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Jeff Vandermeer
American Writer
Born: Jul 7, 1968
Fiction Sense Sometimes Work World You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
My dad is an entomologist and research chemist. That's why he was in Fiji, studying the rhinoceros beetle invasive species. Jeff Vandermeer
Research He Studying Chemist Beetle Rhinoceros Fiji Dad Species Why
I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc. Jeff Vandermeer
Try Potential Always Repetition Decaying Orbit Regard Etc Use Technique Alert
I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary. Jeff Vandermeer
Care Style Down Strip Entirely Take Take Care Prose Toward Always Story Necessary Lush
Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect. Jeff Vandermeer
Hope You Enough Visual Visual Image Head Effect Intended Precise Just Fiction Convey Viewer Film Image
So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine. Jeff Vandermeer
Roof Single Philosophies Magazine Rarely Opinions Many Differing
History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all. Jeff Vandermeer
History Consequences Too Dreaming Often Us Poorly Shown
My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently. Jeff Vandermeer
Work Art Strong Mother Own Sense Collaborate Books Visual See Someone My Own Having More Almost Like Learned Always Soundtrack Cover Artist Choose Differently
My parents were in the Peace Corps. Jeff Vandermeer
Peace Parents Corps Were Peace Corps
Every day, I get up, and I fill the bird feeders and put out fruit and other food for both the birds and any passing mammals. Is that pointless long-term? I have no idea. All I know is that on this day, in this moment, it makes a difference. Jeff Vandermeer
Food Day Fruit Every Day Bird Every Other Birds Out No Idea Both Pointless Put Idea Long-Term Know Makes Passing Up Mammals Get Any Difference Moment Fill
Trump lays bare a lot of things already wrong with our society. But he also accelerates the process of it becoming worse, when it could be getting better. Jeff Vandermeer
Better Society Our Worse Could Lays He Wrong Also Becoming Trump Lot Getting Getting Better Process Bare Things
In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.' Jeff Vandermeer
Truth Sense Our Way Distracting Over Been Condition Fictional Placing Us
I'm not a fan of fiction that's totally hopeless. Jeff Vandermeer
Hopeless Totally Fiction Fan
I'm a huge fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy films. Jeff Vandermeer
Science Films Horror Science Fiction Huge Huge Fan Fiction Fan Fantasy
'Borne,' in a weird way, even though it's a totally different universe, picks up where the 'Southern Reach Trilogy' leaves off, because it's post-apocalyptic. Jeff Vandermeer
Universe Way Though Trilogy Borne Totally Picks Weird Weird Way Reach Because Leaves Off Up Southern Where Different Even
South Florida, Central Florida, and North Florida could never be mistaken for each other. Each has its quirks and attractions. Jeff Vandermeer
Other Could Never Attractions Mistaken South South Florida North Central Each Florida
There are some beautiful creatures in the ocean that seem very alien at the same time. Jeff Vandermeer
Beautiful Time Alien Ocean Some Seem Very Same Same Time Creatures
Vladimir Nabokov liked to examine cruelty and the human condition. That didn't mean he was cruel; there's no evidence he kicked puppies just for the fun of it. Similarly, 'Black Mirror' likes to examine possible dystopias, but that doesn't mean the show is cynical enough to endorse them. Jeff Vandermeer
Black Mirror Cruelty Cynical Enough Kicked Evidence Possible Puppies Examine Similarly Cruel He Liked Likes Condition Endorse Human Just Human Condition Mean Them Show Fun
Heroes aren't always people who save others in the normal sense. Sometimes they're people who keep trying even when things seem impossible. Jeff Vandermeer
People Sometimes Impossible Heroes Sense Others Seem Always Normal Trying Who Even Keep Things Save

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