ILLUMINATIONS STORIES BY ALAN MOORE HC (C: 0-1-1) (10/12/2022)
ILLUMINATIONS STORIES BY ALAN MOORE HC (C: 0-1-1) (10/12/2022)
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ILLUMINATIONS STORIES BY ALAN MOORE HC (C: 0-1-1)
(W) Moore, Alan
BLOOMSBURY
StockID: 54730 SKU: AUG221275
From the unparalleled imagination of Alan Moore- author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta- eight stories full of wonder and strangeness- which take us to the fantastical underside of reality. In his first-ever short story collection- which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces- Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover-and in some cases even make and unmake-the various uncharted parts of existence. In 'A Hypothetical Lizard-' two concubines in a brothel for sorcerers fall in love- with tragic ramifications. In 'Not Even Legend-' a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of the otherworldly beings they seek to investigate. In 'Illuminations-' a nostalgic older man decides to visit a seaside resort from his youth and finds the past all too close at hand. And in the monumental novella 'What We Can Know about Thunderman-' which charts the surreal and Kafkaesque history of the comics industry over the last seventy-five years through several sometimes-naive and sometimes-maniacal people rising and falling on its career ladders- Moore reveals the dark- beating heart of the superhero business. From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to the four horsemen of the apocalypse to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang- Illuminations is exactly that-a series of bright- startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic.
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