Dead Astronauts A Novel
Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer is a novel published by Picador on December 1, 2020, featuring 336 pages in English. This edition presents a narrative set in a nameless City where the powerful Company exerts its influence, intertwining the lives of humans and other beings in both terrifying and miraculous ways. The story explores themes of existence and conflict, focusing on the stakes involved in the fate of Earth and its alternate realities.
Readers will encounter a diverse cast of characters, including a messianic blue fox on a mysterious mission, a homeless woman guided by a haunting demon, and a giant fish with a forgotten past. The narrative follows three rebels engaged in a relentless struggle against the corporation, alongside a madman lost in his memories and haunted by an invisible monster. This blend of literary, fantasy, and dystopian elements invites exploration of complex themes within a richly imagined world.
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Jeff VanderMeer’s Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth—all the Earths.
A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden.
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