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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland And Through the Looking-glassby Lewis CarrollISBN 1400307538 (1-4003-0753-8)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland And Through the Looking-glass'Book summary:"Curiouser and Curiouser," cried Alice. In this Wonderland adventure, Alice attempts to make sense of a nonsensical world, along the way meeting some of the most intriguing characters, including the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
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American Sorrowsby Jay Lake, James Van PeltISBN 0975590308 (0-9755903-0-8)
Softcover, Wheatland Pr
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Animal Farmby Bill WillinghamISBN 140120077X (1-4012-0077-X)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Collecting FABLES #6-10, the second story arc of the fan-favorite, critically acclaimed VERTIGO series. Travel to upstate New York, where the non-human Fable characters have found refuge on a farm, miles from mankind. But all is not well on the farm and a conspiracy to free them from the shackles of their perceived imprisonment may lead to a war that could wrest control of the Fables community away from Snow White. Starring Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Plus, a sketchbook section featuring art by Willingham, Buckingham and Jean. [via]
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Ascentby Richard PiniISBN 0936861436 (0-936861-43-6)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ascent'Book summary:Continuing the award - winning saga of EllfQuest....ASCENT...The palace of the High Ones has been destroyed... Of the legendary star - faring vessel of the original elves all that remain are countless crystal shards --fragments now bound up within the Citadel of the rapacious human warlord Grohmul Djun . At the Djun's side stands Winnowill , with dark schemes of her own . And hidden deep within the labyrinthine corridors of the Citadel mad Two - Edge watches all , and waits..... [via]
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Batmanby Alan MooreISBN 0930289455 (0-930289-45-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman'Book summary:The Killing Joke, one of my favorite Batman stories ever, stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon's daughter in the spine. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore. The art by Brian Bolland is so appealing that his depiction of the Joker became a standard and was imitated by many artists to follow. [via]
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Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Againby Frank MillerISBN 0930289137 (0-930289-13-7)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again'Book summary:Whether you grew up reading Batman comics, watched the campy television show, or eagerly await each new movie, this is the book for you. A retelling of the events that led to Bruce Wayne's becoming Batman, this book combines Frank Miller's tight film-noir writing with David Mazucchelli's solid artwork. [via]
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Batman, Green Arrowby Dennis O'Neil, Archie GoodwinISBN 0930289153 (0-930289-15-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Black Orchidby Neil Gaiman, Karen Berger, Tom Peyer, Dave McKean, Mikal BairISBN 0930289552 (0-930289-55-2)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Orchid'Book summary:A New York Times BestsellerBefore introducing the modern version of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman wrote this dark tale that reinvented a strange DC Comics super hero in the Vertigo mold. Featuring spectacular art by Gaiman's frequent collaborator, Dave McKean, BLACK ORCHID is now collected in hardcover for the first time.After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death. Now, as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile human memory and botanical origins, she must untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her death. Beginning in the cold streets of a heartless metropolis and ending in the Amazon rainforest, this book takes the reader on a journey through secrets, suffering and self-rediscovery. [via]
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Bone: Out from Bonevilleby Jeff SmithISBN 0963660942 (0-9636609-4-2)
Softcover, Cartoon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bone: Out from Boneville'Book summary:After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures." So begins Smith's charming masterpiece. Like the best Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons combined, Bone had me laughing out loud. I firmly believe that once you read Bone you're hooked for life. The beautiful hardcover packaging is well worth the extra money. [via]
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The Book of Fantasyby Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Jorge Luis BorgesISBN 0947761446 (0-947761-44-6)
Hardcover, Xanadu
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The Book of Hyberboreaby Clark A. SmithISBN 0940884879 (0-940884-87-9)
Softcover, Necronomicon Pr
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Call of Cthulhuby H. P. Lovecraft, Lynn Willis, Sandy Petersen, Glenn RahmanISBN 0933635583 (0-933635-58-3)
Hardcover, Chaosium
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Call of Cthulhu'Book summary:Call of Cthulhu is a horror roleplaying game using the Basic Roleplaying system and based upon the writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and a few others. Lovecraft wrote during the 1920s and 1930s, and he became a cult figure before dying in 1937. Since then his stature as an author has grown, and now he is generally recognized as the major American horror-story writer of the twentieth century. [via]
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Call of Cthulhuby Lynn Willis, Sandy PetersenISBN 0933635869 (0-933635-86-9)
Softcover, Chaosium
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Call of Cthulhu'Book summary:Call of Cthulhu is a roleplaying game based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft, in which ordinary people are confronted by the terrifying beings and forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. Players portray investigators of things unknown and unspeakable. Except for dice, everything needed for play is included in this book. [via]
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Captives of Blue Mountainby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861576 (0-936861-57-6)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captives of Blue Mountain'Book summary:The saga of the Wolfriders continues in a story that tells of the Bird Spirits, who attack the tribe and carry off four kin to the distant spire of Blue Mountain, and it is up to Cutter to get them back. [via]
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City of Saints and Madmenby Jeff VandermeerISBN 0966896882 (0-9668968-8-2)
Hardcover, Prime Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Saints and Madmen'Book summary:From the vignette incorporated into the cover design to an encrypted story mischieviously embedded within the book and a major new novella, "The Cage", the deluxe hardcover version of City of Saints & Madmen represents an innovative re-imagining of the original trade paperback (published in 2001). The 55,000 words of new material, work from seven artists, and the subtle but important revisions to the four main novellas, make the hardcover an entirely different book from the Locus-recommended trade paperback.
City of Saints & Madmen holds a number of unique pleasures for readers with a strong sense of play and literary adventure. At least two or three elements of the hardcover have rarely, if ever, been attempted before in fiction.
"I like the idea of books as artifacts, a concept that sometimes slips away from us in this electronic era. I had a lot of fun putting this book together--working with artists, graphic designers, for example. The encrypted story turned out to be more involved than I thought it would be. The numbers in the encryption refer to words in the four main novellas. I quickly found that using an 'of' from one section of a novella created a different emotional resonance than from other sections. The reader who takes the time to decrypt the story will be rewarded by seeing both the decoded story and the four main novellas in a different light."
Readers have been beguiled by VanderMeer's strange and ancient metropolis, a city that developed in the author's imagination almost by accident. "I never set out to create Ambergris - it just sort of happened. One night, I woke up at about midnight and suddenly had this image in my head of a busy street and a missionary looking up at a woman in a third-story window. I sat down and typed out the first few pages of Dradin, In Love. After I finished that piece, I realized the setting had infinite possibilities. I've been gratified by the response from readers and critics. And I've tried to build on the original novella and flesh out a complete setting while still retaining a sense of mystery."
As Michael Moorcock writes in his introduction, "Examining VanderMeer, one is reminded of the glories of Angkor and Anudhapura combined with the bustle and swagger of Captain Conrad's Indonesia, the adventurous intrigues of Byzantium and Venice, the brutal Spice Wars of the Dutch. But sometimes it is as if Proust intrudes, insensed and reminiscent. VanderMeer describes a world so rich and exaggerated and full of mysterious life that it draws you away from any intended moral or pasquinade deep into the wealth of the world's womb."
The "mysterious life" alluded to by Moorcock manifests itself most uniquely in the form of the gray caps or "mushroom dwellers," the indigenous race slaughtered and driven underground by the first settlers of Ambergris.This event, the subsequent retaliation, and the uneasy co-existence with dangerous subterranean neighbors, has shaped most all historical and social issues in Ambergris.
"The thing that most intrigued me about Dradin, In Love, when I tried to distance myself from the text, was the presence of the gray caps. Who they are and how they fit in is something I've given a lot of thought to and will continue to explore even in the material I'm writing now."
VanderMeer's work has appeared in ten languages in 17 countries, including in such magazines and an-thologies as Asimov's SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Interzone, The Third Alternative, Nebula Awards 30, Best New Horror 7, The Year's Best Fantastical Fiction, Infinity Plus: The Anthology, Dark Terrors, and The Year's Best Dark Fantasy 2001. Forthcoming books include the mass market paperback Veniss Underground, also from Prime, and the nonfiction collection Why Should I Cut Your Throat? from Cosmos. VanderMeer has also completed work as co-editor on two ambitious projects: Leviathan 3 (Ministry of Whimsy/ Prime) and The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (Chimeric). He is 33 years old and can be reached at vanderworld@hotmail.com. [via]
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The Complete Bone Adventuresby Jeff SmithISBN 096366090X (0-9636609-0-X)
Softcover, Associated Pub Group
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Complete Elfquest: Book Two : The Forbidden Groveby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 093686107X (0-936861-07-X)
Hardcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Cry from Beyondby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861614 (0-936861-61-4)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cry from Beyond'Book summary:Elfquest Comic Book#7, Cry From Beyond [via]
Dancing on Airby Nancy KressISBN 0964832054 (0-9648320-5-4)
Softcover, Tachyon Pubns
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Draculaby Steven P. JonesISBN 0944735479 (0-944735-47-9)
Softcover, Heroes World
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Dreamtimeby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861525 (0-936861-52-5)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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Durandalby Harold LambISBN 0937986453 (0-937986-45-3)
Hardcover, Donald m Grant
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Edgar Allan Poe Essays and Reviews: Theory of Poetry, Reviews of British and Continental Authors, Reviews of American Authors and American Literaturby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0940450194 (0-940450-19-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Edgar Allan Poe Essays and Reviews: Theory of Poetry, Reviews of British and Continental Authors, Reviews of American Authors and American Literatur'Book summary:The most complete collection of Poe's critical writings ever published, revealing his wit, uncompromising candor, and breadth of knowledge. Contains all his major writings on poetry, fiction, and the duties of a critic, along with his reviews of writers both known and unknown, and finally, his articles on a wealth of subjects, including South Sea exploration, geography, music, drama, cryptography, ancient languages, and modern critics. [via]
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Elfquestby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201369 (1-4012-0136-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elfquest'Book summary:Grade 7 Up-Elfquest has always been the Comic That Could. Starting from the underground, the series has won legions of fans who revel in its purest of pure fantasy setting and delight in its sassy and indomitable main characters. And all this without being part of any big-budget Hollywood movies, toy tie-ins, or TV shows. This volume reprints five early issues, in color. The story continued from volume one has Cutter, the elf leader, and his sidekick, Skywise, roaming their planet and getting into various misadventures. Some are comic, such as when they are captured and must drink with a group of engaged trolls in the troll bar. Others are darker, as when they meet up with a group of humans who are more like aboriginals. Someone loses a thumb, and the two races exchange swordplay. Cutter's love interest, Leetah, and most of the female cast, have the look of belly dancers, and the men's flowing locks and athletic appearances make Elfquest definitely a beautiful people comic. Older teens will find the fantasy not dark enough, but it will be popular with middle schoolers or those who already love Elfquest (such as adults who want to rediscover their youthful reading).-John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NY Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. [via]
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The Essential Ellisonby Harlan EllisonISBN 0962344745 (0-9623447-4-5)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Ellison'Book summary:"The best of Harlan Ellison has been assembled in a gorgeous volume of more than 1000 pages, encompassing fiction, essays, personal reminscences, reviews and a complete teleplay." From the dustcover blurb [via]
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Ex Libris Miskatonici: A Catalogue of Selected Items from the Special Collections in the Miskatonici University Libraryby StanleyISBN 0940884569 (0-940884-56-9)
Softcover, Necronomicon Pr
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Fields of Sleepby Evelyn C. VivianISBN 0937986372 (0-937986-37-2)
Hardcover, Donald m Grant
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Finderby Carla Speed McNeilISBN 096736910X (0-9673691-0-X)
Softcover, Lightspeed Pr
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Fire & Flightby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 093686155X (0-936861-55-X)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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The Folk of the Fringeby Orson Scott CardISBN 0932096492 (0-932096-49-2)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr
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The Forbidden Groveby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861568 (0-936861-56-8)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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From Hellby Alan MooreISBN 0958578346 (0-9585783-4-6)
Softcover, Top Shelf Productions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Hell'Book summary:The mad, shaggy genius of the comics world dips deeply into the well of history and pulls up a cup filled with blood in From Hell. Alan Moore did a couple of Ph.D.'s worth of research into the Whitechapel murders for this copiously annotated collection of the independently published series. The web of facts, opinion, hearsay, and imaginative invention draws the reader in from the first page. Eddie Campbell's scratchy ink drawings evoke a dark and dirty Victorian London and help to humanize characters that have been caricatured into obscurity for decades. Moore, having decided that the evidence best fits the theory of a Masonic conspiracy to cover up a scandal involving Victoria's grandson, goes to work telling the story with relish from the point of view of the victims, the chief inspector, and the killer--the Queen's physician. His characterization is just as vibrant as Campbell's; even the minor characters feel fully real. Looking more deeply than most, the author finds in the "great work" of the Ripper a ritual magic working intended to give birth to the 20th century in all its horrid glory. Maps, characters, and settings are all as accurate as possible, and while the reader might not ultimately agree with Moore and Campbell's thesis, From Hell is still a great work of literature. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Golemby Gustav Meyrink, M. PembertonISBN 0946626758 (0-946626-75-8)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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H.P. Lovecraftby H. P. Lovecraft, S. T. Joshi, Jason EckhardtISBN 0940884305 (0-940884-30-5)
Softcover, Necronomicon Pr
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The Haunting of Holmescroftby Rudyard Kipling, Barbara ArmataISBN 0929605810 (0-929605-81-0)
Softcover, Books of Wonder
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The Hidden Yearsby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861304 (0-936861-30-4)
Hardcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas AdamsISBN 1400052920 (1-4000-5292-0)
Hardcover, Harmony Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Book summary:Packed with an Astounding Amount of New and Never-Before-Collected Material.
Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?
No one but Douglas Adams could have pared lifes meaning down to these three questions, and they remain as inspired and head-scratchingly clever today as they did twenty-five years ago when they appeared in the first edition of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Showcasing his quick wit, comic genius, and wide-ranging intelligence, Hitchhikers has become nothing less than a cult classic and cultural phenomenon.
To celebrate its quarter century and the extraordinary legacy of Adams, this gorgeously designed, mostly harmless deluxe edition gathers never-before-collected photographs, original artwork, memorabilia (from the strange to the sublime), and wisdom gleaned from a first read or first encounter as Douglass friends remember how the galaxy was forever changed a mere twenty-five years ago (not to mention the original text of the novel) into a one-of-a-kind Guide as stunning as two suns setting over Magrathea.
Whether you are well versed in the antics of Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered Earthman plucked from his planet seconds before its demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, and Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy posing as an out-of-work actor, or are hitching a ride for the first time, this is the book that has everything youll nee to know about anything.So please do not be alarmed. Definitely dont panic. Just be sure to grab a towel. [via]More editions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
The Hundred-Year Christmasby David Morrell, R. J. KrupowiczISBN 0937986577 (0-937986-57-7)
Hardcover, D.M. Grant
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Huntressby Richard PiniISBN 0936861460 (0-936861-46-0)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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The Invisible Manby Robert WanlessISBN 097372823X (0-9737282-3-X)
Softcover, Coscom Entertainment
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:One wintry day, a stranger enters the town of Iping. He is clad from head to foot; no one sees his face. Soon after his arrival, bizarre events occur that cannot be explained. The violence and terror begins. "...stripping the work down to its bare bones...one will admit that the very concept itself is one of land marked proportions draped layer after compelling layer of ideology and vision which has been the subject of analysis and inspiration for the best of us ever since." - Nicholas Grabowsky, from his introduction [via]
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King of the Broken Wheelby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861622 (0-936861-62-2)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasuresby Laurell K. Hamilton, Stacie M. RitchieISBN 097793330X (0-9779333-0-X)
Softcover, Dabel Brothers Prod Llc
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemenby Kevin O'Neill, Alan MooreISBN 1401200524 (1-4012-0052-4)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II finds cocreators Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O'Neill (artist) back on familiar ground, revisiting the classic Victorian-era characters that they used to such effect in the bestselling and rightfully acclaimed first volume. It's a superhero tale, but--as expected from Moore--a rather unconventional one. This League is drawn from some of the classic characters from English literature: Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man), Mr Hyde and Miss Mina Murray (formerly Harker, the heroine of Dracula). And this tale is taken directly from HG Wells' classic War of the Worlds, as Martian invaders (complete with tripods and heat rays) begin to land in England, bent on conquest. They seem unstoppable as they rage across the countryside towards London, but they hadn't counted on the League, or the eccentric genius of Dr Alphonse Moreau.
As with the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it's the meticulous sense of era and place that makes volume II a success. The minutia of Victorian England is set seamlessly alongside objects and ideas that never appeared outside of myth and legend, while references to other famous fictional characters and events are casually introduced, then quickly tossed aside. And, of course, it's a ripping yarn, in the classic Boys' Own style (right down to the cliff hanger-style, end of chapter narrations). However, unlike volume I, there are several scenes that aren't suitable for all readers (particularly "those of a delicate disposition"). It's almost as if Moore and O'Neill, anticipating the heightened interest that 2003's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film would bring, have willingly set out to shock and even alienate newer readers. So there's a fairly explicit sex scene, some rather brutal violence and, perhaps most unnerving, it's almost inevitable that no reader will ever look at Rupert the Bear in the same way again. --Robert Burrow [via]
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemenby Alan Moore, Kevin O'NeillISBN 1401201180 (1-4012-0118-0)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II finds cocreators Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O'Neill (artist) back on familiar ground, revisiting the classic Victorian-era characters that they used to such effect in the bestselling and rightfully acclaimed first volume. It's a superhero tale, but--as expected from Moore--a rather unconventional one. This League is drawn from some of the classic characters from English literature: Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man), Mr Hyde and Miss Mina Murray (formerly Harker, the heroine of Dracula). And this tale is taken directly from HG Wells' classic War of the Worlds, as Martian invaders (complete with tripods and heat rays) begin to land in England, bent on conquest. They seem unstoppable as they rage across the countryside towards London, but they hadn't counted on the League, or the eccentric genius of Dr Alphonse Moreau.
As with the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it's the meticulous sense of era and place that makes volume II a success. The minutia of Victorian England is set seamlessly alongside objects and ideas that never appeared outside of myth and legend, while references to other famous fictional characters and events are casually introduced, then quickly tossed aside. And, of course, it's a ripping yarn, in the classic Boys' Own style (right down to the cliff hanger-style, end of chapter narrations). However, unlike volume I, there are several scenes that aren't suitable for all readers (particularly "those of a delicate disposition"). It's almost as if Moore and O'Neill, anticipating the heightened interest that 2003's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film would bring, have willingly set out to shock and even alienate newer readers. So there's a fairly explicit sex scene, some rather brutal violence and, perhaps most unnerving, it's almost inevitable that no reader will ever look at Rupert the Bear in the same way again. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Legacyby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861452 (0-936861-45-2)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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Mary Wollstonecraft Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0939766752 (0-939766-75-2)
Softcover, Marvel Enterprises
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Mutants & MastermindsISBN 0972359915 (0-9723599-1-5)
Hardcover, Green Ronin Pub
Find This BookBook summary:Bring four color action to your tabletop with the Mutants & Masterminds RPG! Brought to you by d20 system pioneers Green Ronin Publishing, Mutants & Masterminds has been designed from the ground up to be the definitive treatment of d20 superheroes. This full color, 192-page book contains everything you need to enter the world of comic book heroics. Mutants & Masterminds builds on the d20 base, optimizing the core rules for superhero play with point built characters and a modular powers system that lets you build exactly the character that you want to play. The game also includes an adventure that introduces Green Ronin¹s Freedom City setting and a selection of Hero Templates that let you jump right into the action. Featuring a stunning cover by Wildstorm/DC artist and Ninja Boy creator Ale Garza, Mutants & Masterminds blasts into retail stores this October. This is d20 supers done right! [via]
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Oath of Fealtyby Larry Niven, Jerry PournelleISBN 0932096123 (0-932096-12-3)
Hardcover, Phantasia Press
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Order of the Stick 1: Dungeon Crawlin' Foolsby Rich BurlewISBN 0976658003 (0-9766580-0-3)
Softcover, Paizo Pub Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Order of the Stick 1: Dungeon Crawlin' Fools'Book summary:The Order of the Stick: Dungeon Crawlin' Fools follows the comic strip adventures of six stick-figure heroes as they brave the perils of your favorite fantasy roleplaying game. Watch as they struggle against monsters, evil twins, bored necromancers and their own crushing incompetence in more than 140 full-color comic strips. The Order of the Stick lampoons roleplaying games and the fantasy genre itself in hilarious fashion weekly on the internet, and now even the technophobic can enjoy their antics in convenient book format. Packed with author commentary and more than 14 all-new never-seen-before comics, this compilation of the first major story arc is sure to be a collector's treasure for years to come. From new DBD publisher Paizo Publishing! [via]
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Order of the Stick: On the Origin of Pcsby Rich BurlewISBN 0976658011 (0-9766580-1-1)
Softcover, Paizo Pub Llc
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Parable of the Sowerby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 0941423999 (0-941423-99-9)
Hardcover, Pub Group West
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parable of the Sower'Book summary:Octavia E. Butler, the grande dame of science fiction, writes extraordinary, inspirational stories of ordinary people. Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to. [via]
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The Pleasures of a Futuroscopeby Dunsany, S. T. JoshiISBN 0976159287 (0-9761592-8-7)
Softcover, Hippocampus Pr
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Poems Bewitched And Hauntedby John HollanderISBN 1400043883 (1-4000-4388-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Polyphonyby Deborah Layne, Jay LakeISBN 0972054766 (0-9720547-6-6)
Softcover, Wheatland Pr
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Prometheaby Alan MooreISBN 140120094X (1-4012-0094-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Quest's Endby Richard PiniISBN 0936861584 (0-936861-58-4)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quest's End'Book summary:Trade paperback. [via]
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Raymond E. Feist's Magician Apprentice: Riftwarby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0976401150 (0-9764011-5-0)
Softcover, Dabel Brothers Prod Llc
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Readers Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0945260296 (0-945260-29-6)
Hardcover, Choice Pub
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Remakeby Connie WillisISBN 0929480481 (0-929480-48-1)
Hardcover, M.V. Ziesing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Remake'Book summary:In the Hollywood of the future there's no need for actors since any star can be digitally recreated and inserted into any movie. Yet young Alis wants to dance on the silver screen. Tom tries to dissuade her, but he fears she will pursue her dream--and likely fall victim to Hollywood's seamy underside, which is all to eager to swallow up naive actresses. Then Tom begins to find Alis in the old musicals he remakes, and he has to ask himself just where the line stands between reality and the movies. [via]
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Reunionby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861444 (0-936861-44-4)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Todd Klein, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Glenn Fabry, Frank QuitelyISBN 140120113X (1-4012-0113-X)
Softcover, Vertigo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:The immense popularity of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is due in large part to the development of his characters. In The Doll's House, the second book of the Sandman magnum opus, Gaiman continues to build the foundation for the larger story, introducing us to more of the Dream King's family of the Endless.
The Sandman returns to his kingdom of the Dreaming after nearly a century of imprisonment, finding several things out of place; most importantly, an anomaly called a dream vortex has manifested itself in the form of a young girl who unknowingly threatens to rip apart the Dreaming. And there's the smaller matter of a few nightmares having escaped. Among them is Gaiman's creepiest creation: the Corinthian, a serial killer with a miniature set of teeth in each eye socket. Because later volumes concentrate so much on human relationships with Gaiman's signature fair for fantasy and mythology, it is sometimes easy to forget that the Sandman series started out as a horror comic. This book grabs you and doesn't let you forget that so easily. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Dan Didio, Karen Berger, Shelly Bond, Mariah Huehner, Terri Cunningham, Richard Bruning, Paul Levitz, Georg Brewer, Robbin Brosterman, Patrick Caldon, Chris CaramalisISBN 1401200893 (1-4012-0089-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over atheir respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true-being as they star int heir own tales of curiosity and wonder. [via]
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The Sea of the Ravensby Harold Lamb, George Barr, Alicia AustinISBN 0937986585 (0-937986-58-5)
Hardcover, Donald m Grant
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The Searcher and the Swordby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201849 (1-4012-0184-9)
Softcover, DC Comics
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The Secret of Two-Edgeby Wendy Pini, Joe StatonISBN 0936861606 (0-936861-60-6)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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Seven Tales & A Fableby Gwyneth JonesISBN 0962906654 (0-9629066-5-4)
Softcover, Edgewood Pr
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The Shadow Out of Timeby H. P. Lovecraft, S. T. JoshiISBN 0972164480 (0-9721644-8-0)
Hardcover, Hippocampus Pr
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Shardsby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861428 (0-936861-42-8)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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Siege at Blue Mountainby Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, Joe StatonISBN 0936861592 (0-936861-59-2)
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Startide Risingby David BrinISBN 0932096387 (0-932096-38-7)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr
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Terrorsby Richard A. LupoffISBN 0975922963 (0-9759229-6-3)
Softcover, Elder Signs Pr
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Three Palladinsby Harold LambISBN 0937986291 (0-937986-29-1)
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Transmetropolitanby Warren Ellis, Darick RobertsonISBN 1401202179 (1-4012-0217-9)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules Verne, Diane F. GrundISBN 0942025857 (0-942025-85-7)
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V for Vendettaby Alan Moore, K. C. Carlson, David LloydISBN 0930289528 (0-930289-52-8)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'V for Vendetta'Book summary:V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the UK. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the colouring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skilfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. The graphic novel contains all the V series plus two additional stories concerning V that were originally considered "interludes". This edition also contains an essay from Moore dating from 1983 explaining the creation process. For any comic fan it's a must-have. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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A Walking Tour of the Shamblesby Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Earl Geier, Randy BroeckerISBN 0961035269 (0-9610352-6-9)
Softcover, American Fantasy
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Wild Huntby Wendy Pini, Jollyn AuklandusISBN 0936861703 (0-936861-70-3)
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Fundacionby Isaac AsimovISBN 1400000823 (1-4000-0082-3)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundacion'Book summary:El hombre se ha dispersado por los planetas de la galaxia. La capital del Imperio es Trantor, centro de todas las intrigas y simbolo de la corrupcion imperial. Un psicohistoriador, Hari Seldon, preve, gracias a su ciencia fundada en el estudio matematico de los hechos historicos, el derrumbamiento del Imperio y el retorno a la barbarie por varios milenios. Seldon decide crear dos Fundaciones, situadas en cada extremo de la galaxia, a fin de reducir este periodo de barbarie a mil anos.. [via]
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El Mundo Perdidoby Michael CrichtonISBN 1400001129 (1-4000-0112-9)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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