Borne

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Jeff VanderMeer: Borne (AudiobookFormat, 2017)

[sound recording] /, 12 pages

English language

Published Dec. 9, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-5047-7975-3
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OCLC Number:
965916794

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(3 reviews)

In a ruined city, Rachel, a scavenger, finds a small creature named "Borne" tangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic bear made by a biotech firm. She knows her lover, Wick, is keeping secrets about working there, so she searches his stuff and finds a journal titled "Mord." What is he hiding?

8 editions

reviewed Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Haunting and Inspring

Fantastic bit of worldbuilding and every bit as weird as I was hoping for. There is alot more fantastical elements to this story than Vandermeers previous books. This was a feature to me, while it may not be for others. Be warned though, this ride will be very pulpy and hard to stomach. The beauty is there, it just requires a greater toll.

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.

Subjects

  • Drug dealers
  • FICTION / Science Fiction / General
  • Ragpickers
  • Environmental aspects
  • Genetic engineering
  • Fiction
  • Interpersonal relations
  • FICTION / Fantasy / General
  • Refuse collectors
  • Biotechnology
  • Dystopias
  • FICTION / Literary