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Borne

Borne

A Novel

by Jeff Vandermeer

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appears in Environment, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, PopSugar, Financial Times, Chicago Review of Books, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Thrillist, Book Riot, National Post (Canada), Kirkus and Publishers Weekly ?Am I a person? Borne asked me. ?Yes, you are a person,? I told him. ?But like a person, you can be ...

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appears in Environment, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

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