Clarion Event with Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

Our series of summer writing discussions with the Clarion Instructors ends on Wednesday, July 28, at 7:00 PM, with a double-feature of Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, fresh off their appearance as Guests of Comic-Con International. Hugo Award -winner Ann has edited bookks like The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues (with Jeff) and is the fiction editor for Weird Tales. World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff has co-edited books with Ann, and published highly acclaimed novels like Finch, as well as his writing life publication, Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st Century Writer. If publishing karma aligns, his new collection, The Third Bear, will be available as well.

The Third Bear (Paperback)

By Jeff VanderMeer

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9781892391988
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tachyon Publications, 7/2010

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The award-winning short fictions in this collection highlight the voice of an inventive contemporary fantasist who has been compared by critics to Borges, Nabokov, and Kafka. In addition to highlights such as “The Situation,” in which a beleaguered office worker creates a child-swallowing manta ray to be used for educational purposes and “Errata,” which follows an oddly familiar writer who has marshaled a penguin, a shaman, and two pearl-handled pistols with which to plot the end of the world, this volume contains two never-before-published stories. Chimerical and hypnotic, this compilation leads readers through the postmodern into what is emerging into a new literature of the imagination.

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The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues (Paperback)

By Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

$11.95

ISBN-13: 9781892391926
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tachyon Publications, 2/2010

Whimsically illustrated, this bite-sized bestiary is the deciding vote on which fantastical creatures are kosher. Embarking on an undomesticated romp from A to Z, the ritual cleanliness of E.T., hobbits, Mongolian Death Worms, and the elusive chupacabra are discussed. This hilarious kashrut is the offspring of a debate that began on Jeff Vandermeer’s blog, between his alter-ego, Evil Monkey, and his editor/wife. Addressing questions such as Is a vegetable-lamb a vegetable or a lamb? Does licking the Pope make you trayf? What exactly is a Pollo Maligno? and Is Sasquatch roast stringy? this irreverent abecedary is a perfect gift for anyone seeking to broaden their imaginary culinary experiences guilt-free. The guide also features Duff Goldman of the popular series Ace of Cakes.

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