Beautiful
5 stars
A very beautiful post apocalyptic short novel that creates the most amazing surreal images in ones mind while reading.
Paperback, 109 pages
Published Feb. 27, 2018 by MCD x FSG Originals.
The Strange Bird: A Borne Story
Hauntingly Beautiful
5 stars
If you didn't like the one with plants, this one distills the beauty and horror into a streamlined experience. If you did like the plant, then here's more texture and perspective woven into the world for your enjoyment.
Addon after completing the series, hopefully this helps someone know what they're getting into: I would say Borne is great as a standalone and doesn't need any of the other two books. Strange Bird adds a heart breaking and beautiful layer of nuance to the world and makes for a great Duology. Dead Astronauts does for me what Strange Bird did, while requiring a huge cognitive lift to really enjoy.
If you didn't like the one with plants, this one distills the beauty and horror into a streamlined experience. If you did like the plant, then here's more texture and perspective woven into the world for your enjoyment.
Addon after completing the series, hopefully this helps someone know what they're getting into: I would say Borne is great as a standalone and doesn't need any of the other two books. Strange Bird adds a heart breaking and beautiful layer of nuance to the world and makes for a great Duology. Dead Astronauts does for me what Strange Bird did, while requiring a huge cognitive lift to really enjoy.
charli reviewed The Strange Bird: A Borne Story by Jeff VanderMeer
beautiful and strange
5 stars
like the best of VanderMeer's work, i'll need to revisit this one. highly recommend reading Borne first, as well as Dead Astronauts, but i do think this could stand on its own.
like the best of VanderMeer's work, i'll need to revisit this one. highly recommend reading Borne first, as well as Dead Astronauts, but i do think this could stand on its own.
Review of 'The Strange Bird: A Borne Story' on 'Goodreads'
A short story to complement Borne, The Strange Bird is set in the same biotechnological dystopia. It not only looks at the Borne plot from another angle, but also manages to provide an almost phenomenological account of life as a weird sentient piece of biotechnology.
The short form fits well with VanderMeer's writing, as his complicated ideas are forced into clarity. I enjoyed The Strange Bird more than Borne, but would still recommend reading the latter first.
A short story to complement Borne, The Strange Bird is set in the same biotechnological dystopia. It not only looks at the Borne plot from another angle, but also manages to provide an almost phenomenological account of life as a weird sentient piece of biotechnology.
The short form fits well with VanderMeer's writing, as his complicated ideas are forced into clarity. I enjoyed The Strange Bird more than Borne, but would still recommend reading the latter first.
