{"product_id":"illuminations-stories-9781635578805","title":"Illuminations: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Alan Moore-one of the most influential writers in the history of comics-a wonderful collection, brilliant and often moving (Neil Gaiman) which takes us to the fantastical underside of reality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 industry's major players over the last seventy-five years, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom ghosts and otherworldly creatures to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, \u003ci\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/i\u003e is exactly that--a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635578805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alan Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42334564679861,"sku":"9781635578805","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6a362160-b3e6-4ab9-b775-3225e93adf47.jpg?v=1660629260","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/illuminations-stories-9781635578805","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}