.
White Noise by Don Delillo. I get that it being postmodern means that the crazy is being used for deconstruction, but damn if it wasn’t one of the weirdest books I’ve read. Enjoyable, but definitely one that requires close reading.