Jeff VanderMeer

Brief interview with Jeff VanderMeer, author of Veniss City. In my high school science fiction literature class, VanderMeer's novel was the most memorable reading assignment (although Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan is a better novel overall). After several years and expanding my knowledge of science fiction literature and film, I have a much better idea of what is going on in Veniss City, especially some of the less well-known literary allusions and homages in the dark tale that, to the writer's credit, tries something different and experimental while standing on the shoulders of giants (Bosch, Goya, Lovecraft, Dick, Dante, etc.). Gibson's classic novel is next on the reading list.