The Warren
A Novel
Tor/Forge · Print & ebook · September 20, 2016
A human faces off against a thinks-he's-human in the ultimate fight for survival in The Warren, a novella from Brian Evenson.
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- Who it’s for
- A survival-driven science-fiction novella turns questions of identity and humanity into uneasy momentum.
- Themes
- Survival, Uncertain identity, Humanity
- Genres
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Horror, Dystopian
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A human faces off against a thinks-he's-human in the ultimate fight for survival in The Warren, a novella from Brian Evenson. X doesn’t have a name. He thought he had one—or many—but that might be the result of the failing memories of the personalities imprinted within him. Or maybe he really is called X. He’s also not as human as he believes himself to be.
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But when he discovers the existence of another—above ground, outside the protection of the Warren—X must learn what it means to be human, or face the destruction of their two species.
Human, Uncertain
A survival-driven science-fiction novella turns questions of identity and humanity into uneasy momentum.
Come here for
- A strange contest over what counts as human
- Survival stakes with an identity crisis at the center
Expect
- A novella-length narrative
- Unsettling uncertainty around memory and personhood
Where it sits
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 74% |
|---|---|
| Dystopian | 66% |
| Horror | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Horror
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Alien Contact
- Authors
- Brian Evenson
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- September 20, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Survival · Uncertain identity · Humanity
- Reading lane
- Horror