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1. Alan Moore

The Great When

A dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London – fictional and real – by a legend of modern fantasy

1. Alan , Moore

I Hear A New World

'Extraordinary' Susanna Clarke, bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellA continuation of The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real - by a legend of modern fantasy It's 1958. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change. and London is full of danger. Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he's avoided so much as thinking about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should've been his last souvenir of that experience - an iron key he secretly brought back. But while Dennis may believe he's done with the Great When, it's not done with him. The unsuspecting rube now in possession of the key has discovered its magical properties, bringing forth mythic, occult beings into Dennis's London and sparking riots in the capital. Worse still, Dennis hears his first love Grace has returned to the Great When to investigate strange happenings in both cities. Desperate to keep Grace safe and return London to normal, Dennis follows her back into the hidden city. But once it has him back, The Great When will not let him go away again so easily. He and Grace must fight to set things right or forever lose everything. Electrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe, I Hear A New World takes the reader back to Long London for a thrilling and fantastical second instalment. Praise for The Great When: the first book in a new series by Sunday Times-bestseller and icon, Alan Moore. 'A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying' Iain Sinclair 'Brilliant and so powerfully imaginative' Adam Curtis 'A weird book and a complete joy' Mariana Enríquez 'Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience' Susanna Clarke

1. Alan Moore

The Great When

Think Terry Pratchett writing one of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London novels – but still unmistakeably Alan. This has ‘massive hit’ written all over it

Ranx the Sentient City

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ranx the Sentient City is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics universe. It first appeared in the short story "Tygers", written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (1986). Its origins are unknown; according to folklore Ranx is as old as the stars. Circuitry running across and through each quadrant of the city enables Ranx to observe and act upon anything in its vicinity. Ranx can control gravitational forces in virtually any area, and control the very ground itself. Data feeds connect to a command center with a central processing unit, perhaps a quasi-organic brain.

Production of Watchmen

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Watchmen is a 2009 film based on a twelve-issue comic book limited series of same name created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins, published by DC Comics between 1986 and 1987. The graphic novel's film rights were acquired by producer Lawrence Gordon in 1986. Many problems halted the adaptation's development, with four different studios and various directors and screenwriters being attached to the project through twenty years. In 2006, Zack Snyder, who at the time was filming another comic book adaptation, 300, was hired by Warner Bros. to helm Watchmen. Filming started in 2007, and following deals with two of the previous companies involved in the development-Paramount Pictures, responsible for international distribution rights, and 20th Century Fox, which received the right to part of the gross-the Watchmen adaptation was finally released on March 2009.

Dr Manhattan

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Le Dr Manhattan est un des personnages du comics Watchmen d'Alan Moore. C'est également le nom du deuxième recueil de la série en France, contenant les épisodes 3 et 4 de l'édition originale. Jonathan (dit Jon) Osterman n'a pas choisi sa vie. Tout jeune, rêvant d'être horloger comme son père, il renonça à son rêve à cause du choix de ce dernier, qui après le bombardement d'Hiroshima le 6 août 1945, déclare : ' Le professeur Einstein dit que le temps varie d'un endroit à l'autre. Si le temps est faux, à quoi bon les horlogers ? (...) Ma profession appartient au passé. Je veux un avenir pour mon fils. ' Jonathan dut donc se plier aux ordres de son père. Il étudia à Princeton et en 1958 fut diplômé en physique nucléaire.