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SUMMARY:Author Jeff VanderMeer
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DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR AN EVENING WITH THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JEFF VAND
 ERMEER!.\nhttps://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6881594
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for an evening with Jeff VanderMee
 r\, the award-winning author of<em> Annihilation</em> and <em>Borne</em>!<
 /p>\n<p>Jeff VanderMeer hails originally from Pennsylvania but spent much 
 of his formative years in the Fuji Islands\, where his parents worked for 
 the Peace Crops. He later relocated to Gainesville\, Florida\, and then at
 tended college at Florida State University. In the late 80s\, while still 
 a high school student\, VanderMeer began writing for small-press magazines
  and self-publishing his own stories. Considered an exciting new voice in 
 &ldquo\;Weird Fiction&rdquo\;\, VanderMeer achieved widespread acclaim wit
 h his Southern Reach trilogy\, the first of which\, Annihilation\, won the
  Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards for best novel\, and in 2018 was adapte
 d into a major motion picture directed by Alex Garland\, starring Natalie 
 Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh.</p>\n<p>VanderMeer&rsquo\;s most recent 
 cycle of fiction&mdash\;<em>Borne\, The Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts</
 em>&mdash\;demonstrates what the author does best: creating mysterious and
  perilous worlds where nature and technology run amok\, and then populatin
 g these unstable ecosystems with compassionately realized characters who\,
  regardless of how vibrantly alien or monstrous as they may seem\, all yea
 rn to understand what it means to be that elusive quality we call &ldquo\;
 human&rdquo\;.</p>\n<p>VanderMeer resides in Tallahassee\, and\, alongside
  his own fiction\, is a frequent editor of science fiction and horror anth
 ologies\, as well as a contributor to the likes of The New York Times\, th
 e Guardian\, Vulture\, Esquire.com\, and The Los Angeles Times.â€
 ¯</p>\n<p>Doors at 6:30 pm\, event begins at 7:00 pm.</p>\n<p>This event 
 is FREE and open to the public\, followed by a Q&amp\;A and book signing.<
 /p>\n<p><strong>Reserve your seat today for a chance to win a signed book 
 by VanderMeer!</strong></p>\n<p>This event will be streamed live. For more
  information about this event and others\, Like us on Facebook and follow 
 us @undrmtn on Instagram and Twitter.</p>\n<p>Join us Under the Mountain f
 or exclusive horror author events\, chilling movie screenings\, and many m
 ore macabre things to come.</p>\n<p>Under the Mountain can be reached at u
 ndrmtn@gmail.com</p>\nhttps://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6881594
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