Books of Magic Book III: The Land of Summer's Twilight
by Neil Gaiman (Writer), Charles Vess (Illustrator)
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Tim Hunter continues exploring the (DC) world of magic, this time with Doctor Occult (who takes an interesting turn as Rose Psychic during half of the journey). Although we get to see Gemworld and Skartaris briefly, we spend most of our time in Faerie, where it seems everyone has a trick they want to pull on the unsuspecting. It's the first time we really see that magic has a price. Charles Vess -- who would also collaborate with Gaiman on Stardust -- is a magnificent artist for the fairy world, making the magical seem almost possible.
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Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. show more The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award. He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Books of Magic Book III: The Land of Summer's Twilight
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- Books of Magic III: The Land of Summer's Twilight
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- 1991-01
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- Tim Hunter; Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic; Thomas of Erceldoun; King Arthur; Titania (show all 19); Baba Yaga; Hamnet Shakespeare; Warlord: Travis Morgan; Nightmaster: Jim Rook; Amethyst: Amy Winston; Etrigan the Demon; Cain; Abel; Goldie the Gargoyle; Dream; Amethyst of Gemworld; Warlord (Travis Morgan); Travis Morgan
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- "... So are you a REAL doctor?"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"That's WHERE you're GOING...."
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- Graphic Novels & Comics, Fiction and Literature, Horror
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- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
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- PN6737 .G3 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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