There are a few paragraphs of exposition but done tastefully enough that they don’t feel like info-dumps. This was done with a surgical touch, not a hammer. One of the things that grounds the book a bit is its ‘Ten seconds in the future’ vibe and the very solidly likely climate disaster expressed in mostly subtle world-building. As an unofficial vanguard of the new weird his is always an important voice even if the work is more grounded than we are used to. Don’t misunderstand me it is plenty weird.
That all being said despite the title Hummingbird Salamander is Vandermeer’s most commercial and approachable book yet. While Annihilation had the benefit of a movie starring Natalie Portman, it is cool that an author known for thoughtful surreal politically aware eco-science fiction has a following. One of the coolest things about the popularity of Jeff Vandermeer is that he built a readership despite writing books as strange as the Southern Reach trilogy and last year’s Dead Astronauts. Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff Vandermeer
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