Harlan Ellison's Phoenix Without Ashes
Harlan Ellison, one of the Grand Masters of science fiction and a multiple Hugo-, Nebula-, and Edgar Award-winner, returns to his roots with the graphic novel, Phoenix Without Ashes". The year is 2785 and Devon a farmer banished for challenging his community's Elders discovers a secret that...
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Harlan Ellison, one of the Grand Masters of science fiction and a multiple Hugo-, Nebula-, and Edgar Award-winner, returns to his roots with the graphic novel, Phoenix Without Ashes". The year is 2785 and Devon a farmer banished for challenging his community's Elders discovers a secret that changes everything he knew about the world leading him on a quest to solve a mystery beyond his understanding before his entire world is destroyed in a cataclysm."
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781600108006 (1600108008)
ASIN: 1600108008
Publish date: February 22nd 2010
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
Graphic novel adaptation of Ellison & Bryant's story about a young rebel in an agrarian community of religious fundamentalists who discovers that their tiny world is not what it appears to be. Kind of heavy handed anti-religious metaphor.
I'm torn on this one. I honestly didn't realize that this was based on a series that flopped, until I read a few other reviews. I know that this wasn't specifically my cup of tea, but I'll explain what I did and did not like as best I can. The illustrations are detailed, and there is a nice use of...
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