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Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Jess Nevins

MonkeyBrain Books, 2003

Excellent companion piece!
For any true fan of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the comics, not the film), this is the book to purchase. The League is not only a wonderful story, but is also filled to the brim with references and images from other Victorian fictions of the same era. Some ...

Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre

Peter Coogan

MonkeyBrain Books, 2006

An Engrossing and Pioneering Work
In Superhero: The Secret Origin of A Genre, Peter Coogan skillfully traces the evolution of a distinct and often underrated literary genre. Coogan provides a diagnostic clarification of the conventions of the genre and is sure to become a landmark study in an emerging ...

The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club

Kim Newman

MonkeyBrain Books, 2007

WE WANT MORE!
This is the time when Kim Newman fans have their time under the sun/moon, as Da Man's new book becomes available, allowing us to read atleast one new story. In this collection we get the opprtunity to read total seven stories, which are: 1. "Gypsies in the Wood", a ...

Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Jess Nevins

MonkeyBrain Books, 2008

Continuing the series of excellent companions to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
If you're on this page, it's most likely that you're a fan of Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. If so, and especially if you're a fan of the details, then these guidebooks are a godsend. I've been waiting for this one for quite some time, and it just ...

Cenotaxis

Sean Williams

MonkeyBrain Books, 2008

Deep Sci-Fi
I was surprised at the thinness of this book, but it turned out to be a fascinating read. Once I discovered Cenotaxis was meant to be read between Saturn Returns and Earth Ascendant, both full-sized books, I immediatley ordered them. By deep, I mean that Cenotaxis ...

The Hollow Earth

Rudy Rucker

MonkeyBrain Books, 2006

Poe Fans Will Love It!
If you've read some Poe, especially "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," you'll enjoy this pastiche. It's especially fun if you're familiar with Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness," another book that makes homage to Poe's "Arthur Gordon Pym." Rucker never ...

Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio

John Picacio

MonkeyBrain Books, 2006

Mind-bogglingly gorgeous
John Picacio has more god-given talent than any human being has a right to. I remember being quite impressed by his cover for the Mojo Press edition of Moorcock's "Behold the Man" (almost a full decade ago now--has it REALLY been that long!?) and Picacio's only gone on ...

A Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Jess Nevins

MonkeyBrain Books, 2004

Go to Blazes!
This is a reference book for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two. It helps the reader to identify the characters and references in the comic book. For example, it will tell you who John Carter and Gullivar Jones are, and will even identify all the ...

Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard

Mark Finn

MonkeyBrain Books, 2006

The Story Teller's Story Teller
Mark Finn's biography of Robert E. Howard is an interesting read & well worth the time for any fan of REH's work. Mr. Finn's examination of Howard by referencing his Texas roots has been mentioned by other reviewers & I'll not echo that here. Let me just say that I ...

Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe

Win Scott Eckert, Philip Jose Farmer, ...

MonkeyBrain Books, 2005

Chris Davies is WRONG!
Having read both this book from cover to cover and the reviews that are posted on this sight, I can only conclude that one of the reviewers has an axe to grind with one or more of the writers responsible. Don't let that sway you; this is an excellent book that, yes, ...

Why Should I Cut Your Throat?

Jeff VanderMeer

MonkeyBrain Books, 2004

An insider's view of the world of SF, fantasy, & horror
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?, the first essay collection by one of America's finest young authors, Jeff VanderMeer (City of Saints and Madmen, Secret Life), is part humorous insider's view of the SF, fantasy, and horror scene (i.e. VanderMeer's experience at the 1999 ...

British Summertime (Gollancz SF)

Paul Cornell

MonkeyBrain Books, 2007

A Favorite
I came across this book by chance at a used bookstore. I read the description on the back--time travel, angels, religion...it seemed interesting, if a bit scattered. I paid maybe $4 for it, and had it for a year before I actually read it. Once I got past the first ...

Adventure

MonkeyBrain Books, 2005

Shame on me for not reviewing this sooner!
First of all, I am a voracious reader of pulp and adventure. When the two are combined, magic happens! Chris Roberson, thank you! I really enjoyed your Van Helsing story. Beware, there be tygers has never been truer...but then I love anything to do with mysterious ...

The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana

Jess Nevins

MonkeyBrain Books, 2005

Most Amazingly Exhaustive Work Ever
The breadth and scope of this book is staggering. It's an exhaustive tome on pretty much all the genre fiction of the Victorian age, and not limited to the UK fiction of the period either. It's a must read for fans of steampunk, Victorian science fiction, the ...

Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy

Michael Moorcock

MonkeyBrain Books, 2004

Excellent Overview of fantasy lit
Traditional fantasy isn't merely 'dwarves and dragons, magical quests and prophecies and little adorable elfs going off wandering'...and this fine book, in itself, disproves that idea that fantasy is based purely on Tolkien and 'the northern thing'. Wildly ...