



the book- “The main thing for me is that I’m just an imperfect witness to the movie because, you know, we visited the set - the book is very different from the script - and then we saw a rough cut where I believe, for example, the bear scene wasn’t actually voiced by the actor. On the ending of Annihilation in the movie vs. He also has a handful of book recommendations, including Brodeck's Reportfor something “strange and surreal” and Vernon Subutex's offbeat Despentesas a “pretty amazing dissection of French society” - all of which he promises will reward readers.īelow are the Inverse Happy Hour editorial highlights: characters and pieces coming together,” he tells Inverse.ĭuring the Q&A, VanderMeer shares how Annihilation's visual motifs bear a similar quality to Alex Garland's newest show, Devs what the process was like for turning the Borne series into a show coming to AMC and the nocturnal cameras he has set up around his house to capture the wildlife creeping by in the dead of night. “I just wanted a rollicking kind of adventure that was fun but also plot-wise was probably a little more traditional or intricately plotted in terms of. He joins Inverse Happy Hour to do a special reading from his latest novel, Dead Astronauts(a part of his Borne series), and take us on a deep dive into his next epic fantasy, A Peculiar Peril, out July 7. Bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer is best known for the Southern Reach trilogy, which includes the award-winning first volume, Annihilation, later adapted to screen in what would become the must-watch sci-fi thriller of 2018.
