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The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases - Alan M. Clark, Brian M. Stableford, Cory Doctorow, China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, Jeffrey Ford, Brendan Connell, Kage Baker, Liz Williams, Rikki Ducornet, Rhys Hughes, Mark Roberts, Jeff VanderMeer, Neil Gaiman
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases
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From Delusions of Universal Grandeur to Twentieth Century Chronoshock, this amusing pocket guide to concocted diseases - designed and illustrated by John Coulthart - features an anthology of slightly morbid, darkly humorous ailments and prognosis srved up by such renowned luminaries as Neil... show more
From Delusions of Universal Grandeur to Twentieth Century Chronoshock, this amusing pocket guide to concocted diseases - designed and illustrated by John Coulthart - features an anthology of slightly morbid, darkly humorous ailments and prognosis srved up by such renowned luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Gahan Wilson, Brian Stableford, and Michael Bishop.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781892389541 (1892389541)
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Edition language: English
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dearmfield
dearmfield rated it
4.0 The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases
Jeff Vandermeer founder of genre "New Weird" brings all the weirdos together to update the chapbooks and pocket guides of Thackeray T. Lambshead's discredited diseases.An all star cast of authors such as; Neil Gainman, Alan Moore, Cory Doctorow. to name a few and some of my favorites Brian Evenson, ...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
Oliver, the ILL librarian, was amused by the title.Eccentric and discredited, but not much fun to sit and read straight through.
cindywho
cindywho rated it
I got about halfway through and finally asked myself if I was enjoying this book. Sadly - not really, so back to the library it goes... It was just a little too creepy to read the short bits over breakfast - I had expected short stories, but these are encyclopedia entries.
altheaann
altheaann rated it
A very strange volume… allegedly a guide, as the title states, to bizarre diseases, this book has contributions from some of the top names in the business (Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, China Mieville, Kage Baker, etc), but the entries aren’t really (quite) stories…Each author has made up a disease...
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