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    This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original
    This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original
    This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original
    Audiobook1 hour

    This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original

    Written by Jeff VanderMeer

    Narrated by Vikas Adam

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    An alien invasion comes to one man’s doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth, in this Tor.com Original science fiction tale from Jeff VanderMeer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateAug 27, 2019
    ISBN9781250624451
    This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original
    Author

    Jeff VanderMeer

    Jeff VanderMeer is an award-winning novelist and editor. His fiction has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in the Library of America’s American Fantastic Tales and in multiple year’s-best anthologies. He writes non-fiction for the Washington Post, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian, among others. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife.

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    • 5/5
      This is exactly the type of weird, surreal story I've come to expect from Jeff VanderMeer. The writing was absolutely beautiful, the imagery was vivid and visceral, and the story was bizarre but intriguing. The narration was excellent. It was a quick, strange listen and the narrator really brought the creatures to life.

      5 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Today, I decided to listen to an audiobook while working. The noise makes it easier to focus on small details, and I get to pack some new stuff into my noggin as I go. I really wanted science fiction or fantasy, and Scribd suggested Jeff VanderMeer’s “This World is Full of Monsters”.

      I would describe this work with both genres and neither.

      “This World is Full of Monsters” is a powerful, metaphysical deep dive into the psyche of a writer building (more like journeying) an entire new life for his own creation. It’s strange, it’s intense, and it’s wildly complex. It’s visceral in a way that has to be experienced to be understood.

      This is the first time I’ve fully seen myself in another writer’s work, and I found the way to best understand is to fall into the narrative the way that I would when writing my own. It was refreshing to read in ways that my mind already wants to work. It may be a weird one for some, but this writing hit me on a completely new level.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Not sure what to say about this. It was really weird.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Strange, yet resonant. All writers should read/listen to this book at least once. Beautiful, lyrical prose and a winding, mystifying metaphor. Certainly not what I was expecting, even though I had no expectation - beyond my understanding VanderMeer is known for creating the bizarre - as I'd not read any Jeff VanderMeer before.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      What in the world did I just listen too? Too surreal for my brain.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Fascinating and different, an unusual story that is otherworldly, creative, and bizzare. The style wasn’t appealing as I didn’t understand what was happening at first, so bizarre, then I understood more. Glad I pressed on, but this book won’t be a bestseller due to its oddity..

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This was like a vivid dream where all the connecting details fade when you wake up, but the imagery remains. There are some haunting, melancholy visuals here, tied together in the evolution of the human experience. I'm not totally sure what I just read... but i think that's ok. It's a short, chaotic journey that gives off vibes from "the house on the borderland" as well as more contemporary horror.
    • 1/5
      First person narrative that felt like a high school creative writing assignment gone wrong. Couldn't finish the first chapter.
    • 4/5
      The story was Different. Strange. Absurd but Beautiful. Loved the Narration.
    • 5/5
      I find it hard to find an author who so easily pulls me into the abstract world they created and is able to keep me there for the entire duration. Jeff VanderMeer did that with this. Highly recommend a listen or read
    • 1/5
      Crap. Should not be read during a pandemic. Very blech.
    • 5/5
      Fantastically bizarre and captivating narrative right at home in the strange southern reach universe. Beautifully written and narrated. If you liked the Southern Reach Trilogy, this is definitely for you!