Illuminations: Stories by Alan Moore (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Illuminations by Alan Moore NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICE From New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore-one of the most influential writers in the history of comics-"a dynamite story collection" (The New York Times Book Review) which takes us to the fantastical underside of reality. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICEFrom New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore-one of the most influential writers in the history of comics-"a dynamite story collection" (The New York Times Book Review) which takes us to the fantastical underside of reality. In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, 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 of fantastical specialists 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 industrys major players over the last seventy-five years, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business. From ghosts and otherworldly creatures 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. Author Biography Alan Moore is an English writer widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include From Hell, Lost Girls and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. He is also the author of the bestselling Jerusalem. He was born in Northampton, and has lived there ever since. Review "Mr. Moores writing is as brilliant as ever-from dizzying wordplay in scene-setting detail to cuttingly succinct summaries . . . As for the stories themselves, there is no shortage of wild invention . . . Fans of Mr. Moore in all his incarnations will love this collection." --Wall Street Journal "One of the most significant fiction writers in English . . . Moores influence can be felt everywhere-in our literature, on our screens, in our politics." --Guardian "His bighearted passion for his people . . . and the whole monstrous endeavor of the human condition is infectious. Im not sure theres a God, but I thank Her for Alan Moore." --Entertainment Weekly "Hilarious . . . [Moore] deconstructs the industry that sells superheroes by using its own myths against it . . . The collection is really good." --Slate ""Illuminations is a fascinating book . . . from the mind of one of the most celebrated comic book writers in the English language . . . youre in for a wild ride, from start to finish."" --Alex Kingsley, Ancillary Review of Books "Legendary graphic novelist Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and many others) burnishes his reputation in his first prose collection, which features nine career-spanning tales. The standout short novel "What We Can Know About Thunderman" is a scathing take on the American comic book industry and its impact on popular culture and politics, and his subversive talent is equally on display in shorter tales. This brilliant volume dazzles at every turn." --Publishers Weekly "Moores dark humor and expert twists are on full display in these fictions. Fans of dark fantasy and dark humor will enjoy this collection from one of fantasys greats." --Booklist "I was glued to the pages just like when I first read Moores Miracleman or Swamp Thing as a pasty adolescent. Moore is a chameleon, a mimic, and a magician, both literally and figuratively." --Book and Film Globe, a Best Book of 2022 "The stories found in his new collection Illuminations [has] a range of styles on display encompassing haunted memory pieces and formally inventive folk horror. The short novel "What We Can Know About Thunderman" finds Moore drawing on his background in comics and unearthing disquieting histories, eventually winding up at a jaw-dropping place." --Inside Hook, a Best Book of 2022 "[This] fiction showcases Moores patented virtues: spirituality blended with worldliness; transgressiveness mixed with honor for traditions and the classics; a maximalist approach to style and plot; and a prose thats sometimes recondite but always assimilable, asking the reader to be a full partner." --Locus Magazine "Burn[s] with Moores soaring intelligence and riotous humanity . . . Illuminations, Moores first collection of short fiction, finds the writer working on a smaller scale but still swinging for the firmament . . . the book showcases all of Moores strengths as a fantasist . . . Moore has written both a dynamite story collection and a dynamite monster manual . . . Moores failures are few, his radiances many . . . Remarkable." --Junot Diaz, The New York Times Book Review "An indispensable and hilarious tome of Alan Moores usual cerebral fare, Illuminations shines as a worthy exhibition of storytelling by one of the worlds finest writers." --Screen Rant "A prolific writer with a healthy sense of the absurd. This short story collection spans 40 years, and yes, does include a satirical history of the comics business. Readers may come for that one, but stay for tales of concubines, extradimensional beings, and aging." --Superhero Hype, a Best Book of 2022 "Clever and vivid." --Kirkus Reviews "The Shakespeare of the comic book . . . His prose fiction thrums with the zest of somebody who feels newly untrammelled . . . conveying the exhilarating sense of words rushing to catch up with the authors never-ending stream of ingenious ideas." --The Daily Telegraph "Moore makes the parochial universal, the mundane sublime and the temporal never-ending." --Financial Times "One of the great fiction minds of his generation." --Rolling Stone "Moores prose is rich and complicated . . . Once you slip into the rhythm of it, it is also poetic, insightful, and beautiful." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Lovers of fantasy stories will love unwrapping Illuminations by Alan Moore, a collection of short-stories with an underlying theme of comics and the industry. Perfect for the young gamer or comix reader." --Terri Schlichenmeyer, Macro Eagle "Its almost impossible to deny that [Moore] is among the finest craftsmen most of us can name." --The Comics Journal Review Quote " Illuminations is a wonderful collection, brilliant and often moving. A few are stories Ive loved for years (in one case, for decades), some were new to me, often managing to be both mind-expanding and cosmic while utterly rooted in our urban reality, written in language that coruscates, concatenates and glitters. But the short stories in this book also turn out to be a sort of camouflage, or a frame, for What We Can Know About Thunderman, a short novel thats a scabrous, monstrous, often hilarious, unmasking and reinvention of the people who made the comics, and the lives destroyed by the four colour funnies. Its Alan Moores Guernica, a time-hopping ontological Imaginary Story that refuses to leave your head after youve read it. " -- Neil Gaiman, author of AMERICAN GODS and NORSE MYTHOLOGY "His bighearted passion for his people . . . and the whole monstrous endeavor of the human condition is infectious. Im not sure theres a God, but I thank Her for Alan Moore." -- Entertainment Weekly "Moore makes the parochial universal, the mundane sublime and the temporal never-ending." -- Financial Times "One of the great fiction minds of his generation." -- Rolling Stone "Moores prose is rich and complicated . . . Once you slip into the rhythm of it, it is also poetic, insightful, and beautiful." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "One of the most significant fiction writers in English . . . Moores influence can be felt everywhere-in our literature, on our screens, in our politics." -- Guardian "The question of whether hes a fountain of imagination or just bats has never arisen: Hes both, and his ability to see familiar ideas from an alien perspective is one of his best tricks." -- Slate Details ISBN1635578809 Author Alan Moore Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1635578809 ISBN-13 9781635578805 Format Hardcover Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date 2022-10-11 Pages 464 Subtitle Stories DEWEY 823.92 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:157295743;

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