LAUNCH EVENT: Jeff VanderMeer in-conversation w/ Mark Mustian w/ ABSOLUTION
Schedule
Mon Oct 21 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
200 S Duval St, Tallahassee, FL 32301-1738, United States | Tallahassee, FL
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The wait is over! We are so excited to host Jeff VanderMeer in conversation with Mark Mustian for the release of Absolution on October 21st at 7:00 PM! Absolution is one of the year’s most anticipated novels, according to TIME, the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, Goodreads, Literary Hub, and Kirkus, among others. Esquire’s October book club selection.
*The single ticket includes 1 seat and 1 signed book. The couples ticket includes 2 seats and 1 signed book. These are virtual tickets.*
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About the Book:
The surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series—and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.
When the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature.
And yet for all this, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast—before Area X was called Area X—had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after Acceptance? How crazy would they seem?
Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, Absolution is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. There are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.
About Jeff VanderMeer:
Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts); and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Paramount. He has spoken at MIT, Columbia, Yale, and Vanderbilt, and gave the 2024 John Hersey Memorial Address at the Key West Literary Seminar. Environmental nonfiction by VanderMeer has appeared in Time, The Nation, Current Affairs, and Esquire, among others. VanderMeer founded the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group nonprofit in 2023.
About Mark Mustian:
Mark Mustian is an author, attorney and former elected official, and the founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida. He has served on the National Policy Council for AARP, the Board of Directors of the Florida League of Cities and co-hosted a public television show about fiction. He lives in Florida and Michigan.
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Where is it happening?
200 S Duval St, Tallahassee, FL 32301-1738, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
