2026-10-19 18:09 UTC
The Southern Reach trilogy isn’t given enough credit. Vander Meer does an amazing job explaining the unexplainable and his prose is pretty fucking beautiful, despite its modernity.
House of Leaves, which I’m in the middle of right now, is an all-consuming void and occupies my mind pretty much constantly. Which is cool, given the subject matter.
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@mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2026-10-19 18:37
I’ve been trying to get so many people to read Southern Reach Trilogy. It’s a fantastic slow burn that doesn’t fill in too much and let’s you think on it. I’ve actually gotten a friend to read House of Leaves before she’s been willing to look at Southern Reach though. I have no idea what magic words I’m missing to sell it better. Oh, also, if you enjoy House of Leaves you should check out Siderius Plug’s Immortality in Ninety-nine Endnotes I’ve heard good and similar things (though obviously much shorter and more hands on being a solo ttrpg). It’s sitting on my stairs (where my books to read lay since wife filled our bookshelf) as my next “read”.