<div>Filled with stunning artwork, this biography of comics pioneer Jack Kirby by an artist who worked closely with him is “a treasure” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer). “As a teenager, future television and comics writer [Mark] Evanier became an assistant to Jack Kirby, one of the foremost artists in the history of American comics. Kirby played a major role in shaping the superhero genre, not only through his innovative, dynamic artwork but through collaborating with Stan Lee to create classic Marvel characters like the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and the X-Men. Evanier has now written this magnificently illustrated biography of his mentor. Rather than employing the academic prose that one might expect from an art book, Evanier, a talented raconteur, tells Kirby’s life story in an informal, entertaining manner . . . he brings Kirby’s personality vividly alive: a child of the Great Depression, a creative visionary who struggled most of his life to support his family. The book recounts how Kirby was insufficiently appreciated by clueless corporate executives and close-minded comics professionals. But the stunning artwork in this book, taken from private collections, makes the case for Kirby’s genius. A landmark work, this is essential reading for comics fans and those who want to better understand the history of the comics medium—or those who just want to enjoy Kirby’s incredible artwork.” —Publishers Weekly Includes an introduction by Neil Gaiman</div>

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<div> Foreword by Neil Gaiman: A companion to the Starz series, &ldquo;packed with insight and anecdotes from the show&rsquo;s creators and cast, plus plenty of photos&rdquo; (A Site Called Fred). Neil Gaiman&rsquo;s Hugo, Nebula, and Stoker Award&ndash;winning New York Times bestseller American Gods is now a critically acclaimed Starz television series. In this official companion to the first season, fans can see behind the scenes of this compelling, surreal show in which Old Gods and New Gods battle for the hearts and minds of modern-day mortals. Inside American Gods dives deep into the show&rsquo;s character development and world building&mdash;and features interviews with actors Gillian Anderson, Crispin Glover, and Ian McShane, revealing how they brought this cult favorite to the screen. Also included are previously unpublished set photos, concept art, and production designs. &copy;2018 FremantleMedia. All rights reserved. American Gods and related trademarks are the property of FremantleMedia.</div>

Inside American Gods

<div>Literary spins on the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres&mdash;from Karen Joy Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Lethem, China Mi&eacute;ville, and many more. Over the past three decades, the most adventurous practitioners of the literary arts of science fiction, fantasy, and horror have been transforming those genres into something all but unrecognizable. In Conjunctions&rsquo; game-changing New Wave Fabulists issue, guest editor Peter Straub has put together an anthology of innovative literary reinventions of traditional &ldquo;pulp&rdquo; forms. Contributors range from Jonathan Lethem to Neil Gaiman, from John Crowley to Kelly Link, from Elizabeth Hand to China Mi&eacute;ville. Gary K. Wolfe and John Clute contribute essays on the ongoing evolution of genre, while the brilliant cartoonist Gahan Wilson has created the cover and original frontispieces for each story.</div>

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<div>A collection of young adult vampire stories that is “a who’s who of teen-literature and genre luminaries” (Kirkus Reviews). The first bite is only the beginning. Twenty of today's favorite writers explore the intersections between the living, dead, and undead. Their vampire tales range from romantic to chilling to gleeful—and touch on nearly every emotion in between. Neil Gaiman's vampire-poet in “Bloody Sunrise” is brooding, remorseful, and lonely. Melissa Marr's vampires make a high-stakes game of possession and seduction in “Transition.” And in “Why Light?” Tanith Lee's lovelorn vampires yearn most of all for the one thing they cannot have—daylight. Drawn from folk traditions around the world, popular culture, and original interpretations, the vampires in this collection are enticingly diverse. But reader beware: The one thing they have in common is their desire for blood. . . . “An eclectic mix of tales and tones, the stories (refreshingly, not all focused on romance) are dark, humorous, bittersweet, mocking or some combination thereof.” —School Library Journal </div>

Teeth

<div>The timeless adventure of a Nordic warrior’s battle against a terrifying monster is brilliantly reimagined in this novel based on the Neil Gaiman film. King Hrothgar and his soldiers have become the prey of the vengeful outcast monster Grendel. On the verge of final defeat, the great warrior Beowulf offers a ray of hope. Beowulf is called to a land of monsters to triumph where so many have failed . . . or to die as so many of the brave before him. Set in medieval Scandinavia, this grand epic has endured for centuries, told and retold across generations and continents. Now acclaimed author Caitlín R. Kiernan offers a bold new version for modern readers, based on the screenplay by #1 New York Times–bestseller Neil Gaiman and Academy Award®–winning screenwriter Roger Avary.</div>

Beowulf

<div>“[The] successful writer for TV, movies, and comics makes his debut as a memoirist with a stunning chronicle of survival”—introduction by Neil Gaiman (Kirkus). Joseph Michael Straczynski is the legendary writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and Marvel’s Thor, among many other beloved movies, TV shows and comics. In Becoming Superman, he reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder, and a terrible secret. Joe’s early life nearly defies belief. Raised by damaged adults—a con-man grandfather and a manipulative grandmother, a violent, drunken father and a mother who was repeatedly institutionalized—Joe grew up in abject poverty, living in slums and projects when not on the road, crisscrossing the country in his father’s desperate attempts to escape the consequences of his past.  Joe found refuge in comic books and his own dreams—imaginary worlds where superheroes used their amazing powers to overcome any adversity. The deeper he read, the more he came to realize that he, too, had a superpower: the ability to tell stories. But even as he found success, Joe could not escape a shocking family secret involving mass murder that he uncovered over the course of decades. Becoming Superman is the startling true story of a little boy who became the hero of his own life.</div>

Becoming Superman

<div>Imaginative fiction from Neil Gaiman, Karen Russell, Daniel H. Wilson, and more, selected by New York Times-bestselling author Joe Hill.Science fiction and fantasy enjoy a long literary tradition, stretching from Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, and Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and William Gibson. In The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2015 award-winning editor John Joseph Adams and Joe Hill deliver a diverse and vibrant collection of stories published in the previous year. Featuring writers with deep science fiction and fantasy backgrounds, along with those who are infusing traditional fiction with speculative elements, these stories uphold a longstanding tradition in both genres&mdash;looking at the world and asking, What if? The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2015 includes Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman, Karen Russell T. C. Boyle, Sofia Samatar, Jo Walton, Cat Rambo Daniel H. Wilson, Seanan McGuire, Jess Row, and more. &ldquo;The overall quality of the work is very high.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

<div>The Hugo Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s &ldquo;most memorable short stories . . . a tribute from those who best knew his work&mdash;his friends, fellow writers, and editors&rdquo; (SFRevu). George Alec Effinger was a true master of satirical Science Fiction. Before his death in 2002, he gained the highest esteem amongst his peers for his pitch-perfect stylistic mimicry and his great insight into the human condition. Despite a life filled with chronic illness and pain, Effinger was a prolific novelist and short story writer, earning multiple Nebula and Hugo Award nominations. LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH represents a very special look at the many works of this unique genius. These 22 short pieces have been specifically selected and introduced by his fellow writers and editors, from Michael Bishop to Jack Dann, Mike Resnick to Neil Gaiman. Each writes about his or her memories of Effinger and his legacy. Included are &ldquo;The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything&rdquo; in which Earth is visited by benevolent aliens who happen to have annoying opinions about everything. &ldquo;Everything but Honor&rdquo; goes along as a black physicist time-travels to 1860 to murder a Civil War general. Also included here are Effinger&rsquo;s O.Niemand stories, which perfectly mimic the styles of Steinbeck, Hemingway and Twain. The results are a tour de force sure to please existing fans and make new fans of anyone who reads them. </div>

Live! From Planet Earth

<div>A dangerously seductive collection of tales that&mdash;like the sirens themselves&mdash;are impossible to resist Sensuality mingles with fantasy in this sultry anthology starring fairies, sphinxes, werewolves, and other beings by masterful storytellers including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner, and more. Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers features a vampire who falls in love with her human prey, an updated Red Riding Hood fantasy, an unsuspecting young man who innocently joins in seductive faerie revelry, and a cat goddess made human. Alluring and charismatic, this collection from master editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling will stimulate more than just your imagination. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, including rare photos from the editors&rsquo; personal collections.</div>

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

<div>The companion volume to the provocative Alien Sex anthology, Off Limits pushes boundaries with twenty stimulating tales of otherworldly encounters This second volume of the Alien Sex anthology series brings together authors Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hand, and many others to explore the mysteries of sex, alien and human alike. From an alien spy who falls in love with one of the earthlings he&rsquo;s monitoring, to a woman whose souvenir dream-catcher calls to her bedroom more than she bargained for, to a genetically engineered sex object aboard a space station, these thought-provoking tales of alien sex open up new worlds for fantastical exploration. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Ellen Datlow, including rare photos from the editor&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Off Limits

<div>Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitl&iacute;n R. Kiernan, and more. Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers&rsquo; and grandmothers&rsquo; knees&mdash;stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fantasy Award&ndash;winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling remind us, these stories were often tamed and sanitized versions. The originals were frequently darker&mdash;and in Silver Birch, Blood Moon, they turn darker still. Twenty-one modern Grimms and Andersens&mdash;masterful storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, and Tanith Lee&mdash;now reinvent beloved bedtime stories for our time. The Sea Witch gets her say, relating the story of &ldquo;The Little Mermaid&rdquo; from her own point of view. &ldquo;Thumbelina&rdquo; becomes a tale of creeping horror, while a delightfully naughty spin is put on &ldquo;The Emperor&rsquo;s New Clothes.&rdquo; Author Caitl&iacute;n R. Kiernan transports Snow White to a dark, gritty, industrial urban setting, and Patricia Briggs details &ldquo;The Price&rdquo; of dealing with a royal and unrepentantly evil Rumpelstiltskin. Rich, provocative, and unabashedly adult, each of these tales is a modern treasure, reminding us that wishes have consequences and not all genies have our best interests at heart.</div>

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Silver Birch, Blood Moon

<div>20 fairy tales hauntingly reimagined by some of today&rsquo;s finest sci-fi and fantasy authors, including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, and more. Once upon a time, all our cherished dreams began with the words once upon a time. This is the phrase that opened our favorite tales of princes and spells and magical adventures. World Fantasy Award&ndash;winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling understand the power of beloved stories&mdash;and in Black Heart, Ivory Bones, their sixth anthology of reimagined fairy tales, they have gathered together stories and poetry from some of the most acclaimed writers of our time, including Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Charles de Lint, and Joyce Carol Oates. But be forewarned: These fairy tales are not for children. A prideful Texas dancer is cursed by a pair of lustrous red boots . . . Goldilocks tells all about her brutal and wildly dysfunctional foster family, the Bears . . . An archaeologist in Victorian England is enchanted by a newly exhumed Sleeping Beauty . . . A prince of tabloid journalism is smitten by a trailer-park Rapunzel . . . A clockwork amusement park troll becomes sentient and sets out to foment an automaton revolution. These are but a few examples of the marvels that await within these pages&mdash;tales that range from the humorous to the sensuous to the haunting and horrifying, each one a treasure with a distinctly adult edge.</div>

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<div>Fairy tales reimagined&mdash;in stories by &ldquo;a distinguished company of writers&rdquo; including Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tanith Lee (Kirkus Reviews). For many of us, the fairy tale was our first exposure to the written word and the power of storytelling. These wondrous works of magic and morality enthralled us, enchanted us, sometimes terrified us, and remain in our hearts and memories still. Once again, World Fantasy Award&ndash;winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have compiled an extraordinary collection of reimagined tales conceived by some of today&rsquo;s most acclaimed contemporary purveyors of literary fantasy, science fiction, and horror, including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, and others. Remarkable things lurk in these dark and magical woods. Here Beauty confronts a serial-killer Beast, Hansel and Gretel&rsquo;s witch resides not in a gingerbread house but in a luxurious resort, and Rumpelstiltskin is truly the devil demanding his due, rightfully or otherwise. The hilarious &ldquo;Roach in Loafers&rdquo; ingeniously combines the classic &ldquo;Elves and the Shoemaker&rdquo; tale with &ldquo;Puss in Boots&rdquo; and adds an insectile twist, while in a modern fable that blends The Wizard of Oz and Hans Christian Andersen, Dorothy is set adrift in Hollywoodland, ruby slippers and all. These are not the fairy stories you remember from childhood.</div>

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

<div>A diplomat who successfully negotiated with intelligent aliens finds his loyalty to the human race tested in this novel by a Nebula Award&ndash;winning author. Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly maze . . . until a new alien race appears, seemingly intent on exterminating humanity. Only Muller can communicate with them, due to the very condition that has made him an outcast. But will Muller stick his neck out for the people who so callously rejected him?</div>

The Man in the Maze

<div>The #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author&rsquo;s &ldquo;hilarious . . . idiosyncratic . . . delightful&rdquo; and definitive companion to a global phenomenon (Publishers Weekly). Douglas Adams&rsquo;s &ldquo;six-part trilogy,&rdquo; The Hitchhiker&rsquo;s Guide to the Galaxy grew from a blip of a notion into an ever-expanding multimedia universe that amassed an unprecedented cult of followers and became an international sensation. As a young journalist, Neil Gaiman was given complete access to Adams&rsquo;s life, times, gossip, unpublished outtakes, and files (and became privy to his writing process, insecurities, disillusionments, challenges, and triumphs). The resulting volume illuminates the unique, funny, dramatic, and improbable chronicle of an idea, an incredibly tall man, and a mind-boggling success story. In Don&rsquo;t Panic, Gaiman celebrates everything Hitchhiker: the original radio play, the books, comics, video and computer games, films, television series, record albums, stage musicals, one-man shows, the Great One himself, and towels. And as Douglas Adams himself attested: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all absolutely devastatingly true&mdash;except the bits that are lies.&rdquo; Updated several times in the thirty years since its original publication, Don&rsquo;t Panic is available for the first time in digital form. Part biography, part tell-all parody, part pop-culture history, part guide to a guide, Don&rsquo;t Panic &ldquo;deserves as much cult success as the Hitchhiker&rsquo;s books themselves&rdquo; (Time Out). </div>

Don't Panic

<div>Fairy tales retold&mdash;with a twist&mdash;from &ldquo;some of our best storytellers&rdquo; including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this &ldquo;no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative&rdquo; collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories&mdash;and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman&rsquo;s &ldquo;Troll Bridge&rdquo;; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Frog Prince&rdquo;; in Tanith Lee&rsquo;s &ldquo;Snow-Drop,&rdquo; a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem&rsquo;s &ldquo;Little Poucet,&rdquo; a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in &ldquo;Little Red.&rdquo; Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you&rsquo;ve never dared to imagine. </div>

Snow White, Blood Red

<div>This &ldquo;wondrous&rdquo; collection of fantasy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, and others &ldquo;is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). For this enchanting anthology&mdash;a World Fantasy Award finalist&mdash;editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling &ldquo;asked their contributors to reimagine F&auml;erie&rdquo; in the present day, or &ldquo;search its more dimly lit pathways,&rdquo; and the authors have responded with bountiful imagination. The title piece is a poem by Neil Gaiman, but most of the others are longer pieces, &ldquo;like shards of stories you want to hear more of.&rdquo; Jeffrey Ford &ldquo;limns the heartbreaking tale&rdquo; of fairies who live in sandcastles built by young children; Ellen Steiber&rsquo;s &lsquo;Screaming for Fairies&rsquo; &ldquo;sketches the lineaments of desire.&rdquo; Bruce Glassco &ldquo;finds a different voice for Tinkerbell and Captain Hook in &lsquo;Never Never.&rsquo;&rdquo; Tanith Lee&rsquo;s &lsquo;Elvenbrood&rsquo; tale is eerie and &ldquo;chilling.&rdquo; Gregory Maguire, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Patricia A. McKillip, and Emma Bull&rsquo;s stories all &ldquo;enchant&rdquo; and bewitch. Delia Sherman&rsquo;s &lsquo;CATNYP&rsquo; is &ldquo;both funny and deeply clever, warming the cockles of anyone who has ever had dealings with a research library, especially New York Public&rsquo;s&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This companion volume to The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest is &ldquo;a rewarding choice for those who like the traditional with a twist&rdquo; (Booklist).</div>

The Faery Reel

<div>Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up &ldquo;a tasty treat for fantasy fans&rdquo; (Booklist). There are some &ldquo;genuine gems&rdquo; in this &ldquo;enticing collection&rdquo; of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring &ldquo;diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world,&rdquo; most involving a teen&rsquo;s coming-of-age. Delia Sherman &ldquo;takes readers into New York City&rsquo;s Central Park, where a teenager wins the favor of the park&rsquo;s Green Queen.&rdquo; Michael Cadnum offers a &ldquo;dynamic retelling of the Daphne story.&rdquo; Charles de Lint presents an &ldquo;eerie, heartwarming story in which a teenager resists the lure&rdquo; of the faerie world. Tanith Lee roots her tale in &ldquo;the myth of Dionysus, a god of the Wild Wood.&rdquo; Patricia A. McKillip steeps her story in &ldquo;the legend of Herne, guardian of the forest. Magic realism flavors Katherine Vaz&rsquo;s haunting story. Gregory Maguire takes on Jack and the Beanstalk, and Emma Bull looks to an unusual Green Man&mdash;a Joshua tree in the desert&rdquo; (Booklist). These enduring works of eco-fantasy by some of the genre&rsquo;s most popular authors impart &ldquo;a real sense of how powerful nature can be in its various guises&rdquo; (School Library Journal). &ldquo;A treasure trove for teens and teachers exploring themes of ecology and folklore.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;The stories are well-written and manage to speak to both the intellect and the emotions.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site</div>

The Green Man

<div>A dragon herder embarks on a quest to bring his beloved back from the dead in this Nebula Award&ndash;winning science fiction adventure. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are &ldquo;different&rdquo; must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey&rsquo;s mythic quest for his lost love, Friza. In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world as those who are &ldquo;different&rdquo; try to seize history and the day. Featuring a foreword by Neil Gaiman. &ldquo;When Delany describes to us what he has seen, what he can compute, adduce, intuit or smell in the underbrush, our reaction is to sit bolt upright and cry out, &ldquo;Of course, I have that very wound myself!&rdquo; The ability to produce this reaction in people is one of the commonly accepted and apparently valid appurtenances of genius. . . . I look forward to the explosion reading this will create within you.&rdquo; &mdash;A. J. Budrys, Galaxy Magazine</div>

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