I'm halfway through Appleseed by Matt Bell and it is becomingly increasingly mythic and increasingly weird. And I'm savoring every moment in its pages.
My best guess is that the connection to its three story lines will eventually emerge. In the meantime, however, I find echoes and elements that remind me of other novels. Mind you, this book is definitely its own creature, but it may share some genetic material of some sort with the following works (all of which I highly recommend).
Autobiography of Red (1998) by Anne Carson
Tongkat/Tonguecat (1999) by Peter Verhelst
Blueprints of the Afterlife (2012) by Ryan Boudinot
Borne (2017) by Jeff VanderMeer
Metamorphica (2018) by Zachary Mason
Circe (2018) by Madeline Miller
Skyward Inn (2021) by Aliya Whiteley
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