9th Ave: Jeff VanderMeer Absolution Paperback Launch with Colin Winnette

Join us on Tuesday, October 21 as we welcome Jeff VanderMeer back to Green Apple Books on the Park for the paperback launch of Absolution with Colin Winnette at 9th Ave!
This event will consist of an author talk, conversation, and audience Q+A, followed by a signing line.

Doors 6:30pm
Event Start 7:00pm
1231 9th Ave location (Inner Sunset)

This is a ticketed event.
Bundled ticket includes a copy of Absolution and TBD Green Apple swag!
Free, entry-only tickets available while supplies last!

Seating is first come, first serve. Standing room will be available after seats are fulled.

About Absolution
Absolution opens decades before Area X forms, with a science expedition whose mysterious end suggests terrifying consequences for the future—and marks the Forgotten Coast as a high priority for Central, the shadowy federal agency that monitors extraordinary threats.

Many years later, the Forgotten Coast files wind up in the hands of a washed-up Central operative, Old Jim. He starts pulling a thread that reveals a long, troubling record of government agents meddling with forces they clearly cannot comprehend.

Old Jim’s investigation culminates in the first Central expedition into what has now been labeled Area X. A border has come down, and a full team has been assembled to find Area X’s “off switch” somewhere in the volatile, dangerous terrain that has defied all attempts to be explored, mapped, or controlled.

Absolution converges the past, present, and future in unnerving, ecstatic, and mind-bending ways. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.

About Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer is the New York Times bestselling author of Hummingbird Salamander, the Borne novels, the Southern Reach series, the Ambergris trilogy, and Veniss Underground. He writes widely about issues relating to climate change and the environment.

About Colin Winnette
Colin Winnette is a writer from Denton, Texas. His forthcoming books include Wonderkin (Putnam 2027) and Dazed and Confused (Bloomsbury 2026). His last novel (Soft Skull 2023) was a Finalist for the 2024 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, a New York Times "Editor's Choice”, one of the New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023”, and was called “The First Great Novel About Virtual Reality” by The Nation.

FAQs

• Copies will be available upon entry to the event.
• Seating will be first come, first serve. Priority seating will be given to wheelchair users and those with mobility devices and other attendees with disabilities. Standing room will be available after seats fill. See "Accessibility" for more details.
• Both authors will sign books after the event.
• This is an in-person, ticketed event. No refunds will be given after the event date for those unable to attend. No refunds will be given to those who pick up their book but are unable to attend the event.
• If for whatever reason you are unable to attend but would still like your copy of the book, books will be available for pick up at 1231 9th Ave after the event at no extra charge. If you would like your book shipped, additional charges will apply.
• To attend the event, you must RSVP through this Eventbrite page. Purchase of the paperback of Absolution made through the bookstore website does not grant entry to the event.
• Additional copies of Absolution as well as other work by both VanderMeer and Winnette will be available for purchase at the event.
• We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Accessibility

• This event will be held on the ground floor, with no stairs between the entry and the event area.
• If you are disabled and require a reserved seat, please answer the questions prompts at check out so we can best accommodate you. Any further questions can be directed to ZXZlbnRzIHwgZ3JlZW5hcHBsZWJvb2tzICEgY29t.
• We can accommodate requests for ASL interpretation made by Tuesday, Sep. 30, but we cannot guarantee interpreters availability for requests made after this date. If you are purchasing your ticket after Sep. 30, 2025 and require ASL interpretation, please email ZXZlbnRzIHwgZ3JlZW5hcHBsZWJvb2tzICEgY29t and we will do our best to make this event accessible for you.
  
  

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