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Based on Tom DeHaven's acclaimed cult novel, one of comics' most powerful horror stories returns! In DeHaven's nightmarish America, the survivors of a nuclear blast-twisted by radiation and the contempt of the human population-try to raise money for surgeries any way they can. For brothers Grinner and Flour, that means everything from grotesque traveling sex shows for the normals to the ultimate drug-mutant goldfish eggs! This collection includes...
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Millennial #snowflakes clash with #baby-boomers: Nineteen tales of human connection and disconnection that collide and subvert the half-crazed romantic contemporary, the not so distant rosy past, our dodgy looking promised cyberpunk utopia and our post-apocalyptic dystopian future. Provocative, wistful, melancholic, nightmarish and darkly funny satire, these episodes…must surely play out logically. Or not.
How far will these characters go for...
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From the great, winged, fire-breathing lizards of the west to the wise, flying serpents of the east, dragons play a powerful role in our myths and imaginations. In these fourteen stories and one comic, bicyclists encounter a diversity of dragons, whether foes or friends, hoarders or helpers, powerful symbols or terrifying and very real beasts. Instead of stereotypical tales of heroes saving helpless princesses from cruel beasts, these stories are...
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7 chapitres, 7 familles différentes... Une seule et même cause à défendre
On n'a rien vu venir est un roman à 7 voix destiné aux jeunes lecteurs de 10 ans et plus. Il décrit, à travers le regard de 7 familles, l'arrivée au pouvoir du « Parti de la Liberté ».
Pourquoi les auteurs ont-ils décidé d'écrire ce roman pour les plus jeunes lecteurs, qui ne votent pas encore ? Parce que c'est eux qui voteront demain, parce que, dès aujourd'hui,...
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A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.
This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since The Iliad-in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus "with minds and wisdoms"-humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval...
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Brutality, infrastructure collapse, daily threats of war: 45 writers of speculative fiction share their visions of what's to come. Fighting in the streets, corruption at the highest levels, thuggish police, a daily threat of nuclear war: few of us thought we'd find ourselves here, so far into the 21st century. What's next? Are we really going to be "great again," however that's meant? In this diverse and vigorous mix of original stories by newcomers...
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