Questions About The Strange Bird: A Borne Story (Borne, #1.5)

by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author)

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Do you need to have read Borne for Strange Bird to make sense?

H. I think the experience is better to go from Borne to Strange Bird, because:
-There are tons of spoilers for Borne in this novella but no spoilers for …moreI think the experience is better to go from Borne to Strange Bird, because:
-There are tons of spoilers for Borne in this novella but no spoilers for this novella in Borne
-Borne gives you more context for where the creature "the Strange Bird" comes from and what, exactly, she is.
-There's something shown to the reader casually in The Strange Bird that actually packed a huge punch in Borne (a plot twist in Borne, but just regular plot in The Strange Bird). Knowing the plot twist before reading Borne will deflate a bit of the story(less)

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So does this only exist in Kindle form? Or is there any other way of reading it?

Mary There's a print version. I purchased from Prairie Lights in Iowa City, IA.…moreThere's a print version. I purchased from Prairie Lights in Iowa City, IA.(less)

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This is present in the Kindle store but marked as "Currently Unavailable". Does anybody know why this is, seeing as it's listed as having been released on August 1st?

Noomninam You're in Australia, it seems, and are probably encountering the bizarre, inscrutable boundary rules that apply, seemingly haphazardly, to publishing.…moreYou're in Australia, it seems, and are probably encountering the bizarre, inscrutable boundary rules that apply, seemingly haphazardly, to publishing. (less)

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