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Good section on drugs.
I bought this book because I remenber how much I liked it when I was in high school. I got it from amazon.com in three days!
Reading it now, I realize the only thing I found useful in the book was the section on drugs. I also found that the author was very good in talking about what is dangerous for you and what isn't. But besides the chapter on drugs I found the rest of the cookbook boring. I still feel it is a good addition to any book collection though.

Good for a few laughs and a few tips...
I checked this book out at the local library when I was in high school.I checked the other day, and they still have a copy, but it's in the reference section and can't be taken home anymore.People make a big deal over this book, but it's nothing revolutionary.A lot of it is useless, since no sane person would ever try any of the things that it talks about.However, there are a few useful bits of information that can be gleaned from it.Just don't expect too much.The book is good for laughs more than anything else.It's worth reading, if you can find a copy, but it's not worth buying.I'm sure you can find a lot better tips on explosives and things online, if you look.The book is overrated, but it's still fun and interesting to read.Trust me.

the invisible book
I bought the book to prove my friends wrong.They had stated the following.
The book will never arrive.
You will be considered a terrorist if you buy the book.

Unfortunatly... it has now been 3 weeks since the book was due(6 weeks since ordered) and the book (mysteriously separated from the rest of the order) has not yet arrived.

Therefore I must conclude that the book is a masterpiece in hope that my travels will not be ended one day in Guantanamo.
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Isbn: 0962303208
Sales Rank: 264892
Subjects: 1. Anarchism 2. Drug abuse 3. Explosives 4. General 5. History & Theory - Radical Thought 6. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism 7. Political Science 8. Reference 9. Sociology 10. United States

Creepy Susie : And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children
by ANGUS OBLONG
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I like tihs book ALOT!!!!!!!
My DAD bot me this bookits great!!!! True to lief!!!! I idetnified with the peepul in it. I like it ALOTALOTALOT!!!!!!!

dear god.
My dad got this book for me. It didn't last me too long, I read the whole thing in about 20 minutes (mostly thinking about how wrong this book was.) It's just plain DISTURBING. Not in a good way. I mean it's just wrong. I have read things like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, the Adventures of Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl, and Gashlycrumb Tinies and some other stuff... well I have never read something as.... weird... as this. It was entertaining sometimes but otherwise I was just waiting for the extreme madness to stop. My favorite was the Debbies. That's about it.

Delightfully Dark and Disturbing
Any fan of Edward Gorey's morbid comics will like this dark (and I mean dark) illustrated book of children's tales. Most start out like slightly twisted fairy tales. Simple storyline. Obvious moral. Then they take a twist that usually ends up with someone dead, typically by dismemberment. The only negative reviews on Amazon are "In the age of Columbine...simply sick!" and go on to criticize it for encouraging kids to kill other kids. Sick, true. But this book is obviously not for 12-year-olds, but reasonable adults with a dark sense of humor. I liked it. ... Read more

Isbn: 0345433017
Sales Rank: 46737
Subjects: 1. Children 2. Emotionally disturbed children 3. Form - Limericks & Verse 4. Form - Parodies 5. General 6. Humor 7. Problem children 8. Humor / General

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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy : and Other Stories
by Tim Burton
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This unassuming hardcover in black buckram with a dark lavender title plate is the door into a world of twisted pleasures. Filmmaker Tim Burton (EdwardScissorhands, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas) tells 23winsomely macabre stories about boys and girls who don't fit in. Their bodies are misshapen, their habits are odd, and their parents are appalled by them. But they do try hard to be human, like poor unwanted Mummy Boy, who's "a bundle of gauze": he goes for a walk in the park with his mummy dog. Some kids are having "a birthday party for a Mexican girl." They think Mummy Boy is a piñata: "They took a baseball bat and whacked open his head. Mummy Boy fell to the ground; he finally was dead. Inside of his head were no candy or prizes, just a few stray beetles of various sizes." For all its simple humor, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & OtherStories is a peculiarly disturbing book about the violence that children suffer. It is illustrated in pen and ink, watercolor, and crayon. The themes and imagery are at a young-adult to adult level. ... Read more

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5 hard earned stars
I LOVE THIS BOOK! It just says so much about how misunderstood outcasts are, but in Tim Burton's own way. This book is like a cross between Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice, but maybe that's the way it is supposed to be. A terrific book that reminds you about Timmy's darker movies like Sleepy Hollow.

A Morbid Book By My Favorite Film-maker
{Believe it or not}, the "Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy" is actually one of the saddest poems in this book. Even though it IS comedy, it is dark comedy about outsiders who only wish to fit in, but something tragic happens to them. They are very short poems, but worth reading.

I could not put it down.

Melancholy Indeed!
Tim Burton is pure genius. In this little book of melancholy poetry he combines humor, darkness and independent thought into indescribable delight.

This petite book of 23 short poems is the definition of creativity and artistic expression. Burton's poetry is simple, rhythmical and completely unique. His characters are as varied as "James" to "The Boy With Nails in His Eyes," each offering a touch of whimsy beside an outsider existence. Anyone who has ever felt different will somehow relate! Complete with Burton's own drawings of each distinctive character it is a very entertaining experience.

If you enjoy Tim Burton's films and relate to his ability to tell the tale of misshapen outcasts you will enjoy this chance to savor Burton in print. Adults and children alike can chuckle and moan at the inventiveness of a true original.
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Isbn: 0688156819
Subjects: 1. Abnormalities, Human 2. American - General 3. American Contemporary Poetry 4. Children 5. Fantasy poetry, American 6. Fiction 7. Fiction - General 8. Graphic Novels - General 9. Humor 10. Humorous 11. Poetry 12. Short Stories (single author) 13. Fiction / Short Stories (single author)

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Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics)
by LEWIS CARROLL
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Leather Bound (30 August, 1995)
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This beautiful, 868-page leather-bound volume contains a delightfulcollection of stories from one of history's most beloved children's authors.Lewis Carroll's stories are still as fresh and appealing as when they were firstpublished more than a century ago. John Tenniel's original illustrationsaccompany the Alice stories and bring to life the wildly popular characters sowell known to us all: the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and apassel of others.

Carroll, one of 11 children, knows his audience well. His stories--clever,provocative, and bizarre--capture the imaginations of children worldwide. Thougha prolific storyteller from childhood, he went on to become a mathematician, a fact evidenced by the Tangled Tales serial, which contains amathematical equation in each installment.

Other stories included in this collection are "The Hunting of theSnark," which was composed backward, in a sense, when inspiration for thetale came by way of the last line; "Rhyme? And Reason?"; the Sylvieand Bruno books; and the original Alice story, "Alice's AdventuresUnderground," penned and illustrated in Carroll's own hand. Two never-before-printed poems, originally inscribed in two storybooks and presented asmementos to a little girl and boy, conclude this enchanting collection. ... Read more

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Kinda disappointed
Of course, it is very nice to have pretty much every Carroll work you could want in one volume, however there is one major drawback here.While the blue leather binding and gold gilt text and page edges are quite nice, I found the actual pages to be a very low quality thin paper.Also, the margins are very small, cramming alot of text on each page, while the paper and print quality actually take away a minor of the illustration detail.Overall, not a bad collection, yet I think "The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll"thru B&N is superior even without the bells and whistles.

MK

THERE'S ONLY ALICE
The indeterminate way that Alice In Wonderland appeared could probably never happen again.Somehow the book would not have had the same ring to it if either of the other sisters had pestered Charles Dodgson for the tale to be written down.
The majority discover Alice via the Disney movie which combines elements of both "Alice In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking Glass",changing much along the way.
Thus Alice is only sat in the tree at the beginning in this version.
In the original tale called "Alice's Adventures Underground" some of the characters are missing such as the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter.This is because Dodgson added them later when the book was published with a title change and John Tenniel's artwork
Alice is,today,a massive cottage industry,fuelled by the Internet
and collecting Alice goes three ways really as it adds Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell.
To my mind the most fascinating area of all collecting

A Monumental Achievement
Outside of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, I enjoy no author in any language more than I do Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known to the world as Lewis Carroll.His bizarrely creative mind stands alone in world literature, and his maze-like stories (which can be interpreted by the reader in a variety of interesting ways) are both immensely enjoyable and intellecutally stimulating.These tales, from the immortal "Alice" books (translated and quoted from more often than any English language text besides Shakespeare and the King James Bible) to the early "Phantasmagoria," are largely accessible, succinct, and simple, yet driven by a striking undercurrent of delicious parody and delightful nonsense.In the age of Marx and Freud, men who attempted to explain everything, Carroll, more than anyone else, stood up for true art; his work (especially the twisted "Hunting of the Snark") defy conventional academic interpretation and application to the real world, thus embodying Nietzsche's sentiment that "we have art so that we don't go insane."His highly creative vocabulary puts his work on the cutting-edge, over 50 years before anyone had heard of his most visible successors, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov (who translated Carroll into Russian), et al.Perhaps it a testament to Carroll's greatness that his works, more than almost any others of the Victorian age, endure so visibly during the modern day; his patented blend of simplicity, wordplay, and, above all, imagination, may never again be seen, and thus ought to be treasured very highly indeed. ... Read more

Isbn: 0517147815
Subjects: 1. Classics 2. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh 3. Literary Criticism 4. Sale Adult - Literature - Classics & Contemporary 5. Fiction / Classics

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Amphigorey
by Edward Gorey
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The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. As always, Gorey's painstakingly cross- hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The first book of 15, "The Unstrung Harp," describes the writing process of novelist Mr. Clavius Frederick Earbrass: "He must be mad to go on enduring the unexquisite agony of writing when it all turns out drivel." In "The Listing Attic," you'll find a set of quirky limericks such as "A certain young man, it was noted, / Went about in the heat thickly coated; / He said, 'You may scoff, / But I shan't take it off; / Underneath I am horribly bloated.' "

Many of Gorey's tales involve untimely deaths and dreadful mishaps, but much like tragic Irish ballads with their perky rhythms and melodies, they come off as strangely lighthearted. "The Gashlycrumb Tinies," for example, begins like this: "A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears," and so on. An eccentric, funny book for either the uninitiated or diehard Gorey fans. ... Read more

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Gorey <3
Yeah, you might as well buy these paperback books of a bunch of Gorey comics squished together. You truly get a ton of Gorey for your buck that way. I'd describe Edward Gorey's work as an acquired taste-- not everyone is going to understand him. Buy this book if you already know about him and you enjoy his work.

Late, Great Master of Macabre
Grim, gothic, and grotesque with the strong scent of whimsy- the Gorey style is quite peculiarly unmistakable.The collection highlights some of his greatest works including the Gashlycrumb Tinies, a sort of ABCs of 26 children's demise.A great value for the whole collection showcasing Gorey as a talented illustrator and unique humourist, though, due to the format, a collector may want to opt for the individual, hardbound books.Amphigorey, a collection of works by the late author, is a great introduction for anyone interested in Goth culture, macabre, or peculiarly sadistic humour.Personally, I loved this collection for its condense format and comprehensive coverage of the genius.

Fairly Lame
Not knowing much about Gorey, I thought I'd try it since I saw the cartoon about that one kid that smothered under a rug. Ha! Anway, the whole book was lame. Just barely entertaining. Not for an adult reader unless you really, really obsessively liked Gorey as a kid. And several of the cartoons were in french....... ... Read more

Isbn: 0399504338
Subjects: 1. Comics & Graphic Novels 2. Fiction - General 3. General 4. Graphic Novels - General

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The Necronomicon
by Simon
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Who takes this seriously?
I mean really, what kind of moron would, even for a minute, take this book to be real?It would require an IQ in the single digits!The Necronomicon is NOT, I repeat **NOT** real!It is a *fictional* book created by the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, first referenced in his short story "The Hound" (published 1922).There are no historical references whatsoever to validate the existence of this book.The *only* thing it is good for is naming death metal bands.

In summation: Necronomicon=fake!

Necro-comic-con
Teenage goths everywhere should realize "The Necronomicon" is a fun lil' phony literary construct devised by one of the best horror writers since E. A. Poe. Reading anything into it is 'nerdism' at its worst.

Lovecraft wanted "The Necronomicon" to fit within his extended theme of the "Cythylu Mythos" (his take on a demon-infested universe guided by gruesome magic).

(FYI) Believe-it-or-not, H.P. Lovecraft wrote a slim outline to this fakeGrimoire-- and a grand outline is said to exist somewhere out there-- but it's a rumor.
Lovecraft wanted a carsist (magical) philosophy behind his fantastic horror stories and that is why his invention "The Necronomicon" is genius.
This volume, however, shows us how much free time the author had on his hands.

Stop writing (...), if it doesn't work for you.......
Necronomican is an excellent book. And yes it does work if you do believe in spiritual power and have faith in whatever ritual you doing and whomever you invoking. lets take astrology (Knowledge of Stars), it didn't come down from the sky, it was invented/created by our ancestors, now days almost everybody believes in it; and you can see how true it is........ Lets say if I grab a rock from the road-side, with the power of my mind and a strong belief in it; it can do wonders you can't even imagine. So, the main tool in all magical work is the power of your mind, concentration, and belief. Necronomican, the symbol and names of the spirit that are given in this book are not a made-up sh*t, it's real (start reading the historic books, not the internet. Internet is full of dumb crap). As far as the language goes, it's not neccessary you have to use the same, you can do it in your own language..... So far I used Necronomican spells three times, and two of my wishes already come true, and within days (less than a week). I can't tell the wishes and the spirits I invoke, but I'll tell you that much it was not a little wish such as returning lover crap, it was something really big and it came true exactly as I asked for................ and I would definitely recommend everyone to give a shot, you would be surprise what this little book can do for you. (don't take it as a joke, before doing a ritual meditate, durring the ritual concentrate on your wish, and after the ritual have a faith in it)....
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Isbn: 0380751925
Sales Rank: 8765
Subjects: 1. Al azif 2. Alhazrad, Abdul. 3. Magick Studies 4. New Age 5. New Age / Parapsychology 6. Occultism 7. Witchcraft & Wicca 8. Body, Mind & Spirit / Witchcraft & Wicca

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Paul Krassner's Psychedelic Trips for the Mind
by Paul Krassner
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good, but not quite as good as pot stories
This is the second in a series of three books edited by Krassner collecting people's stories of their experiences with various drugs. The first, Pot Stories for the Soul, was about marijuana. This book was originally going to be called Psychedelic Stories for the Soul and the third to be called Magic Mushroom Stories for the Soul, but the humorless creators of the insipid Chicken Soup for the Soul series threatened legal action, and this book became Psychedelic Trips for the Mind and the third book will be titled Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs: From Toad Slime to Ecstasy.
Of the first two books, the first is the most entertaining--it has the widest variety of stories and many of them are quite amusing, horrifying, or otherwise entertaining. This book contains more stories of countercultural figures--the first three chapters are on countercultural history, Timothy Leary, and the Grateful Dead. Krassner's contributions to this book have all previously been published elsewhere.

Other chapters include a whole set of people's stories about tripping at Disneyland, the obligatory chapter of bad trips ("Bummers"), which are often the most entertaining, and a chapter by prisoners.

Isbn: 1893010074
Sales Rank: 516444
Subjects: 1. Pop Arts / Pop Culture 2. Popular Culture - Counter Culture 3. Popular Culture - General 4. Social Science 5. Sociology

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HR Giger (Icon (Taschen))
by H. R. Giger, Stanislav Grof
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Best Giger For the Budget
ok, there are indeed some very odd pictures that explore sex, but oh well. this book is a pure work of art, different and grand.

To the last ignorant review
just because some art explores sex does not mean it is "porn". I love the rampant abundance of ignorance in this country. Giger is an amazing artist, if you have not experienced his work than you are surely missing out on some of the most ORIGINAL artwork of this time.

Fabulous and Fascinating
Although not for the weak at heart, Giger explores the dark reaches of his soul and shares it to the world through his paintings. From there, one can begin to see the alien born in each of us. ... Read more

Isbn: 3822817236
Sales Rank: 253507
Subjects: 1. Art & Art Instruction 2. Commercial - Illustration - Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3. Individual Artist

The Complete Stories
by FRANZ KAFKA
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How many writers get their own adjective? The work of this terminally alienated master narrator of the subconscious demanded a new descriptor; I guess they gave up and just settled on "Kafkaesque." But if you ever wonder what the original Kafkaesque work was, take a look here. The book contains all of Kafka's short and longer stories -- everything but his three novels.Most of these stories weren't even published during the author's lifetime.The widely-anthologized The Metamorphosis is here, wherein Gregor Samsa awakes from uneasy dreams to find himself insectoidally transformed, as are equally lovely pieces like A Hunger Artist, A Country Doctor and A Little Woman. ... Read more

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Schizophrenia never read so Good
Mania is Kafka and Kafka is mania.These amazing short stories are easy to read and exceedingly difficult to decipher, but that's what makes Kafka great.His stories are so disturbing that they force their readers to see a sometimes brutal and in fact lethal necessity in their ordinary lives.Kafka lived in Prague as a member of the German-speaking Jewish minority which had to contend with the Czech Prague.He was outside of the mainstream of the German Prague and the Czech Prague and this is what commentators believe made him so alienated.His stories read like a horrific nightmare; it is as if one has a vicarious schizophrenic experience while reading his work.Particularly of interest is the story entitled "The Penal Colony" where a torture machine becomes the object of a man's infatuation to the point of self-destructive absurdity.The only other work that I have read which possesses a similar feel, at times anyways, is a new book called Antinomy: union of mind by Whyte.Kafka is abstract and as such his work remains elusive to the reader.In other words, he writes the kind of short story that can be picked up again and again all the while delivering new insights.This is the true literature of the twentieth century.

The Best Kafka Shorts Collection Available
With a great introduction by John Updike, this is the best Kafka short story compilation I have found to date.I have read a lot of Kafka and believe that his shorts include some of his best work.This version presents some of the cleanest translations I have encountered and I think that with them we receive a much more approachable translation.For and introduction to Kafka this book is a great point of departure and for the Kafka fan, both new and seasoned this is a great book to own.

Including the famous Kafka shorts like the "Metamorphosis", "the Penal Colony" and "the Judgment" this book also contains some very short works that I would say are more indicative of his style including"Conversations With a Drunk" and "Conversations With a Worshipper".Some of these stories are so short that they barely span half of a written page and while they are arguably too short I suggest reading them first.Though some might read like a sucker punch by beginning and ending before you realize what occurred, these works will elucidate Kafka's style quicker than the longer shorts.If "The Trial" of "Amerika" is required reading (for students) or even if you have to read "
The Metamorphosis" take some time and read some of these very short stories first, not only will you have a far better command of Kafka's style but you will sound more intelligent in your classroom discussions and your literary analysis when you refer to other works by the author.For the pleasure reader set you can follow this same advice as spending mere moments to read these works will only enrich the experience of reading Kafka's Larger works.

Saving Literary analysis for another forum, I will go straight to the point of recommending this set of stories as the finest example of a Kafka shorts collection. Anyone who knows me well will know that I find the short story to be among the most enjoyable literary forms and that I have read more than my share of Kafka.This collection not only provides the most stories but presents them in a well thought out manner by including the very short stories in a section of their own.Since, undoubtedly, you will be reading this book often it is good to know that this a sturdy paperback that will sustain a great deal of abuse.I recommend that even if you don't buy this version read the stories, however if you are in the market for a Kafka short collection this is the one to buy. At a little over ten dollars you can't go wrong... Enjoy!

-- Ted Murena

Worth it for "The Metamorphosis" alone.
Kafka was a seriously messed up guy, but "The Metamorphosis" is a great piece of work. The book is worth buying for this story alone. ... Read more

Isbn: 0805210555
Subjects: 1. Classics 2. German Novel And Short Story 3. Literary 4. Literature - Classics / Criticism 5. Literature: Classics 6. Short Stories (single author) 7. Short stories 8. Fiction / Short Stories (single author)

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The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary
by Edward Gorey
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As the New York Times writes of Edward Gorey, "His satires (often of tawdry Victorian mysteries) are not mere commentaries on the manners and mores of a distant age; they are inventive narratives about evil adults, mischievous children, illicit lovers and improbable beasts." Or, in the case of The Curious Sofa, improbable furniture. As Gorey tells us on the cover, this is "a pornographic work" (pornographic horror, in fact) with a picture on every page. And yet there's nary a nipple (nor a drop of blood) in sight. (For those who want some extras to pass around there's a 10-copy assortment with The GashlycrumbTinies.) ... Read more

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Volume Eleven Of The "Encyclopedia Of Unimaginable Customs"
In a typically odd work by Edward Gorey, the protagonist, Alice, gets her eyes opened to many new experiences by companions of various sorts (including Colonel Gilbert and his wife Louise, both of whom have wooden legs, and Donald, a sheepdog). All these new activities are strangely suggestive, but not what most people would actually call pornographic; after all, the book is only illustrated with Gorey's discreet little drawings.

The sofa itself is contained in a room lined in polar bear fur, is upholstered in scarlet velvet, and has nine legs and seven arms;when the machinery starts within it Alice shudders and the book concludes in a delightfully ambiguous manner, in what may well be one of the strangest endings of any of Gorey's books.

I like Gorey, and this is a good little book, but is not actually one of my favorites, as I think there are others more whimsical, and a few are even stranger. For Gorey lovers this is a great little book, but understand that it is quite small, which makes it a questionable value, particularly in light of the excellent compilations available.

Gerald did a terrible thing to Elsie with a saucepan....
Though definitely not for everyone, this is probably the creepiest little thing I've read in a LONG time, this being accomplished entirely by subtle insinuation and suggestion than anything concrete.

Pornographic work?Not exactly, if you are expecting the sort of thing all those spam e-mails promise.This is surrealism, enigmatic and dreamlike... the graphic imagery is limited to bizarrely posed and leering maybe-unclothed/maybe-not cartoon figures tastefully obscured behind monstrously large ornamental urns, twisted naked tree limbs, and imposing bamboo screens, with such captions as "That evening in the library Scylla, one of the guests who had certain anatomical peculiarities, demonstrated the 'Lithuanian Typewriter', assisted by Ronald and Rupert, two remarkably well-set-up young men from the village."Over and again through the "story" my reaction was "What the heck is THAT supposed to mean???" while taken together they imply something hideously and repugnantly barbaric and freakishly obscene, with the only possible conclusions (when they can be made at all) not matching the reactions of the characters, until the shocking conclusion where at last the characters react appropriately to an eerie situation that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever... making the entire experience that much more disconcerting.

This is the beauty of Edward Gory's surrealism.Though, as I said earlier, it is not for everyone- the horror is too enigmatic and the humor a bit too strange for the taste of most people I know... as one negative review said: "Make sure you want to buy this sort of book... it is not what I was expecting."(What was she expecting?She never said... the statement would make a lovely caption for a Gory cartoon, though, unrelated to the panels directly preceding and following it: [A woman in a fur coat and a pair of sinister tennis shoes marking a calendar, while a strange and ambiguous animal watches:] "I would fancy a cup of tea, but only on alternating Tuesdays."/ [The ambiguous animal stands in a bookstore, frowning doubtfully as a distraught young woman points fearfully at a nondescript and dusty book on the bottom shelf of an antique bookcase, telling the woman in tennis shoes:] "Make sure you want to buy this sort of book... it is not what I was expecting."/[The distraught-looking woman asks the woman in sneakers while looking out the shop window:]"Is it my imagination, or has that building moved since last I saw it?"[The doubtful animal replies:]"NO.")

And I think I should also mention that Gory's little cartoons are probably not a good idea for children.Although, I believe that at 9, 10, or 11 I would have been fascinated by the intricately detailed and strange little creepy drawings and their bizarre captions and though any vaguely "adult" elements would have gone way over my head, the cartoons would nonetheless have sparked my imagination... seeing them again as an adult would have been that much more chilling.

And, in closing, yes, this book is tiny, and very short.I'd suggest first of all trying out "Amphigory"- a collection of Gory's weird cartoons which includes "The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary", and if you especially like that story to get the little book, or to buy it as a gift for friends with a twisted sense of humor.In fact I would recommend that anyone suspecting they might have a taste for surrealism, dream-like and brutal satire of stiff and stuffy Edwardian and Victorian mannerisms art and customs, subtle gothic horror and twisted humor get hold of as many of the Amphigory books as they can.

Anyone up for a game of Thumbfumble?
Hardly pornographic at all, this small and simple book is filled with insinuations of events that could quite possibly be indecent or tawdry, but remain veiled, allowing the reader to reach their own conclusions.

While The Curious Sofa is amusing in its naive and capricious way, it is not a "bust out laughing" piece of entertainment, and made me smile but not laugh.I'm not entirely sure that is worth the $9.00 price.It would be more recommendable if it was half the price and marketed more as a novelty or gift item.

When looking at purchasing this item, take note of the small size of the book and the number of pages. The book is little enough to be a stocking stuffer at Christmas time, and the page count says 64, but it is actually only 32, because the printing is one-sided, so there is only one picture per page turn, opposite pages are all blank.

The drawings, while indeed whimsical, were not particularly special, and the only one who could possibly label anything in this book "pornographic" would be Mother Goose.We never do get to see this Curious Sofa either, and I found that to be the difference between feeling titillated with the unseen, and feeling cheated out of something that could have been special.

Overall, it would be a nice gift item if the price were lower, but at $9.00 for 32 pages with no real conclusion to the tale, leave it on the shelf. ... Read more

Isbn: 0151003076
Subjects: 1. Art & Art Instruction 2. Fiction 3. General 4. Individual Artist 5. Techniques - Cartooning 6. Topic - Adult 7. Art / Cartooning

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Johnny The Homicidal Maniac : Director's Cut (Lenore Collection, No 1)
by Jhonen Vasquez
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WELL F*CK YOU MR. BEAR! YOU SPEAK LIES! LIIIIES!
JTHM is an excellent comic about Johnny who kills the vain and shallow to feed a monster, that lives behind his wall, with blood so he may save the world... in a way.

This comic is excellent. Although it has an obvious gothic style, Johnen Vasquez pokes fun at stereotypes from all groups, including goths.
The Directors Cut lacks the Meanwhile comic strips, but they can be found in Squee's Book Of Nightmare.
JTHM is a great read and is hard to put down, even if you've just finished reading it.

Fun Reading for the Whole Family!!!
Finally a book that family members from the ages three to three hundred can enjoy together in unite! Watch the kids marvel at the sight of wonderful homicidal mania! Grandparents laughing hysterically at various Nine Inch Heels references! Ah yes, it's about time that we have something to show the kids.
Yeah, all right, this isn't really a good source of reading for a fun night out with the family. Or at least my family. But all kidding aside(for now), "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" is a helluva good book.
I could reiterate the little plot that this book has or try to find some sort of deep meaning in it all, but I don't really have the time and I doubt that you really care. You just wanna know what you're gonna get for your twenty bucks, right? Right!
What you're gonna get from "JTHM" is a comic of randomness about a guy. The guy kills people. A sort of plot forms along the way, but its not of much consequence. What makes this book such a good read is the truly dark and pretty origanel sense of humor that wisely pokes fun at its target audience as well as everyone else. The artwork goes from excellent to the downright lazy(the genius "Happy Noodle Boy" is just a stick figure) and the book is origanel and different from anything else out there on the comic market. And isn't that what you want from a book.
"JTHM" isn't for everyone to say the least(you can probably tell whether or not you'll like it from the title), but it also isn't as disturbing as some people seem to believe(as far as the violence goes, it's a comic book. It ai'nt real.) "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" gives you your money's worth and leaves wanting more and wanting to read it again. In other words, it's exactly what you are looking for.

hmmm....
Well, I read this whole book in about a day (hey, I had to eat and stuff).Anyways, it is about a guy named Johnny or 'nny' who tortures and kills people when they're mean to him, so he can use their blood to paint a wall. Behind the wall is a monster, which I will get to later. Jhonny is feeling suicidal, and had a girlfriend that beat him up when he tried to kill her so that she couldn't leave him, namd Devi, aka 'the one that got away', which only made the feelings worse. Brhind the feelings are the psycho doughboy, Mr.Eff and(I forgot the other's name). One wants Johnny to kill himself, and the other wants Johnny to kill people.Mind you, theese are only voices in Jhonny's head.The only sane voice is Nail Bunny, a rabbit nailed to a wall, who wants Johnny to be normal. Well, one day, in about issue 5, Johhny kills himself and goes to heaven, where people have magic powers but are content to sit all day. Whwn Johnny uses his powers to blow people's heads up, he is sent to hell, where he asks the devil why he's so lost in the world, where he finds out he's a waste lock and has to make sure the monster behind the wall never gets out, and Jhonny basicly sucks up the world's sadness. When he goes back to earth(the devil had reality on a back-up disk, so Johnny stays on earth), he gets rid of the psycho doughboys, who were sucking up his creativity. He trys to call Devi, but she tells him to get away. Sad and probobly heart-broken, Johnny goes on a quest to become emotionless.That is the enad of the series, and the last line, when Johnny is writeing in his diary, is "By the next time I write in this book, I hope to be as cold as the moon that lights this page." I give it four stars, as the plot is very deep and hard to understand, and not five beacuse of the swearing and violence. Want to see a pic of Johnny? Go to kidrawker's profile and look at the image. ... Read more

Isbn: 0943151163
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Subjects: 1. Fiction - General 2. Graphic Novels - General 3. Performing Arts/Dance 4. Cartoons 5. Comic books, strips, etc 6. Fantasy - Dark/Horror 7. Fantasy fiction 8. Fiction 9. Fiction - Fantasy 10. Graphic Novels - Science Fiction

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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by EDGAR ALLAN POE
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Poetic and popular- A Poe for all reasons
I have always preferred the poetry of Poe to the stories. The music of Poe is undeniable - and his memorable lines remain rhythmically in mind. " The glory that was Greece,and the grandeur that was Rome " " Said the Raven, "Nevermore" And then too "In her home by the sea, Annnabel Lee".
But the great innovator in literature, inventor of the modern mystery tale, the tale of ratiocination, the psychological thriller, is Poe the storyteller.
But unlike many readers I am not a particular fan of fictional horror, feeling that life itself supplies enough of this particular quality. So I can remember even in grade - school not really taking to the "Fall of the House of Usher" or "The Tell- Tale Heart" because being at the time a very scared person who had a lot of fear in his world, I did not want fictional fear to augment what I already had.
I also did not like the vague mystery, the sense of looming threat and non- understanding which seemed to me to come with these stories. But of course one particular reader's emotional predilections do not define what a writer truly is. For many these tales of mystery and horror are Literature at its most interesting and fulfilling.
For me Poe's fiction had a weirdness about it which too could be connected with this strange step-son's biography. The expulsion and formal failure at school, the strange love for the child- bride, the haunting sense of loss in love. And then too the dissolution and drunkenness , the wasting away.
To my mind Poe is not on the level of the greatest American writers but lingers a bit below threatening them. All that is warm, tender, humane and normal seems somehow outside the universe of Poe. To make an unfair comparison. Tolstoy too was driven by his demons and at times verged on a kind of madness. But he gives us a world in love and feeling and beauty that Poe does not come close to knowing.
Nonetheless Poe is a genius of literary creation, and his works richly reward the reader in their magnetic andfascinating beauty -

Macabre , Mysterious, & Masterful
Poe is a masterful storyteller. I read him when I was in high school and fell under his spell. I read him again as an adult, and feel that I am still just touching the tip of his depth. I enjoyed him immensely at bothe levels. He throws in French and Latin quotes that still largely mystify me. But even with those aside the tales are wonderfully mysterious. Poe often leaves you wondering throughout the entire story, "What exactly is going on?" While the poor fellow led a tragic life himself, it produced in him some wonderful tales. They infuse the reader with a creeping sense of awe that writers of gory horror cannot hope to match.

Review for book, not contents of book.
I think Peo's genius hardly needs discussion on this forum.
So, I offer a small review on the physical book itself.

As another reviewer mentioned, there are no annotations.
You will have to translate (or find on the Net) the Latin,
the French, etc., yourself, though you can skip them and
still understand the story.I'm no Poe scholar, so I don't
know which works, if any, were excluded from the book, but
all of my favorites are here ("The Tell Tale Heart," "The
Fall of the House of Usher," "The Raven," etc.) and several
more that I've never heard of until now.

This is a solid volume, containing some of the best short
stories ever written in English and I've enjoyed reading
them immensely.

5 out of 5. ... Read more

Isbn: 0385074077
Sales Rank: 8984
Subjects: 1. Classics 2. Fantasy poetry, American 3. General 4. Horror tales, American 5. Literature - Classics / Criticism 6. Literature: Classics 7. Short stories 8. Fiction / Classics

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The Cat with a Really Big Head, and One Other Story that Isn't as Good
by Roman Dirge
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Wonderful Dark and Silly Humor
I like many others bought this book because of the author's connection with Invader Zim and I was not disappointed.

Anyone with a slightly warped sense of humor over the age of 10 will really enjoy this (especially the young men out there!) and for $2.95 who couldn't cough up the cash for a light fun read.

Highly recommend for cartoon and cat lover's alike! My sister-in-law bought it for me and laughed so hard she bought her own copy!

**dies laughing**
this is an edward gorey kind of childrens book and probably wasnt written for children.

regardless, if you are expecting some sort of intellectual stimulation from any "children's" book, this (as the title, i hope, would suggest) isnt the book for you.

this book is well drawn and humerously written. i laughed for days and made all of my friends and coworkers read it as well.

you will find something in these pages that will make you smile.

i promise.

come on. its 2 dollars.

how much are you willing to pay for a chance at laughter?

Not what I expected
Thankfully, this book is pretty cheap. It had a couple of amusing bits, but I think it tries to get way too much out of a pretty ill-thought out idea. I must admit I did laugh out loud at the crotch joke. And the siamese page. It's just a shame that the narration was so shallow and poorly crafted. It was like reading someone's offhanded ravings typed into a web forum. The artwork, while good, is really not detailed or busy enough to compensate for this. The early Lenore series is much better. ... Read more

Isbn: 0943151589
Sales Rank: 95516
Subjects: 1. Fiction 2. Fiction - General 3. General 4. Graphic Novels - General

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Unpleasant Ways to Die
by Elan Fleisher
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Not Funny, Even for Me
I normally have a rather dark sense of humor (I love Edward Gorey's "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" and Gary Larson's "The Far Side"), but this book -just isn't funny-.Most of the illustrations are completely non-humorous, and the few slight chuckles don't begin to make up for the rest.I was given this book years ago and disliked it at the time, and upon forgettinga bout and then rereading it, I disliked it just as much.

And as I said, I -am- the target audience for this book.Find something else to spend your money on.

Great for a quick laugh
This book is for people with a sense of humor, especially those of us who feel that anything can be made fun of at any time. I've gone through this book many times, and it's funny every time. Granted some of the "unpleasant ways to die" are funnier than others, but some of them are just downright hysterical. Great book, hoping for a sequel!

Horifically Unfunny
This book is for retarded children. Don't buy it. There were like 2 or 3 funny ones, but otherwise its a complete rip off. ... Read more

Isbn: 0312032692
Sales Rank: 91883
Subjects: 1. American wit and humor, Pictor 2. American wit and humor, Pictorial 3. Caricatures and cartoons 4. Cartoons and caricatures 5. Death 6. General 7. Humor 8. Humor / General

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High Times Presents Paul Krassner's Pot Stories for the Soul
by Harlan Ellison, Paul Krassner
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*sigh*
Lord, spare me from aging boomers, for they think that the world ended in the 1970's.I was just as disappointed as "same old, same old" with the book's lack of relevance for younger, more modern-day smokers (and I'm at the very lower edge of the boomer generation).I assumed that someone with at least a small awareness of marijuana's consciousness-expanding and spiritually enlightening properties ("for the soul," remember?)would deliver something more than the "hee hee, we're so stoned" genre of stories.Yes, some stories are entertaining, but not new, and nothing more recent than the early 1980s.What about those who survived the War on Drugs?Don't those veterans deserve their own credit? If you're a boomer wanting to relive the glorious sixties, a far better investment would be to purchase some actual weed. I'm sorry, Paul, but we've moved on past you.

Good Times
I originally bought this book cuz I saw my favorite writer had contributed a story, the great HST. Turns out his contribution was a very brief article on his adventure in Africa popping lots of malaria pills (not a lot herb mentioned but still a very funny story.) I really loved all the stories in this book too. Sure, it's a pot book so all it has are stories about marijuana and drugs and stoners. I say so what! It's an excellent collection of different stories about a "somewhat misunderstood" subculture and lifestyle. AND THEY'RE FUNNY! These stories are extremely diverse and not all of them are pro-marijuana so there are some different angles presented for the non-tokers. OK, some of the stories do read like one of those typical stoner movies but many had a story to tell and a lesson to be learned. And if the story WAS about a typical stoner situation it was still funny and enjoyable to read. Excellent job Krassner!

Touched my Soul..
First off, let me say that the past reviewer who said this book was "same old same old" has obviously never read this book.This guy probably just saw the High Times logo, and just imagined what this book was.Of all the ways I could descibe this great book, I would never say that this book is "same old same old."

As a person who has smoked marijuana, and has many friends who also smoke, I must say that the stories presented in this book have no similarity to my life.I only wish that I had the same cool adventures listed in these pages!I am just your average Joe, with a job, a car, and a nice little place in the city.While some people think all marijuana users are wild "Cheech and Chong" types, I am here to say that I am no diferent today, then when I started to smoke.I am shy, quiet, and only share my marijuana smoking with my closet of friends.Living in this country, I am always afraid to tell anyone about my "hobby", out of fear that I will end up in prison.While it might feed into some square's fantasy that all pot smokers all crazy nut jobs, I am here to say that we are all not Timothy Learys and Robert Downy Jrs.

Having said that, let me say that this book was a trip into the cool world of cannabis heaven.Stories of people, just like us, who happen to have neat adventures while they are high.And it is not what you think.While some reviewers might think this book is the ranting of a few stoners, I am here to say that it is no such thing.

Stories of love, escape, hate, paranormal, history, travel, and so much more.I could not put this book down.Each story was so personal and intimate, that I felt that these people are now my close friends.It is my wish that everyone who thinks that marijuana is "dangerous" will read this book.If this does not open your eyes and free your mind, then you are a zombie!

Now, for the standard stoner yell: FREE THE WEED!!

But something tells me that we will just get,"same old same old." ... Read more

Isbn: 1893010023
Sales Rank: 226679
Subjects: 1. Anthologies (multiple authors) 2. Form - Essays 3. Pop Arts / Pop Culture 4. Popular Culture - Counter Culture 5. Popular Culture - General 6. Social Science 7. Sociology

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Lenore : Noogies
by Roman Dirge
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Lenore is a gothic wonderland...
Ah, yes, the ever so elusive mayfly known as a gothic paradise.The Lenore comics, in my opinion, rank right on up there with The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Invader Zim for capturing the heart and soul of the darkness within.Cheery yet suitibly morbid, these grusome tales were passed about my high school like pop corn at a b-grade horror film.

Addictive, humorous, and fun to share with an equally apathic friend.

I would recomend this book to anyone between the ages of 14 and 21 who has ever felt like the whole world was in stark contrast with reality.

If you've ever laughed at a cheerleader that fell on her face, this book is for you.

If you *are* a cheerleader and you've *never* fallen on your face, you're too perfect to exist in this realm, let alone to read this book.

oh my goth
a must have for your collection of cute spooky goth books. similar to those by tim burton, edward gorey, brandon ragan and voltaire. order it, it belongs in every goth's library

Sadly - Lenore is all hype and utter tripe.
This book seemed to appeal to me from the outside but once I "read" the strips... To say these books are overated is an understatement judging from the praise bestowed upon them by various reviewers here and elsewhere.

The good:
The only decent thing about Lenore is the artwork. In particular, the front covers are excellent - they really grab you. A minus point is that "Roman Dirge" is obviously ripping off Tim Burton's art style here - but does it well enough for me to forgive that fact.

The bad:
The stories are total and beyond crap and contain nothing I would say was funny. I'm certainly not offended by the subject matter - I'm only offended by the pure crapness of the so-called "stories". It's like the ideas are there but the creator's obvious lack of imaginative storytelling kills the whole premise totally.

The Lenore character is a great idea but the strips are some of the most boring tripe I've ever read - the sort of stuff doodled by bored, suicidal teenagers.

Don't get me wrong - I was really looking forward to reading Lenore but there's actually little to read and the "jokes" are just unbelievably bland and unfunny. My advice is that "Roman Dirge" finds someone who can write decent stories for the characters because, as an artist, he shows a lot of promise but sucks big time as a writer.

I give this product 2 stars (average) because I really like the art. If the quality of writing matched the art I'd give it a 4 or 5. Shame that it just isn't to be. As it is, the only people who will enjoy Lenore are those looking for exceedingly simple, childish comic strips of little substance or intellect.

One more thing: People go on about Lenore being "dark". Well, it's not dark, it just tries hard to be funny in a sick way (and failing miserably). For a real dark comic book, check out Chester Brown's classic "Ed the Happy Clown" (or any other of his Yummy Fur stuff for that matter). Chester knows how to write and draw stories which are funny, dark, weird, disturbing and sad all at once. ... Read more

Isbn: 0943151031
Sales Rank: 88555
Subjects: 1. Fiction - Horror 2. Fiction / Horror 3. Graphic Novels - Horror 4. Performing Arts/Dance 5. Comic books, strips, etc 6. Fiction 7. Horror

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H.R. Giger's Necronomicon
by H.R. Giger
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beautiful and spectacular
This is the perfect book to view at a time when you want to really stretch the limits of your imagination. A true feast for the eyes and the mind.

mediocrity and genius
Mr. Giger did the cover for Emerson, Lake and Palmer's great albumn "Brain Salad Surgery" and that central image of a kind of "Lilith of the future" is both an emblem and a counter-emblem of his whole work.One also thinks of the great creature from the movie "Alien" blasphemously beautiful in all of its dehumanized phallic grandeur."H.R. Giger's Necronomicon" could be regarded as his Sistine Chapel, the focus of all his work, its origin and its summation.For many years now I have felt that Mr. Giger's work is full of both mediocrity and genius.In some odd way it is an exact fusion of the two.(...)I look at all of those devils and distances of depravity and I am filled with a kind of calm.His work comforts me - actually - in the way that the work of Norman Rockwell comforts and assures so many others.Why not?Edgar Allan Poe was also an absurd blend of mediocrity and genius.As a technician Mr. Giger is merely competent.But the skulls the heads and the industry add up to a world mildly beautiful, mildly ugly but stimulating as a kind of Picasso's less significant rebellious cousin.Definitely worth the look.

Twisted
In my opinion, H.R Giger is the most twisted and sick artist that I have ever seen, in a good way though. His work is only something that you would see in your wildest and most horrific nightmares.
Giger has been a great inspiration on my artwork and I reccomend all of his books to anyone who has a strong stomach and loves any work having to do with death and HELL.His website is a very good spot to check out his work at www.hrgiger.com or at www.darkworlds.com . Good luck with the Books and hope you like them. ... Read more

Isbn: 0962344729
Sales Rank: 90579
Subjects: 1. 20th Century Art 2. Art 3. Art & Art Instruction 4. Individual Artist 5. Science Fiction Films

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Gingerbread
by Rachel Cohn
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~gingerbread~
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn is an excellelnt book.
Cyd Charisse 8is a rebellious 16 year old who gets expelled from boarding school and has to move back home. She is just comeing out of a bad realationship with her ex Justin, and meeting new and better friends like Sugar pie from the retirement home, the new love of her life shrimp, and of course her childhood doll Gingerbread. One night she decides to break curfewand hang out with Shrimp, as a result her mom decides to ground her, so Cyd is locked up in her room for the remainder of the summer. Just when Cyd is about to die of boredom her mom tells her about her real dad, Frank and that she is going to go to New York to visit him for a few weeks. Cyd is so excited , she always dreamed of how perfect he would be , but when she gets there she finds out its not at all what she expected.
I would recomend reading this book if you are a misunderstood teenage girl , because you can probably relate to Cyd.

awesome!
This book was HOT. Seriously hot. The story evolved well, and I personally did not find it predictable, although the reconciliation at the end with her mother was a bit too sappy, and not so real. The content was good, but I was expecting more of a climatic ending.

Good story, good characters, but often becomes shallow
I enjoy this book, if only because I hope to god I never, ever end up like Cyd. I think the book is good, but I can't imagine being so juvenile and often fake.But I still think it's a good book. ... Read more

Isbn: 0689843372
Sales Rank: 46963
Subjects: 1. Abortion 2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General 3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12) 4. Family - Parents 5. Family - Stepfamilies 6. Fiction 7. Interpersonal relations 8. Juvenile Fiction 9. Mothers and daughters 10. Social Situations - Adolescence 11. Social Situations - Dating & Sex 12. Social Situations - General 13. Stepfamilies 14. Juvenile Fiction / Family / General

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Box Office Poison
by Alex Robinson
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A comic? A novel? Both.
It's amazing how this book reads like most novels out there. Only this is better than 99% of novels out there. I re-read it from cover to cover several times and I'd read it again. Can you say the same about most books in your bookstore? Don't miss this.

Excellent book, 3rd printing coming summer 2005!
This book ranks up there with Blankets and Watchmen as one of the great true graphic novels. Unfortunately it's sold out as of Jan 2005 (I got mine used) but the Top Shelf website says it's being reprinted this summer. "An all-new edition of Alex Robinson's classic Box Office Poison will be released the same month of Tricked! With a new cover (still being designed), french flaps, and better paper to boot!" Don't miss it!

hate sherman
strange the old cliche that says we hate those characteristics in others that are most like ourselves. i've never found this so true as i did in this brilliant graphic novel. every character in this story is a pathetic & sympathetic one. you can only sympathise with one when you "walk a mile in their shoes"; if you read this story you will walk many a mile carrying many characters in your arms.
the more complex robinson becomes,the more vague become humans & our ability to cast moral judgements on them.
i cried openly for some reason during stephen's santa experience, was shocked that the mystery door in sherman's room never became a cheap revelation & thrilled that the world will never know the truth about dorothy's accusation about stephen.
this book is genius & this review couldn't pray to give it justice. justice comes by night! ... Read more

Isbn: 1891830198
Sales Rank: 140790
Subjects: 1. Fiction 2. Fiction - General 3. General 4. Graphic Novels - General

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