Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore

Parkin, Lance

ISBN 10: 1781310777 / ISBN 13: 9781781310779

Editore: Aurum Press Ltd, 2013

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2013. 1St Edition. Hardcover. New. Codice articolo P012208

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Titolo: Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan ...

Casa editrice: Aurum Press Ltd

Data di pubblicazione: 2013

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione: New

Edizione: prima edizione

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"In Magic Words Lance Parkin has crafted a biography that is insightful, scrupulously fair-minded and often very funny, a considerable achievement given its unrelentingly grim, unreasonable and annoying subject. Belongs on the bookshelf of any halfway decent criminal profiler." ALAN MOORE

For over three decades comics fans and creators have regarded Alan Moore as a titan of the form. With works such as V for Vendetta, Watchmen and From Hell, he has repeatedly staked out new territory, attracting literary plaudits and a mainstream audience far removed from his underground origins. His place in popular culture is now such that major Hollywood players vie to adapt his books for cinema.Â

Yet Moore's journey from the hippie Arts Labs of the 1970s to the bestseller lists was far from preordained. A principled eccentric, who has lived his whole life in one English town, he has been embroiled in fierce feuds with some of the entertainment industry's biggest corporations. Â And just when he could have made millions ploughing a golden rut he turned instead to performance art, writing erotica, and the occult.Â

Now, as Alan Moore hits sixty, it's time to go in search of this extraordinary gentleman, and follow the peculiar path taken by a writer quite unlike any other.Â

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LANCE PARKIN is a highly respected author and well known in Doctor Who fan circles. He has written many notable books on the Doctor including the novella Snare, The Doctor Who Chronology, A History of the Universe, The Dying Days, The Infinity Doctor and The Gallifrey Chronicles. Lance also writes a regular column in the Doctor Who fanzine Enlightenment published by the Doctor Who Information Network.

LANCE PARKIN is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, most notably Doctor Who. He is an Alan Moore completist, having followed the comics maestro's career since the 1970s, and in 2001 he wrote an acclaimed guide to Moore's work, which has since been updated and reissued. In addition to contributing pieces to magazines such as TV Zone, SFX and Doctor Who Magazine, he is also the co-author of Dark Matters, a guide to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. He lives in the USA.