On a far-future Earth, where vast deserts - ecological disaster areas - surround walled city-states slowly losing their grip on advanced technology, the mysterious Quin manipulates biological engineering to create sentient species as both toys and manual labour. When Nicholas, a failed holo artist, decides to visit Quin, he - along with his programmer sister Nicola and her former lover, Shadrach - will discover just how dangerous it is to know Quin -- in the place known as Veniss Underground. 'A magnificently ...
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On a far-future Earth, where vast deserts - ecological disaster areas - surround walled city-states slowly losing their grip on advanced technology, the mysterious Quin manipulates biological engineering to create sentient species as both toys and manual labour. When Nicholas, a failed holo artist, decides to visit Quin, he - along with his programmer sister Nicola and her former lover, Shadrach - will discover just how dangerous it is to know Quin -- in the place known as Veniss Underground. 'A magnificently phantasmagoric account of an epic journey of discovery. It is rare to find such intense visual imagery combined with such a fast-paced and far-reaching narrative, and the alloy is as hectically exciting as it is luminously brilliant' Brian Stableford 'A dark, phantasmagoric tale . that echoes Dante's Divine Comedy, the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and the landscapes of Hieronymus Bosch' Publishers Weekly
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Add this copy of Veniss Underground to cart. $37.51, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Tor Books.
Jeff Vandermeer is an interesting author to say the least. If you've had the opportunity to read City of Saints and Madmen or Shriek: An Afterword, you know exactly what I mean. His style is easy to read and uses just enough description to show you what he sees but also to allow you to make it your own vision at the same time. In Veniss Underground, Vandermeer takes us to the city of Veniss in a futuristic, post-industrialized world where people live both above and below ground. These two societies are so very separate, and yet the above ground society relies upon those living below ground to keep it going. The characters are intriguing - especially the interweaving of their individual and joined fates/journeys. For any fan of Science Fiction or the Futuristic Novel, this novel (and the short stories that accompany it) are well worth at least a glance.
