The Strange Bird: A Borne Story

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Jeff VanderMeer

The Strange Bird from New York Times bestselling novelist Jeff VanderMeer is a digital original that expands and weaves deeply into the world of his thorough marvel of a novel, Borne The Strange Bird is a new kind of creature, built in a laboratory she is part bird, part human, part many other things But now the lab in which she was created is under siege and the scientists have turned on their animal creations Flying through tunnels, dodging bullets, and changing her colors and patterning to avoid capture, the Strange Bird manages to escape.But she cannot just soar in peace above the earth The sky itself is full of wildlife that rejects her as one of their own, and also full of technology satellites and drones and other detritus of the human civilization below that has all but destroyed itself And the farther she flies, the deeper she finds herself in the orbit of the Company, a collapsed biotech firm that has populated the world with experiments both failed and successful that have outlived the corporation itself a pack of networked foxes, a giant predatory bear But of the many creatures she encounters with whom she bears some kind of kinship, it is the humans all of them now simply scrambling to survive who are the most insidious, who still see her as simply something to possess, to capture, to trade, to exploit Never to understand, never to welcome home.With The Strange Bird, Jeff VanderMeer has done than add another layer, a new chapter, to his celebrated novel Borne He has created a whole new perspective on the world inhabited by Rachel and Wick, the Magician, Mord, and Borne a view from above, of course, but also a view from deep inside the mind of a new kind of creature who will fight and suffer and live for the tenuous future of this world. Download The Strange Bird: A Borne Story – kino-fada.fr The Strange Bird is a story that takes place in the Borne universe during the same timeline as the original novel, but from the perspective of a different character called the Strange Bird Part human and part bird, VanderMeer s world gets a different perspective as the Strange Bird escapes her laboratory prison and learns about the world outside its walls.I don t want to give too much away about this story because it would lessen its impact, but I was definitely crying by the end I will say th The Strange Bird is a story that takes place in the Borne universe during the same timeline as the original novel, but from the perspective of a different character called the Strange Bird Part human and part bird, VanderMeer s world gets a different perspective as the Strange Bird escapes her laboratory prison and learns about the world outside its walls.I don t want to give too much away about this story because it would lessen its impact, but I was definitely crying by the end I will say that the Strange Bird encounters all of the characters from the original novel, and it s interesting to see that world from the perspective of a new character I was so invested in her explorations of the cruel new world outside The universe of Bor...I m not sure that I can adequately put into words how I feel about this story or the Borne world as a whole The word enveloped came to mind when I was adding a progress update here The life and the consciousness of The Strange Bird enveloped me I was able to s... What did she hope for To find a purpose, and for kindness, which had not yet been shown to her Where did she wish to come to rest A place she could call home, a place that was safe A place where there might be others of her kind.The Strange Bird has lived in a lab all her life, enduring experiments that may have invaded her manufactured body, but not her spirit Her resilience was due in part to a special bit of DNA in her unique make up and from something extra and very purposeful added to What did she hope for To find a purpose, a...The Strange Bird, is a laboratory made creature comprised of avian, human, and other generically enhanced bio form As a concept, the character is flawless inventive, emotionally complex, and loaded with geeked out gadgetry As the centerpiece to a plot driven by poetic like prose and nonsensical threads, it s a let down.Set in the same world as the post apocalyptic Borne, the novella would struggle to resonate with readers not familiar with its predecessor, even though the events span a timeli The Strange Bird, is a laboratory made creature comprised of avian, human, and other generically enhanced bio form As a concept, the character is flawless inventive, emotionally complex, and loaded with geeked out gadgetry As the centerpiece to a plot driven by poetic like prose and nonsensical threads, it s a let down.Set in the same world as the post apocalyptic Borne, the novella would struggle to resonate with readers not f...This was okay It was an interesting new perspective in the world of Borne It is very short and can be read in about 2 hours The Strange Bird is a piece of biotech, escaped from the lab of the Company I would not recommend reading it prior to reading Borne as it would not make much sense.I did enjoy seeing some of the old characters again, although there was no Borne who was my favorite character from the original book.I did guess very early on what the Strange Bird s purpose was, but I didn This was okay It was an interesting new perspective in the world of Borne It is very short ...Wow.I am blown away by how beautiful and atmospheric this was I truly felt the despair and it makes you venture into the madness with this bird seriously had left me feeling anxious multiple times throughout the book.This is a little side story to Jeff VanderMeer s story Borne We follow The Strange Bird in this novella however, past characters like The Magician and Wick show up as well I will say, I truly despise the Magician eventhan before, and absolutely love Wick When you read thi Wow.I am blown away by how beautiful and atmospheric this was I truly felt the despair and it makes you venture into the madness with this bird seriously had left me feeling anxious multiple times throughout the book.This is a little side story to Jeff VanderMeer s story Borne We follow The Strange Bird in this novella however, past c...Oh sure, go ahead and rip out my heart, Mr VanderMeer.4 5starsthis was a BEAUTIFUL little short story from the Borne universe but honestly it s pretty wonderful even on it s own This story is crude, a bit gruesome, but also wonderful much in the same way Borne was I ll never get enough of this world or VanderMeer s writing.More than 5 Stars Exquisite heart, exquisite prose A small masterpiece.A small miracle of light and joy and pain and, in the end, of love and life VanderMeer once again transports us to his dystopian world of Borne.Notes and quotes And even then she did not know that the sky was blue or what the sun was, because she had flown out into the cool night air and all her wonder resided in the points of light that blazed through the darkness above But then the joy of flying overtook her and she we More than 5 Stars Exquisite heart, exquisite prose A small masterpiece.A small miracle of light and joy and pain and, in the end, of love and life VanderMeer once again transports us to his dystopian world of Borne.Notes and quotes And even then she did not know that the sky was blue or what the sun was, bec...I wish this novella is a novel While I am glad to come back to Borne s world and VanderMeer s writing, I needthan just a sad story of a bird suffering over its biotech origin and the way most people treating it I needage...

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11 January 2017

Jeff VanderMeer