Benjamin Bauer’s Reviews > Ambergris > Status Update

Finished City of Saints and Madmen. VanderMeer seems an obvious fan of Harrison's Viriconium tales. He does a fair job of straddling humour, weirdness, and even horror a la Lovecraft or Bierce. I think the standout story for me had to be the Early History of Ambergris. The Strange Case of X felt beholden to Chris Priest's The Affirmation and had a predictable end.