Veniss Underground in Poland: Google Says “Hallucinogens Not Needed”
Veniss Underground comes out in Poland in July, apparently–looks like a lovely edition! I believe that Shriek: An Afterword comes out later, if I am remembering correctly what my agent told me. Here’s some of the Google translation of the description from that page, just to show you how Google can give you the gist but still be silly. Alas, I don’t know Polish. Do hope to visit in the next year or two.
“The underground venisse to dark beauty and a true story koszmarna, winning fantastic land assault, which transforms in a completely new quality. Jeff VanderMeer has not wasted time to create a conventional, coherent futuristic world, instead of its characters are simple and almost mitologiczną live in the countryside, many of which owe both Hieronimowi Boschowi and Salvadorowi Dali, as well as SF authors such as JG Ballard and Simon ings. Rozgrywające the world outside the disaster progressed side by side with a deep reflection and discovery by the protagonists themselves. Are also full of intense, scattered pages of the novel at all moments of beauty and horror, alive wyjętych directly from the bad dream.
Warning: Readers’ underworld venisse discourages the adoption during the reading of hallucinogens. Will not be needed. And well. ”
June 10, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Nice-looking cover, Jeff. Who is the artist?
Bob
June 10, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Don’t know. I don’t have much contact with the Polish and Russian publishers. No idea why those two in particular. I have frequent contact with other foreign publishers.
June 10, 2009 at 5:37 pm
‘winning fantastic land assault, which transforms in a completely new quality’ – sweet.
June 11, 2009 at 4:34 am
Actually, we don’t know who are the authors (or author) of most of the covers published in this series. I remember Ian R. McLeod asking the same question last year in Czech Republic.
June 11, 2009 at 6:31 am
love the warning…..does that mean i have to do a few ’shrooms to finish reading veniss underground?
peace and love…..
June 11, 2009 at 7:02 am
Hey, Alex. That’s interesting.
June 13, 2009 at 1:19 pm
The author of the cover is Tomasz Maroński.
Here are two links: his wedsite and his digart.
http://maronski.art.pl/
http://maronski.digart.pl/digarty/
He made covers for lots of Polish fantasy books. “And well” ;)
June 13, 2009 at 2:01 pm
The author of the cover is Tomasz Maroński http://maronski.digart.pl/
June 15, 2009 at 10:57 am
btw. Jeff, Maronski also created a cover for the Polish edition of your City of Saints and Madmen.
http://solarisnet.pl/theme/img/product/fantastyka/sf_f/miasto_szalencow_i_swietych/vandermeer-nowy-empik.jpg
June 15, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Btw, Maroński made also a cover for the Polish version of your City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff. Here’s the link: http://solarisnet.pl/theme/img/product/fantastyka/sf_f/miasto_szalencow_i_swietych/vandermeer-nowy-empik.jpg
June 15, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Btw, Maroński made also a cover for the Polish version of your City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff. I would add the link for those interested, but it seems that my message is blocked then.