In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Mira Grant's Overgrowth, a sci-fi horror mash-up from the Hugo and Nebula Award winner. In its review, PW calls it "a lush world full of cannibalistic plants."
Here's how the book came together:
Mira Grant
“When I was three years old, I got lost in the woods behind my grandparents’ house. According to my mother, when I came out some hours later, I informed her that the aliens had taken her real baby, but it was all right, because I was here now. I have spent my life since then warning people about the approaching armada, and thought it was finally time to fictionalize it.”
Lee Harris
“This is my 20th book working with Seanan McGuire, who writes her darkest fiction as Mira Grant. We’ve come to know each other well over the years, and I trust her vision implicitly. Overgrowth is a book that has changed a lot since I first saw it a number of years ago. Seanan always knew what she wanted this story to be, and it has been a genuine delight and privilege to watch it evolve into the brilliant, disturbing novel you see before you.”
Esther Kim
“The cover emerged from a concept of Earth overrun by plants, aiming to illustrate an impending verdant takeover. I developed this vision with a claw-like plant holding a small Earth to evoke a sense of ominous dominance. Our collaboration with artist Chris Gibbs was instrumental in adjusting Earth’s positioning from a larger, orb-like depiction to a smaller, more vulnerable figure under siege by advancing plants.”
