![]() Across its chapters, in keeping with its subject, extends a subsurface network of echoes, patterns and connections.” (p17) During the deep time voyage undertaken between those two remote points, the line about which the telling folds is the ever-moving present. It moves over its course from the dark matter formed at the universe’s birth to the nuclear features of an Anthropocene-to-come. “ Underland is a story of journeys into darkness, and descents made in search of knowledge. While you may find yourself drawn to particular chapters, Macfarlane seeks to identify patterns and make connections to enrich how people might move and think together across landscapes. ![]() Underland is a compilation of personal journeys into dark places where local guides share their knowledge about a specific place. Through concepts like ilira (the Inuit word for a sense of fear and awe, as subjective experience), Macfarlane explores the landscapes of forests and rivers, caverns and caves, and oceans and ice. ![]()
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