Los Angeles Times: ‘Annihilation’ author Jeff VanderMeer prepares for his ‘weird fiction’ to go Hollywood
There might be no contemporary writer operating on a weirder wavelength than Jeff VanderMeer. With his wife, the sci-fi and fantasy editor Ann VanderMeer, he compiled the fiction anthologies “The ...
‘Annihilation’ author Jeff VanderMeer prepares for his ‘weird fiction’ to go Hollywood
TAMPA — It can be difficult to describe the kind of fiction Jeff and Ann VanderMeer write, edit and publish. Called weird fiction, it's a mix of fantasy, science fiction and horror. And there seem to ...
Weird talk: Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, who recently published the critically acclaimed anthology, The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories and Best American Fantasy, will give a public ...
- involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound. 2. strange; unusual; peculiar: a weird costume.
Did you know? Shakespeare's Connection to Weird You may know weird as a generalized term describing something unusual, but this word also has older meanings that are more specific. Weird derives from the Old English noun wyrd, essentially meaning "fate."
WEIRD definition: 1. very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural: 2. very strange and unusual, unexpected…. Learn more.
“Weird” refers to something that is strange, unusual, or inexplicable. It’s often used to describe situations, events, or appearances that deviate from the norm.
weird (third-person singular simple present weirds, present participle weirding, simple past and past participle weirded) (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.