Books by Alan Moore

Book SynopsisThe stars will change us. STELLARIS: PEOPLE OF THE STARS is a collection of original science fiction stories and nonfiction essays speculating about humanity's far-term expansion into the universe beyond the limits of our solar systemwith an emphasis on the changes humans will undergo as a species as we make this happen. Is interstellar travel so far beyond our current imaginings that it will take a fundamental transformation of humanity in order to make it possible? And, if so, will we remain Homo sapiens or become a new and unique species: Homo stellaris (the People of the Stars)?Herein are original science fiction stories by award-winning authors such as Kevin J. Anderson, William Ledbetter, Todd McCaffrey and Sarah A. Hoyt, supplemented by accessible nonfiction essays describing the science behind the fiction from people who should knowSir Martin Rees (Astronomer Royalof the United Kingdom), Mark Shelhamer (Chief Scientist for the NASA's Human Research Program), and more. This collection of original stories and essays was inspired by a gathering of scientists, science fiction authors, and futurists at a series of annual meetings held by the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop. Let their speculations, imaginations and boundless sense of what's possible take your own journey beyond the edge of the solar system in STELLARIS: PEOPLE OF THE STARS!Stories and Provocative Speculation fromSir Martin ReesKevin J. AndersonSarah A. HoytMike MassaWilliam LedbetterTodd McCaffreyKacey Ezell and Philip WohlrabDan HoytLes JohnsonRobert E. HampsonMark ShelhamerBrent RoederJim BeallCathe SmithAboutMission to Methone by Les Johnson:"The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well in Johnson's old-fashioned first-contact novel, set in 2068....includes plenty of realistic detail and puts fun new spins on familiar alien concepts.... There's a great deal here for fans of early hard SF."Publishers Weekly"With equal parts science fiction and international intrigue....an exciting, fast-paced read that you will not want to put down."BooklistAboutRescue Modeby Ben Bova and Les Johnson:"... a suspenseful and compelling narrative of the first human spaceflight to Mars."Booklist

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Book SynopsisScience Fiction and Fantasy with Maximum DaveThe history of science fiction and fantasy is littered with stories by Davids of distinction. Now, for the first time, an anthology bypeople named David,foreveryone. Read along as editor David Afsharirad guides you through the strange, wonderous imaginations of the great Davids of the field, past and present. Fifteen tales by David Weber, David Drake, Gregory Benford & David Brin, David B. Coe, D.J. Butler, Avram Davidson, David H. Keller, and many more. Herein you will find: a Depression-era magic man who comes face-to-face with an ancient evil. A once-promising filmmaker whose fate depends on a movie-producing AI. A shape-shifting detective on the trail of a pack of werewolves. A sentient tank who must confront one of its own. And a diner regular who gets more than he bargained for when he orders the soup du jour. Featuring David-inspired cover art by celebrated artist David Mattingly, The Chronicles of Davids delivers maximum Dave!Remember: with a name like "David," it has to be good!Contributors:David WeberDavid DrakeD.J. ButlerGregory Benford & David BrinDavid B. CoeBarry N. MalzbergDave FreerAvram DavidsonD.L. YoungDavid BoopHank DavisDave BaraDavid H. KellerDavid CarricoDavid HardyAboutThe Year's Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction series, edited by David Afsharirad:Baen's fan-guided anthology series roars into its second year with a collection of stories just as eclectic as the first. . . . Afsharirad has put together a refreshing military and SF anthology that will be enjoyed by a wide range of readers.Publishers Weekly(starred review)This intriguing anthology explores the human race's violent potential [but] also bends toward exploration and the triumph of the human spirit, with brave tales [that] take the reader on a fascinating, thought-provoking, enjoyable journey . . . Publishers Weekly(starred review)[A] nice eclectic mix of magazineshardcopy and digitaland original anthologies. Afsharirad seems to have cast his nets admirably wide. . . . The variety of styles and topics and themes, and the high level of craft in this assemblage, prove that this subgenre is flourishing. . . . [The collection] should be welcome by raw recruits and veterans alike.Locus

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Book SynopsisA propulsive tour through a fantastical London, where history and myth collide, murder stalks the streets and the mundane becomes very magical indeedThe year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital is Dennis Knuckleyard, a hapless eighteen-year-old employed by a second-hand bookshop. One day, on an errand to acquire books for sale, Dennis discovers a novel that simply does not exist. It is a fictitious book, a figment from another novel. Yet it is physically there in his hands. How?Dennis has stumbled on a book from the Great When, a magical version of London beyond time and space, where reality blurs with fiction and concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous, terrible beings. But this other, magical London must remain a secret: if Dennis cannot find a way to return this book to where it belongs, he risks bizarre and disastrous repercussions, such as his body being turned inside out (or worse).So begins a journey del

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Book SynopsisComic book legend Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, FROM HELL) and brilliant artist Jacen Burrows deliver a chilling tale of Lovecraftian horror! Brears and Lamper, two young and cocky FBI agents, investigate a fresh series of ritual murders somehow tied to the final undercover assignment of Aldo Sax ?the once golden boy of the Bureau, now a convicted killer and inmate of a maximum security prison. From their interrogation of Sax (where he spoke exclusively in inhuman tongues) to a related drug raid on a seedy rock club rife with arcane symbols and otherworldly lyrics, they suspect that they are on the trail of something awful? but nothing can prepare them for the creeping insanity and unspeakable terrors they will face in the small harbor town of Innsmouth. NEONOMICON collects Alan Moore?s 2010 comic book series for the first time in its entirety ? including his original story, THE COURTYARD, which chronicled Aldo Sax?s tragic encounter with the (somewhat) mortal agents of the Old Ones!

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Book Synopsis Alan Moore, the man who revolutionized comics, returns to tell a horrifyingtale in the world of Garth Ennis'' grueling survival horror series,Crossed! Set 100 years in the future, Alan Moore has created a whole newworld and history with stunning attention to detail. Examining howcivilizations rebuild and how generations grow, Moore weaves a rich tapestry ofhumanity evolving under extreme hardship, all of which is lushly rendered byGabriel (Ferals) Andrade. Archivist Future Taylor leads a salvage team working to rebuild thehistorical record of the original Crossed outbreak. She''s seen them in videos,but never any live ones ? the Crossed are part of the distant past. Untilsuddenly, a handful appear, and the blood begins to flow. But, all is not as itseems as a horrific mystery unfolds and once again Alan Moore redefines themedium. This masterwork is a self-contained whole new world, no prior knowledgeof the Crossed series is needed. Crossed +100 Volume 1 contains the full first story arc originallypresented in issues #1-6 of the comic book series.

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Book SynopsisAlan Moore and Kevin O''Neill invite you take a trip through the darkrecesses of cinema, in their first major project together since League ofExtraordinary Gentlemen. The power of movies, the people behind it, the damageit has done, and the story of one woman forced to bare her soul, is allunspooled one short film at a time. Every chapter is radically different yetall weaved into one tapestry of breathtaking complexity as only Alan Moore coulddo. This collection has all eighteen chapters for the completestory.

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Book Synopsis Finally, the complete Alan Moore masterpiece in one480 page tome - the PROVIDENCE COMPENDIUM! Providence is Alan Moore''squintessential horror series! In it, he weaves and reinvents the works of H.P.Lovecraft through historical events. It is both a sequel and prequel toNeonomicon. The PROVIDENCE COMPENDIUM is the complete series, all twelveissues by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, in one 480 pagevolume.

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Book SynopsisIn a new novel in the League of Extraordinary Gentleman series, 15 years after the death of Captain Nemo, his daughter, Janni Dakkar, travels with Ishmael to the South Pole and gets drawn down below the Mountains of Madness, where time is broken and reality is not what it seems.

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Book SynopsisFromThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,Alan Moore & Kevin O''Neill rampage through twentieth-century culture in this all-new adventure haunted by totalitarian shadows and mechanical nightmares.Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father''s weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life. Now it is 1941, and with her daughter strategically married into the family of aerial warlord Jean Robur, Janni''s raiders have only limited contact with the military might of the clownish German-Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel. But when the pirate queen learns that her loved ones are held hostage in the nightmarish Berlin, she has no choice save to intervene directly, travelling with her ageing lover Broad Arrow Jack into the belly of the beastly metropolis. Within that alienated city await monsters, criminals, and legends, including the remaining vestiges of Germany?s notorious ?Twilight Heroes?, a dark Teutonic counterpart to Mina Murray?s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And waiting at the far end of this gauntlet of alarming adversaries there is something much, much worse.Continuing in the bold tradition of Heart of Ice, Moore and O''Neill deliver their sharpest thriller yet. Berlin is a grey city, but as cultures clash and lives are lost in the explosive collision of four unforgettable women, the shadows will grow blacker and the ground redder, in the alleyways where thrive The Roses of Berlin.

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Book SynopsisFrom 1910 to 2009, Volume Three spans an entire century, but that may not be enough time for the League to defeat their newest threat. Alan Moore and Kevin O''Neill''s pulp adventure literary mash-up returns.The nineteenth century, expiring with a flourish of Moriarty and Martians, has left the Division of Military Intelligence commanded by Mina Murray in a state of disrepair. While she and her lover, Allan Quatermain, have achieved a measure of eternal youth and recruited new talents such as the trans-gendered immortal Orlando, the ghost-finder Thomas Carnacki, and the gentleman thief A.J. Raffles to replace their deceased or missing colleagues, former associate Captain Nemo has retired to his Pacific pirate island to decline in surly isolation. Now it is the early years of a new and unfamiliar century, and forces are emerging that appear to promise ruin for the Murray group, the nation, and, indeed, the world, even if it will take a hundred years for this apocalyptic threat to come to its disastrous fruition. From the occult parlours and crime-haunted wharfs of 1910, through the criminal, mystical, and psychedelic underworlds of 1969, to the financially and culturally desolated streets of 2009, the disintegrating remnants of Miss Murray and her League must combat not only the hidden hand of their undying adversary, but also the ethical and psychological collapse accompanying this new era. And a lot of things can happen in a CENTURY!

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Book SynopsisAlan Moore and Kevin O’Neill steer their fifty-year-long Nemo trilogy to its pulse-pounding and heart-wrenching conclusion.In a world where all the fictions ever written coalesce into a rich mosaic, it’s 1975. Janni Dakkar, pirate queen of Lincoln Island and head of the fabled Nemo family, is eighty years old and beginning to display a tenuous grasp on reality. Pursuing shadows from her past — or her imagination — she embarks on what may be a final voyage down the vastness of the Amazon, a last attempt to put to rest the blood-drenched spectres of old. With allies and adversaries old and new, we accompany an aging predator on her obsessive trek into the cultural landscape of a strange new continent, from the ruined city of Yu-Atlanchi to the fabulous plateau of Maple White Land. As the dark threads in her narrative are drawn into an inescapable web, Captain Nemo leads her hearse-black Nautilus in a desperate raid on horrors believed dead for decades.Through the exotic spectacle of an imagined South America, Moore and O''Neil guide their readers through this epic final act, borne upon a River of Ghosts.

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Book SynopsisThe groundbreaking, controversial masterpiece of erotic comics, decades in the making, now in a sumptuous hardcover collecting all three volumes, with 32 pages of new artwork and commentary.For more than a century, Alice, Wendy and Dorothy have been our guides through the Wonderland, Neverland and Land of Oz of our childhoods. Now like us, these three lost girls have grown up and are ready to guide us again, this time through the realms of our sexual awakening and fulfillment. Through their familiar fairytales they share with us their most intimate revelations of desire in its many forms, revelations that shine out radiantly through the dark clouds of war gathering around a luxury Austrian hotel. Drawing on the rich heritage of erotica, Lost Girls is the rediscovery of the power of ecstatic writing and art in a sublime union that only the medium of comics can achieve. Exquisite, thoughtful, and human, Lost Girls is a work of breathtaking scope that challenges the very notion of art fettered by convention. This is erotic fiction at its finest.

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Book SynopsisWith "Spawn", legendary writer and artist Todd McFarlane unleashed his iconic antihero on the world, and launched the most successful comic book in history. "Spawn: Origins Book 1" includes classic "Spawn" stories written by Alan Moore and Frank Miller, as well as the introduction of memorable characters into the Spawn universe. This title collects "Spawn" issues numbered 1-8 and numbered 11-14.

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Book Synopsis With Spawn, legendary writer and artist Todd McFarlane unleashed his iconic antihero on the world, and launched the most successful independent comic book in history. Spawn Origins Volume 6 includes stories penned by Alan Moore, along with artwork by Greg Capullo, Tony Daniel, and Kevin Conrad. Collects Spawn #33-38.

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Book Synopsis Revisit epic battles and relive the introduction of many new characters into the Spawn universe such as the Tiffany, Cy-gor, the Curse, and Tremor. Includes the classic "Christmas" issue as well as the double-sized issue 50! Extra features include color and b/w cover galleries and behind-the-scenes art. All this and more in an oversized, hardcover format complete with a wraparound painted cover by master Spawn artist Greg Capullo.

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Book SynopsisThe classic revisionist superhero saga that predates Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns and presented a shocking worldview that almost predicted today''s political climate!Rick Veitch''s ground-breaking series has been called the last word on superheroes. It is a world-spanning, continent-crushing, over-the-top adventure story that brings the United States and Russia to the brink of annihilation... from both nuclear warheads and crazed superheroes-run-amok! Completely remastered with new scans and updated color--all overseen by Veitch himself.

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Book SynopsisThe inspiration for the hit 2005 movie starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, this amazing graphic novel is packaged with a collectable reproduction of the iconic V mask.

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Book SynopsisIn a city where the entire population has superpowers, follow the lives of those who attempt to solve and prevent crime! Follow along on the adventures of Precinct 10, affectionately known as Top 10! You won't want to miss as Smax, Toybox, Dust Devil and more work on solving crimes and protecting their home! This collection contains America's Best Comics Special, Smax #1-5, Top Ten #1-12, Top Ten: 49'ers, Top Ten: Beyond the Farthest Precinct #1-5, and Top Ten: Season 2 #1-4!

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Book SynopsisWhen interpreter Zhcchz of the Tau-Ceti Imperium crashed his ship into the small blue `Hellworld'-classed planet, the odds of surviving were stacked against him. Stranded in the polluted, hostile British city of Birmingham, 'Skizz' is befriended by Roxy, a plucky young local girl. But danger is ever present - from bad food to Prime Minister Thatcher's hostile government alien-hunters, this E.T. may soon be R.I.P?

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Book SynopsisTharg's Future Shocks are one-off, twist ending, sci-fi thrills that have introduced many of the biggest names in the comic book industry through the pages of 2000 AD. THE ULTIMATE VISION OF THE FUTURE! From Alan Moore to Al Ewing, Kevin O'Neill to Jon Davis-Hunt, Future Shocks have been a staple of the UK's best-selling comic 2000 AD! This exciting first volume takes us back to the earliest days of the strip and showcases the burgeoning, immense talents of such luminaries as Steve Moore, Alan Moore, Brett Ewins, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, John Cooper, Carlos Pino, Jesus Redondo, Steve Dillon, Peter Milligan and many, many more.

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Book Synopsis"Where did she go? Out. What did she do? Everything..." Bored and frustrated with her life in 50th-century leisure-ghetto housing estate `The Hoop', 18-year-old everywoman Halo Jones yearns for the infinite sights and sounds of the universe. Pledging to escape on a fantastic voyage, she sets in motion events unimaginable; a spell on a luxury space-liner, a brush with an interstellar war - Halo Jones faces hardship and adventure in the name of freedom in the limitless cosmos. A galaxy-spanning story, comics' first bona fide feminist space opera, and the first true epic to grace the bibliography of arguably the greatest comic book writer the world has ever known.

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Book Synopsis"Where did she go? Out. What did she do? Everything..." Bored and frustrated with her life in 50th-century leisure-ghetto housing estate `The Hoop', 18-year-old everywoman Halo Jones yearns for the infinite sights and sounds of the universe.

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Book SynopsisSophie Bangs was a just an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York when a simple assignment changed her life forever.

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Book SynopsisCaptain Britain returns once more, as he battles the terror of the ultimate superhero slayer, the Fury, as well as the Crazy Gang and Gatecrasher and her Technet.

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Book SynopsisAcclaimed storyteller Alan Moore (From Hell, Jerusalem) yields this epic poem recounting the history of same-sex love, revealing a hidden side of Western culture through the lives of its greatest artists. Sappho, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and many others are woven into this rich, visceral piece. Originally published in 1988, The Mirror of Love sprang from Moore''s activist heart as a reaction to Britain''s controversial anti-gay law, Clause 28. In the past, Mirror has been translated into both a comic book and a stage production, but Top Shelf presents it as it was meant to be, a hardcover book illustrated with over forty full-color photographs from acclaimed artist José Villarrubia.Included in the 128-page special edition is an essay about the poem and its previous incarnations, an index of characters and places, a selection of classic poems quoted in the text, and a bibliography.

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Book SynopsisA revised edition of Phil Baker?s critically lauded biography of artist and occultist, Austin Osman Spare.London has harbored many curious characters, but few more curious than the artist and visionary Austin Osman Spare (1886?1956).A controversial enfant terrible of the Edwardian art world, the young Spare was hailed as a genius and a new Aubrey Beardsley, while George Bernard Shaw reportedly said ?Spare?s medicine is too strong for the average man.?But Spare was never made for worldly success and he went underground, falling out of the gallery system to live in poverty and obscurity south of the river. Absorbed in occultism and sorcery, voyaging into inner dimensions, and surrounding himself with cats and familiar spirits, he continued to produce extraordinary art while developing a magical philosophy of pleasure, obsession, and the subjective nature of reality.Today Spare is both forgotten and famous, a cult figure whose modest life has been much mythologized since his death. This groundbreaking biographical study offers wide-ranging insights into Spare?s art, mind and world, reconnecting him with the art history that ignored him and exploring his parallel London; a bygone place of pub pianists, wealthy alchemists, and monstrous owls.This richly readable and illuminating biography takes us deep into the strange inner world that this most enigmatic of artists inhabited, shedding new light while allowing just a few shadowy corners to flourish unspoiled.Revised, updated, and with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive edition of Phil Baker?s critically lauded Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London?s Lost Artist.

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Book SynopsisA collection of Alan Moore's (Watchmen, From Hell) difficult-to-find comics short stories. From bold experiments, through early takes on his favorite subjects, to self-critiques of his older work, this wide-ranging collection is an essential look at Moore's illuminating short stories. Each story is drawn by some of the best artists in comics from mainstream mavericks like Steven (Swamp Thing, Tyrant) Bissette, Rick (Swamp Thing, Bratpack) Veitch & John Totleben (Miracelman) to underground iconoclasts like Mark Beyer (RAW) and Peter Bagge(Hate, Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story). Comic book critic Marc Sobel provides insightful commentary and context for each of the stories. Marc Sobel is the co-editor of The Love and Rockets Companion published by Fantagraphics Books. He is also the author of the forthcoming Love and Rockets Reader, also from Fantagraphics. He is also a freelance journalist and scholar in the field of comic book studies. Alan Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell (and many others). Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history, and he has been called "one of the most important British writers of the last fifty years."Trade Review“What is apparent on reading the comics and the essays here is just how brilliant an author Moore is. There is so much depth and nuance to his work, easily missed without Sobel’s guiding hand. This is an exceptional book, essential for fans but also able to serve as a brilliant introduction.”—The Quietus“What is apparent on reading the comics and the essays here is just how brilliant an author Moore is. There is so much depth and nuance to his work, easily missed without Sobel’s guiding hand. This is an exceptional book, essential for fans but also able to serve as a brilliant introduction.”—The Quietus

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Book Synopsis1975. En un mundo donde todas las ficciones escritas se unen en un rico mosaico. la reina pirata, la ya octogenaria Janni Dakkar, comienza a divagar ligeramente. Así, su vida se centra en perseguir fantasmas de su pasado (o de su imaginación), embarcándose en un viaje hacia la inmensidad del Amazonas, tal vez su aventura final. Un último intento de redimir antiguos espectros. Con nuevos y históricos aliados, acompañaremos a la corsaria en su obsesivo camino hacia el exótico paisaje de un extraño continente, desde las ruinas de la ciudad de Yu-Atlanchi hasta la meseta de Maple White Land. A medida que las amenazas se ciernen sobre ella, Nemo lidera a la tripulación del Nautilus en una desesperada incusión al infierno, en un río de fantasmas que parecían muertos. La trilogía de Nemo (Corazón de Hielo, Rosas of Berlín, Río de fantasmas) llega a su impresionante final. A través de una exótica visión de una América del Sur imaginaria Alan Moore and Kevin ONeill llevan a su trilogía hace una conclusión brillante.Título original: Nemo River of Ghosts

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Book SynopsisLa exitosa serie de la Liga de Los Hombres Extraordinarios viaja hasta 1969, época del amor libre, las drogas y el rock and roll. Todo bajo el prisma de una de las plumas más prestigiosas del momento: Alan Moore.Título original:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1969

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